HIGH SCHOOL DROPS GAY STUDENT FROM YEARBOOK
An American high school in Arkansas is refusing to include a student’s profile in its yearbook, apparently because he is openly gay. In the profile, which was written by the yearbook’s assistant editor, Taylor Ellis talks about his coming to terms with being gay; something that did not go down well with Sheridan High School administrators. […]
KENYA NEWSPAPER: GAYS PAYING STUDENTS FOR SEX
A Kenyan newspaper has published an anti-gay scare story about alleged predatory homosexuals; perpetuating the myth that gays are out to “recruit” young people in Africa. The Nairobian last week published an “expose” – under the headline “Shock as gays offer university students Sh250 for sex” – about an apparent “massive marketing campaign” by gay […]
GAY HATE CHURCH FOUNDER ON DEATH BED
Fred Phelps, the patriarch of the hate-fuelled anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), is reported to be close to death. The 84-year-old American pastor and disbarred lawyer founded the Kansas-based church in 1955, but he only started targeting gay people in the early 90s. On Friday, Phelps’ estranged son Nathan posted on Facebook that his father […]
GUINNESS, HEINEKEN DROP PARADE SPONSORSHIP OVER GAY BAN
Alcohol brands Heineken and Guinness have dropped their sponsorship of Monday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City because of its ban on gay families and groups. On Thursday, Heineken told LGBT media watchdog GLAAD that it has pulled its sponsorship of the parade, stating that “we are passionate about equality for all people.” […]
NIGERIAN GOV LIES OVER ANTI-GAY LAW
In the wake of international condemnation, the Nigerian government has continued to falsely claim that its new anti-gay law is simply intended to “discourage” same-sex marriage. Defending the country’s so called Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, insisted that the law did not outlaw homosexuality. Speaking in the […]
ANTI-GAY LAW WILL LEAD TO VIOLENCE, BLACKMAIL
UN human rights head Navi Pillay said on Friday that Nigeria’s new anti-gay law could lead to mob violence against LGBT people. Pillay concluded her trip to the country with a press conference in Abuja. The South African born UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in her briefing that Nigeria’s gay, bisexual and transgender […]
FATHER OF SLAIN TEXAS LESBIAN ARRESTED
In a shocking development, the father of one of the two lesbian women found murdered in a dumpster in Texas has been implicated in their deaths. According to AP, 46-year-old James Larry Cosby, the father of Britney Cosby, was arrested on Thursday. Police says it appears that the women, who had been a couple for […]
EUROPE BACKS SANCTION AGAINST UGANDA & NIGERIA
The European Parliament has called for sanctions against Uganda and Nigeria over these countries’ recently enacted anti-gay laws. On Thursday, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) said that Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act and Nigeria’s Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act violate the Cotonou Agreement with regard to human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law. The MEPs […]
IS DRC SET TO FOLLOW IN UGANDA’S FOOTSTEPS?
There are concerns that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be faced with an anti-homosexuality law inspired by Uganda and Nigeria’s draconian legislation. This week we reported that there are moves afoot in Kenya to target the LGBT community, but the new wave of African state homophobia may also be spreading to the DRC. […]
HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK “VICTIM” FELL ON HIS FACE
British police say that a man, whose picture of his apparent homophobic attack injuries went viral, actually fell on his face. On 27 February, University of Central Lancashire student Richard Scott Kennedy posted a photo on Facebook of his bruised face and broken teeth. He wrote: “Here is my face after a homophobic attack, 4 […]