DOCTORS & SCIENTISTS TO MUSEVENI: GAYS ARE NORMAL
As Uganda’s President Museveni considers signing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, a group of public health experts have warned him that the law will have a “disastrous impact” on the fight against HIV. In an open letter to Museveni, the doctors, researchers and academics said that higher HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men means […]
COMING OUT CHALLENGES MACHO FOOTBALL LEAGUE
College sports star Michael Sam is set to challenge the macho world of America’s National Football League (NFL) after he came out ahead of its player selections. Sam, who was named a 2013 Defensive Player of the Year in his senior year at the University of Missouri, is expected to be among the most sought after players […]
HOMOPHOBIA THE NEW OLYMPIC SPORT?
A powerful and heartbreaking new video has highlighted the homophobic and hate-fuelled context that the Sochi Winter Olympic Games are being held in. The PSA (public service announcement) – released by Russia Freedom Fund, CoPilot and Athlete Ally – shows a gay couple being violently brutalised by a rugby team on a sports field as the […]
US GAY COUPLES GET MORE EQUAL RIGHTS
America’s Attorney General Eric Holder has announced new landmark measures to ensure that the federal government will treat legally married same-sex couples the same as straight married couples. The changes will affect married same-sex couples who file for bankruptcy, testify in court or visit spouses in prison. Anyone in a same-sex marriage will, for example, […]
OVER 20 GAY ACTIVISTS ARRESTED IN RUSSIA
According to The New York Times, 23 gay rights activists have been arrested in protests related to the Sochi Olympics in Russia. The small pockets of protests took place on Friday, the opening day of the Games. Four activists were arrested in St. Petersburg after holding up a banner that proclaimed: “Discrimination is incompatible with […]
DUHH! SCIENTISTS SAY GAY COUPLES FEEL LOVE
A new American study, said to be the first of its kind but seemingly obvious in its results, has found that most gay men aren’t in relationships just for sex but also for love! US researchers at George Mason University’s Department of Global and Community Health and Indiana University’s Center for Sexual Health Promotion sought […]
FAKE LESBIAN BAND TO OPEN SOCHI GAMES
In a twisted turn of events, It’s been confirmed that Russian duo t.A.T.u. will perform at tonight’s opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi (7 February). The group, consisting of then-teenagers Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova, made a splash in the early 2000s with their global hits All the Things She Said, Not […]
SOCHI GOOGLE DOODLE BACKS GAY EQUALITY
Google has expressed its support for gay and lesbian rights with a sporty rainbow Google Doodle on the opening day of the Sochi Winter Olympics. The logo graphic on the search engine’s landing page features illustrations of various winter sports on a rainbow background. To highlight the hypocrisy of the International Olympic Committee’s choice of […]
LGBT ACTIVISTS ATTACKED IN BOSNIA
Masked thugs have attacked LGBT activists at a cultural event in Sarajevo, leading to the hospitalisation of two participants. Human Rights Watch reported that on Saturday about a dozen masked people stormed into the Merlinka Festival at the Sarajevo art cinema Kriterion at about 3:20 pm. The attackers shouted homophobic insults such as, “There will […]
DURBAN JOINS GLOBAL OLYMPIC SPONSORS PROTEST
Durban joined cities across the world on Wednesday in protesting against the sponsors of Russia’s Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Protesters gathered in at least 19 cities under the banner of activist website All Out and the Principle 6 campaign to call on the sponsors to break their silence on Russia’s oppressive anti-gay law. Named after the […]