ARRESTED FOR DEFENDING HERSELF
A lesbian woman has been charged with assault after, she claims, she defended herself against a man who allegedly tried to rape her. Inkanyiso.org reported that 30-year-old Sonto Mokoena was celebrating the New Year on the 1st of January with friends and family when they decided to buy more alcohol. Mokoena went with one of […]
BOXER SAYS GAYS UNNATURAL
American boxing legend Evander Holyfield has outraged TV viewers by making anti-gay comments during his stint on Celebrity Big Brother. Holyfield, who is taking part in the reality show in the UK, got into a discussion on homosexuality on Sunday with fellow housemate Luisa Zissman when she asked if there were openly gay boxers. The 51-year-old […]
MAN FASTS TO END GAY MARRIAGE
A man in Utah is refusing to eat until his state stops issuing same-sex marriage licenses Trestin Meacham has been surviving on water and vitamins since the 21st of December, a day after a federal judge overturned the American state’s ban on same-sex marriage. “I will continue the fast until the State of Utah exercises […]
GAY CURE PILLS CONDEMNED
The Psychiatric Association of Turkey has condemned pills being sold in the country that outrageously claim to cure homosexuality in a mere eight months. The Homofin herbal pills are marketed online and its sellers state that the product can stop homosexual feelings by regulating users’ hormones, reported LGBTI News Turkey. A bottle with thirty pills […]
MANDELA SA GAY RIGHTS PANIC?
A leading UK-based website has been criticised for suggesting that LGBT rights are under threat in South Africa because Nelson Mandela has now died. According to Gay Star News, “Activists have told GSN they are concerned that without Mandela, the figurehead of equality, South Africa could follow the rest of the continent and ban gay […]
CNN HOST FEARED COMING OUT
While many public figures have cited a desire to maintain a sense of privacy as a reason for not coming out, openly gay CNN anchor Don Lemon isn’t one of them In the wake of Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts confirming that she is in a lesbian relationship on Sunday, the award-winning American reporter and […]
FACEBOOK BLOCKS ANOTHER GAY PIC
Despite claiming to be a progressive and gay-friendly company, Facebook has banned yet another innocuous picture simply because it shows two men kissing. The black and white photo, which was posted on the Have a Gay Day Facebook page, shows a close up of the men as they kiss. A statement is included below the […]
MILLIONS FOR GAY MARRIAGE BATTLE
The American state of Utah has been slammed for planning to spend millions in taxpayers’ money to fight the recent court ruling legalising same-sex marriage. On Thursday, the Utah Attorney General’s office confirmed that it would be continuing its appeal of federal Judge Robert Shelby’s 20 December decision that the ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. […]
VATICAN FLIP FLOPS ON GAY RIGHTS
While the Pope’s representative to Uganda says he’s opposed to the recently passed Anti-Homosexuality Bill, a bishop in Spain has attacked same-sex marriage. According to New Ways Ministry, Archbishop Michael Blume, the papal nuncio (representative) to Uganda, has written that he hopes that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni does not sign the bill into law. Blume made the […]
US GAY BOY SCOUTS FROM 1 JAN
Openly gay youth will finally be allowed into the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) as from the 1st of January 2014. In May, the BSA leadership voted to allow gay youth to join the movement after growing pressure to change its 103-year-old anti-gay policy. The new policy applies to the boys-only Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts […]