ISRAELI PRES BACKS GAY UNIONS
Israel’s President Shimon Peres has revealed that he is in support of gay rights and same-sex unions. Peres spoke to Ynet about LGBT equality while on a state visit to Mexico. “Even a person who is a homosexual is a human being, and he has rights. We have no power to take away (their) rights,” […]
1ST AUSSIE GAY WEDDINGS ON SAT
The first ever legal same-sex weddings in Australia are set to take place this Saturday, but these may not be allowed for long. A number of gay and lesbian couples are expected to tie the knot in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) this weekend after its gay marriage law was given a court reprieve until […]
“GAYS” ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY
The Jamaican media has reported the arrest of eight men, described as gay, for robbery in Kingston, but activists say that the men have been victims of homophobia. According to a Jamaica Observer article headlined “Gay robbery suspects arrested in New Kgn raid”, police found the men with stolen property and are searching for another […]
OBAMA FUNDS HIV CURE BID
President Obama has committed tens of millions of dollars towards finding a cure for HIV. Obama made the announcement in a speech in Washington on Monday marking World Aids Day. The president began by highlighting the success in combating HIV and Aids. “Prevention, treatment and care are now saving millions of lives not only in […]
TOM DALEY HOMOPHOBIC ABUSE
While some have dismissed Tom Daley’s coming out as bisexual yesterday as ‘no big deal’ the anti-gay vitriol he’s received on social media suggests otherwise. The 19-year-old British champion diver revealed that he is in a relationship with another man in a YouTube video posted on Monday. The news made international headlines and became a trending topic on […]
WATCH: TOM DALEY COMES OUT AS BI
Britain’s sexy young Olympic diver Tom Daley has revealed that he is in a relationship with another man. In a YouTube video posted today (watch below), the 19-year-old, who’s become an international heartthrob thanks to his good looks and cheeky attitude, said that he is bisexual. “In an ideal world I wouldn’t be doing this […]
IOC MEETS GAY GROUPS
For the first time ever, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has met with LGBT sports organisations, ahead of Russia’s controversial Sochi Winter Games. The meeting was facilitated by the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) and followed a previous promise made by newly elected IOC president Thomas Bach to meet the groups. Saturday’s meeting took place […]
TERMINALLY ILL LESBIAN MARRIES
The ailing lesbian woman who successfully forced the American state of Illinois to allow her to marry her partner has finally tied the knot. Last week, Vernita Gray (64) and Pat Ewert (65) got married in a private, festive ceremony attended by close friends and family at their home in Chicago. A judge had granted […]
CROATIA BANS GAY MARRIAGE
A majority of Croatians have voted to ban same-sex marriage in Sunday’s national constitutional referendum on the issue. According to preliminary results from election officials, 65% of voters were in favour of limiting marriage to only being “between a man and a woman”. This means that the country’s constitution will now be amended to outlaw same-sex […]
GREECE WAVERS ON CIVIL UNIONS
Plans to legalise same-sex partnerships in Greece have apparently been dropped in defiance of an EU court ruling, following excommunication threats by an Orthodox Christian cleric. Earlier this week, one of the parties in the country’s coalition government announced it would put forward a bill to legalise gay civil unions. The government had earlier said […]