CROATIA IMPROVES GAY RIGHTS
As Croatia becomes the 28th member state of the European Union, it’s been praised for improving its policies towards its LGBTI citizens.
GAY RIGHTS GROUP’S OFFICES TORCHED
The torching of the offices of a gay rights group in Cameroon is among a recent spate of attacks against human rights defenders supporting LGBT equality in the country.
PUTIN SIGNS ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL INTO LAW
A bill banning any positive depiction of homosexuality or support for LGBTI rights that might be seen by minors has been signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
NEW HORROR LESBIAN HATE MURDER IN JOBURG
A lesbian woman has been brutally raped with a toilet brush and murdered in what is believed to have been a hate crime in Ekurhuleni over the weekend.
COURT REJECTS BID TO STOP CALIFORNIA GAY MARRIAGES
A last-ditch effort to stop same-sex marriages from going ahead in California has been summarily rejected by US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
AUSTRALIANS COULD VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE
Recently reinstated Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is not only the country’s first leader to back gay marriage but has suggested a referendum on the issue.
SA’S GROUNDBREAKING GAY DRAMA TO RETURN
After almost six years, the groundbreaking South African series about closeted gay men will return for a second season.
OBAMA BROACHES GAY RIGHTS IN AFRICA VISIT
Senegalese President Macky Sall and President Barack Obama exchanged words over the issue of gay rights during the American leader’s visit to the African country.
NEW EU RULES A BOOST FOR LGBTI RIGHTS
In what could be an important blow in the culture wars raging across Africa, the European Union has instructed its diplomats around the globe to defend the human rights of LGBTI people.
OBAMA APPLAUDS DOMA’S DEATH
President Obama has welcomed the end of America’s anti-gay DOMA law, saying that it “was discrimination enshrined in law”.