RICHARD BRANSON SLAMS NIGERIAN GAY MARRIAGE BILL
The head of the Virgin empire has called Nigeria’s planned ban on gay marriage “cruel” and has urged educated Nigerians to reject the law.
GAY PENGUINS ADOPT CHICK
A male penguin couple in China has been given a newly-hatched chick to care for after the birth parents showed signs of struggling to raise it themselves.
RICKY MARTIN ‘SAD’ ABOUT HATE CRIME CHANGE
Puerto Rican-born singer Ricky Martin says he’s ‘sad’ that the U.S. territory plans to remove LGBT protections from its hate crime law.
FEARS OF BACKLASH AGAINST U.S., BRITISH GAY RIGHTS PUSH
There are concerns that anti-gay countries may ramp up discrimination against LGBT people in reaction to what they may see as the imposition of foreign values.
CLINTON SPEAKS OUT ON GAY RIGHTS
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asserted America’s commitment to LGBT rights around the world, insisting that these rights are inalienable human rights.
GROUNDBREAKING BLACK CONDOM LAUNCHED
Health4Men has launched an innovative ‘black condom’ that looks more natural when used by the majority of South African men.
OBAMA UNDER FIRE FOR HISTORIC LGBT GLOBAL STRATEGY
President Obama is under fire from right-wing groups and Republicans for having issued the first-ever government strategy to address LGBT human rights overseas.
SCHOOL REVERSES XMAS CAROL ‘GAY BAN’
An American school has reversed a teacher’s decision to remove the word “gay” from the popular Christmas carol Deck the Halls.
OUT APPLIES TO TESTIFY IN GAY BASHING CASE
The Pretoria-based LGBT health and well-being group has applied to intervene in the sentencing of three men found guilty of a brutal gay-bashing.
2ND GAY PRIME MINISTER TO BE SWORN IN
Belgium is to become the second nation in the world with an openly-gay head when Elio di Rupo is sworn in as prime minister today.