BAGHDAD — Days before a deployment to Iraq last year, the 26-year-old soldier’s sergeant told his troops that they would get to know one another pretty well over the next few months. “I’m in trouble,” the specialist remembered thinking. He feared comrades would find out he is gay. Worse, he said, they could figure out [...]
BEIJING — The Mr. Gay China pageant is coming up and contestant David Wu is a bit worried. It’s not the underwear competition that’s making him jittery – he’s been working out harder than usual to get ready. And he’s looking forward to the opportunity to meet other “comrades,” as gay men in China are [...]
LISBON — Catholic Portugal, traditionally one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries, is expected to approve the legalisation of gay marriage on Friday with a minimum of fuss. With the governing Socialists and other left-wing parties enjoying a strong majority, the new law is likely to sail through the first reading debate and gain final [...]
As the year 2009 comes to a close, it does so having been a monumental year for China’s LGBT community. Beijing and numerous cities across China experienced the successful completion of 12 anniversaries and public events that expose LGBT culture and related issues like never before. China’s LGBT community, which is an acronym that refers [...]
Uganda is likely to pass a law within months that will make homosexuality a capital offence, joining 37 other countries in the continent where American evangelical Christian groups are increasingly spreading bigotry “Learned behaviour can be unlearned,” said David Bahati. “You can’t tell me that people are born gays. It is foreign influence that is [...]
KAMPALA, Uganda — Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals. Gay rights activists say the bill, which has prompted growing international [...]
DUBLIN — Ireland’s lawmakers have opened debate on a bill to grant marriage-style rights to gay couples, a social milestone in a country long observant of Roman Catholic opposition to homosexuality. Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said Thursday that the Civil Partnerships Bill would give gay couples the same rights as married heterosexual couples to questions [...]
Since Ellen DeGeneres graced the cover of Time Magazine more than a decade ago under the headline “Yep, I’m Gay,” coming out in Hollywood has become an increasingly common – and typically headline-grabbing – phenomenon. However, the recently televised revelation by “Family Ties” star Meredith Baxter, 62, that she’s a lesbian has put a well-known [...]
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