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 [...]
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 [...]
AUSTRALIA’S only openly gay political leader says it would be “plain bigotry” for the Federal Government to overturn ACT laws recognising same-sex civil unions. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said today the Government had not ruled out vetoing the laws, which the ACT Legislative Assembly passed earlier in November. Asked about that comment, Australian Greens leader [...]
Once again, state voters – this time in Maine (USA), hardly a conservative stronghold – have voted down same-sex marriage. Leaving what she thought would be a victory party after last week’s balloting, an emotional Cecelia Burnett said, “I don’t understand what the fear is, why people are so afraid of this change.” That’s a [...]
WORCESTER, Mass. — For weeks, Nathaniel Cunningham and his boyfriend secretly lived together in rural Jamaica. They showed no affection in public and rarely spoke to neighbors. Then one morning, Cunningham picked up a local newspaper with a front-page story under the headline, “Homosexual Prostitutes Move into Residential Neighborhood.” His address was listed below. For [...]
The Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act has passed it’s final hurdle before going to the President for action this week. The Act, which was formerly known as the ‘Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act’, passed the House earlier this year and awaited action by the Senate. The Senate attached the [...]
GIVE ME A BREAK: IN THE WAKE of Stephen Gately’s death, some texters and twitterers were spreading horrendous rumours about him disguised as “jokes”, writes KATE HOLMQUIST One thing I have learned from gay friends is that far from the stereotype of metrosexual zen and zeal, being a gay man can still be very, very [...]
A group of well-known Russian singers and writers has called for an end to discrimination against gay people. They met after a local official tried to close Moscow’s longest-running gay club, Dusha i Telo, where many of the artists have performed. Activist Nikolai Alekseyev, who called the meeting, said it was the first time celebrities [...]
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