Lebanon: Human Rights Watch details anti-LGBT police brutality in new report
A report issued by Human Rights Watch this week has revealed abuse, torture and ill-treatment of both trans and gay people by Lebanese internal security forces, including physical violence,...
View ArticleUS: Same-sex couples to be given equal immigration rights
The United States is set to begin giving visa applications from same-sex spouses the same preferential treatment granted to opposite-sex spouses. Secretary of State John F. Kerry said on Friday that...
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The 42 Commonwealth Nations where being gay can land you in prison
The Queen is the head of the Commonwealth of Nations, the international body that was created out of what was formerly the British Empire. The Commonwealth states that its core values are “democracy,...
View ArticleUS: Florida lesbian couple challenge for right to divorce
A lesbian couple are attempting to be granted a divorce in Florida, despite the state not recognising same-sex marriage. Mariama Changamire Shaw and Keiba Lynn Shaw, who married in Massachusetts, were...
View ArticleCatholic church fires woman who feeds homeless over same-sex marriage
The Catholic Church in Missouri has fired a woman in charge of feeding the homeless because she is in a same-sex marriage. According to the Kansas City Star, Colleen Simon was in charge of the...
View ArticleUS: Southern Baptist Convention motion attacks laws protecting trans people
A motion submitted to the Southern Baptist Convention condemns all transgender anti-discrimination laws, gender confirmation surgery, and efforts to protect trans people. The Southern Baptist...
View ArticleUS: Southern Baptist Convention condemns trans people
The Southern Baptist Convention has passed a motion condemning all laws protecting trans people. The group – which is the largest Protestant denomination in the US – earlier this week elected a leader...
View ArticleJohn Kerry: We must push back against violence and anti-gay laws globally
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the West needs to push back against the “global trend of rising violence and discrimination against LGBT persons.” Kerry was addressing the annual Gays and...
View ArticleGambia: New bill will ‘ban homosexuality’ and LGBT rights groups
The government of Gambia plans to present a bill to parliament that will further toughen anti-LGBT laws by ‘banning homosexuality’ and LGBT rights organisations. Momodou Sabally, Gambia’s Secretary...
View ArticleVideo: Documentary explores Jamaica’s underground gay and trans community
A new video documentary was released today highlighting the lives of homeless gay, bisexual and transgender (GBT) youth in Jamaica. The Vice.com video: ‘Young and gay: Jamaica’s Gully Queens’ takes the...
View ArticleSinger Charli XCX: I will never return to Uganda over anti-gay laws
A British singer whose mother is from Uganda has vowed to never return to the African country, over its anti-gay laws. 22-year-old Charli XCX – known for her songs I Love It and Boom Clap – says she...
View ArticleQatar: We will find ‘creative’ solutions to gays at the World Cup
The Qatari sports minister has claimed that his country will find “creative” solutions to gay people attending the world cup despite its ban on homosexuality. The Middle Eastern country, where gay men...
View ArticleFormer French President Nicolas Sarkozy: Same-sex marriage should be scrapped
France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for the country to repeal its same-sex marriage laws. Same-sex weddings began in the country in May last year under Socialist François Hollande, and...
View ArticleMormon Church: We support anti-discrimination laws, but only if we can still...
The Mormon Church has backed laws that would outlaw anti-gay discrimination… as long as it is still allowed to discriminate against gays. The notoriously homophobic Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
View ArticleJohn Legend cancels apperance at Brunei-owned hotel over anti-gay laws
John Legend has pulled out of a planned appearance at a Brunei-owned hotel, over an ongoing boycott of the country over anti-gay laws. Brunei enacted a strict new penal code last year which condemns...
View ArticleStephen Fry could be prosecuted in 49 countries for something he did last month
Actor Stephen Fry could be prosecuted in 49 countries around the world, over something he did last month. We’re not referring to his much-discussed wedding to comedian Elliott Spencer, but his remarks...
View ArticleComment: LGBT+ Lib Dems welcome new ‘revenge porn’ laws
Dave Page, the Chair of LGBT+ Liberal Democrats, hails the introduction of laws criminalising ‘revenge porn’. As demonstrated so powerfully on last week’s ‘Banana’, revenge porn – publishing private,...
View ArticleMost Christians don’t want ‘religious freedom’ laws to permit anti-gay...
A poll has found that the majority of Christians are opposed to “religious freedom” laws being used to permit discrimination against LGBT people. A number of Republican states are currently pushing...
View ArticleSam Smith: I sometimes feel ‘guilty’ for having the freedom to be gay
Out singer Sam Smith has taken to Twitter to lament action against countries where gays are persecuted – saying it “kills him” to see inaction on the issue. The Leave Your Lover singer – who publicly...
View ArticlePeers: The UK must do more to address legacy of Commonwealth anti-gay laws
Members of the House of Lords have urged the government to take a stronger line against the vast number of British colonial-era laws criminalising homosexuality that remain in force around the world....
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