Day: June 1, 2015

Over 20 arrests were made yesterday in Moscow as police shut down a gay rights rally in the Russian capital. The arrests were made after authorities  had blocked a request to hold a pride parade for the tenth year in a row, resulting in demonstrators taking to Tverskaya Square. Reuters reports that Anti-gay Orthodox campaigners also […]

Mozambique has legalised homosexuality, striking down a colonial era law which criminalised gay sex. The southern African nation will officially be added to the list of countries with no law against same-sex relations, While homosexuality was never specifically criminalized in the country, a clause of the old penal code that allowed for “security measures” against […]

Australian Labor leader Bill Shorten has introduced a bill to the house of representatives which would legalise same sex marriage. Telling fellow MPs the “opportunity of a generation” was before them, opposition leader Bill Shorten has introduced Labor’s marriage equality bill to the federal parliament. “Let this law reflect the nation we all want to […]

Australian Labor leader Bill Shorten has introduced a bill to the house of representatives which would legalise same sex marriage. Telling fellow MPs the “opportunity of a generation” was before them, opposition leader Bill Shorten has introduced Labor’s marriage equality bill to the federal parliament. “Let this law reflect the nation we all want to see in […]