Category: Around the World
Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk incarcerated for refusing a court order to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples has been released from jail. David was accompanied by Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee spoke to the hundreds of supporters who rallied at the jail in Grayson, Ky. “I just want to give God the glory. […]
In an ESPN first, presenter Israel Gutierrez has come out as gay. The Around The Horn host revealed his sexuality in a blog post saying “I’ve been agonizing for months trying to figure out how to do this,” “It’s been incredibly difficult, to the point where I usually talk myself in circles and end up […]
The openly gay singer says “enough is enough” when it comes to Trump “harassing the Latino community” Ricky Martin has penned a powerful op-ed for Univision urging fellow Latinos to stand up and fight against Trump’s “xenophobia” “The fact that an individual like Donald Trump, a candidate for the presidency of the United States for […]
The disgruntled former journalist responsible for shooting dead two ex colleagues on live TV says he was a victim of homophobia at the television station he once worked at. Reports are now emerging that the man behind the shooting of television reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward was a former colleague who says he […]
The minister of education in the Australian state of New South Wales has banned the screening of Gayby, despite there being no complaints from parents. The NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, has banned every public school in the state from screening a documentary about children with gay parents during school hours, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Mr […]
The former Prime Minister announced her support of marriage equality while delivering the Michael Kirby lecture at the University of Melbourne Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced her support for same sex marriage, while also launching a passionate attack against Tony Abbott’s plan for a “people’s vote” on same sex marriage, saying the idea […]
The United Nations security council has held an historic meeting on GLBT rights. The United Nations Security Council has discussed attacks by the Islamic State (ISIS) on sexual minorities, in the first meeting by the organisation to be focused on gay rights. The United States and Chile co-sponsored the session, which focused in part on […]
Senegal has jailed seven men who have been found guilty of homosexuality. Seven men have been jailed for six months in Senegal, after they were found guilty of homosexuality. A court in Dakar heard police caught the men having sex during a raid. The men could have faced up to five years imprisonment under Senegalese […]