Category: Around the World

Apr 16
Egypt Court Rules Foreigners Can Be Banned From Entry or Deported For Being Gay

An Egyptian court has ruled that GLBT foreigners can be deported or banned from entering the country. The case in question involved an allegedly gay Libyan man who the interior ministry barred from returning to Egypt in 2008. It it understood that the unnamed graduate student appealed the decision in hope of continuing his studies […]

Apr 15
Church of England Condemned Over ‘Gay Cure’ Conference

The Church of England has been criticised by GLBT activists over its failure to speak out against controversial therapy which claims to divert gay people to heterosexuality. The Church of England has been criticised for failing to condemn a Christian conference which backed a “cure” for homosexuality. The Telegraph has revealed  that a member of the […]

Apr 14
Marriage Equality Opponent Rand Paul Says Gay Couples Should Have “Contracts” Instead

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul who is running for the Republican nomination for US President has advocated contracts as an alternative to same sex marriage. Speaking to CNN’s Dana Bash who asked why the self described libertarian was opposed to same sex marriage, “Why do you believe just as a core principle, as a libertarian, that […]

Apr 13
Openly Gay Auckland Mayoral Candidate: “Pride Festival Not Core Council Business”

Openly gay Affordable Auckland leader Stephen Berry is back for another shot at the Auckland mayoralty. He sat down with News Editor Levi Joule to talk about his campaign and his plans to eliminate council funding to Auckland’s Pride festival.  Stephen Berry is first out of the blocks in the race to be Auckland’s next mayor […]

Apr 13
Hillary Clinton Hires Openly Gay Campaign Manager To Run 2016 Presidential Bid

Hillary Clinton has made US political history, announcing 35 year old Robby Mook who is openly gay as the campaign manager of her 2016 Presidential bid. The Vermont-born Mook will be the first openly gay manager of a major presidential campaign. He takes the reins of the campaign with a track record as a low-key […]

Apr 13
Mormons Team Up With Evangelical Christians to Oppose Same Sex Marriage

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has teamed up with evangelical Christians in the United States to ask the US Supreme Court to prevent same sex marriage from becoming legal across the country. With the United States Supreme Court set to rule on the issue of same sex marriage in coming months, the […]

Apr 13
Watch: GLBT Ally Hillary Clinton Announces Run For US President

Hillary Clinton has officially announced that she is running for United States President.  In a 2 minute video which featured a same sex couple, Clinton announced “I’m running for president.” “Everyday Americans need a champion. And I want to be that champion,” Mrs. Clinton said. “So I’m hitting the road to earn your vote — because […]

Apr 10
Catholic Priest Fired For Hosting Gay Sex Orgies

An Italian Catholic priest has been fired after it was revealed he had organised and hosted a number of orgies with gay men. A 32-year-old man says that he was contacted by the disgraced priest last year through Facebook. He says that the priest tried to get him to engage in sex acts with him […]