Category: Around the World
US President Barack Obama has called for an end to the dangerous practice of ‘conversion’ therapy. In a statement that was posted on Wednesday evening alongside a WhiteHouse.gov petition, Mr. Obama condemned the practice known as conversion therapy. ‘Conversion’ therapy is a range of treatments that aim to change sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. […]
It has been revealed that Barry Manilow married his longtime manager Garry Kief in a private ceremony late last year. The news came as a surprise to some fans, with Manilow having not previously acknowledged his sexuality in the past, despite rumours. People.com report that although the couple chose to keep the wedding completely private and […]
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has joined Ted Cruz in the race to seek the Republican party nomination for the US Presidency. Rand Paul is a freshman Senator who won his Kentucky Senate seat in 2010 with the backing of the far right tea party. He is the son of congressman Ron Paul who himself sought […]
A petition calling for the reinstatement of HBO’s gay series Looking has reached 60,000 signatures so far. Looking was praised as being as a landmark television series which explored the lives of a group of gay men living in San Francisco. However after less than stellar ratings, HBO made the decision not to give the […]
Miley Cyrus decided to to “stir some shit up” when she was angered by Tom Cotton’s CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer, in which he raised the controversial issue of gay rights. Cyrus tweeted the phone number of Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton after taking offence at the comments he made about the gay community. Speaking to CNN’s […]
The US state of Arkansas has joined Indiana in passing a new law allowing for discrimination against GLBT people. The bill known as HB1228 passed through the Republican-dominated house of representatives despise fierce Democratic opposition, with the bill already being passed by the Republican controlled senate, it will likely go into effect within the week. HB1228 […]
Mikhail Ivan Gallatinov, 40 and his fellow male inmate Marc Goodwin, 31, both convicted murders, have tied the knot in the children’s play alcove at their prison’s visitor centre The Daily Mirror reports that Mikhail Ivan Gallatinov, 40 and his fellow male inmate Marc Goodwin, 31, became Britain’s first same sex couple to marry behind bars. They […]
A number of big name Australian corporations, including Qantas have signed an open letter calling for marriage equality in Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that organisations including Qantas, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SBS and Football Federation Australia have signed an open letter that argues same-sex marriage is not just “the only truly fair option” but “a sound […]