Category: Around the World
American cable network HBO has officially cancelled popular gay series Looking. Out.com reports that despite critical acclaim and a small but devoted fan base, Looking won’t see another season, HBO has confirmed. The network issued the following statement: After two years of following Patrick and his tight-knit group of friends as they explored San Francisco in […]
A new ad for online travel company Expedia which features a gay couple has been met with a storm of hatred on Twitter. Attitude.co.uk reports that online travel booking company Expedia has unleashed a Twitter storm after featuring an interracial same-sex couple in its new promotional material. The image – which the company first shared on Twitter […]
Russia has failed in it’s attempt to block the UN from extending couple benefits to gay and lesbian staff. The vote which took place overnight failed to reverse the United Nation;s Secretary General’s July decision to recognize same-sex marriages of UN staff failed by 80 to 43 Haaretz reports. The decision to extend couple benefits was […]
The $20,000 fine handed out to Waratahs player Jacques Potgieter has been applauded by the Sydney’s gay rugby team the Sydney Convicts, who have welcomed Potgieter to join them for some training sessions. NSW Waratahs player Jacques Potgieter has been given a $20,000 fine for using homophobic language during Sunday’s game against the Brumbies. Potgieter’s […]
The UKIP leader labelled a group of GLBT activists ‘filth’ and ‘scum’ after he accuses them of scaring away his children when they invaded his local pub. The Independent reports that campaigners claiming to represent “those who have been targeted by Ukip” planned to stage a demonstration of around 100 people at Mr Farage’s local pun in […]
California State Attorney Kamala Harris looks likely to be forced to let petitioners decide if gay people should be executed. SFGate reports that Matt McLaughlin, a lawyer from Huntington Beach in Orange County, California paid his $200 filing fee Feb. 26 to submit the “Sodomite Suppression Act” to the voters. Declaring it is “better that offenders […]
69% of American voters want to make GLBT discrimination illegal according to a new survey commissioned by GLBT advocacy organisation Human Rights Campaign. Rolling Stone magazine reports that the survey, conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research asked 1,000 likely voters for the 2016 general election to share their opinions on a proposed federal bill that […]
Australian marriage equality advocates have welcomed today’s announcement by Senator David Leyonhjelm that he will bring forward his Freedom to Marry Bill for debate in the Senate. Deputy director of Australian Marriage Equality, Ivan Hinton-Teoh, said, “We welcome Senator Leyonhjelm’s initiative because Australia can’t wait any longer for marriage equality.” “The smart thing for Tony Abbott […]