Category: Around the World
The former secretary of state and soon to be 2016 Presidential candidate has been awarded an award from the gay hook up app. Grindr users in the United States has named Hillary Clinton” Straight Ally of the Year.” Clinton has been an outspoken ally of the GLBT community during her time as US Secretary of […]
The Australian Capital Territory will have an openly gay first Minister as Andrew Barr is set to be sworn in this morning. Andrew Barr was yesterday elected unopposed as the ACT Labor party leader and will be sworn in today. Barr will become the first openly gay head of government in Australia’s history. 41 year […]
The International Olympic Committee has just added sexual orientation to the Olympic charter’s non discrimination policy. The recommendation from the Olympic Agenda 2020 to include “non-discrimination on sexual orientation in the Sixth Fundamental Principle of Olympism” was voted on at the 127th IOC Session in Monaco. The Sixth Principle already protects discrimination on the basis of […]
Facebook has refused to remove anti gay status updates from Westcity Baptist church. express was alerted to Facebook’s refusal to remove the posts which state gays would be put to death as a result of their sexuality by one of our readers who sent in this screenshot: Article | Levi Joule
The newly sworn in Labor government in Victoria has appointed Martin Foley as Minister of equality and marks the first time an Australian government has ever had a dedicated Minister overseeing gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex issues. Daniel Andrew’s new Labor government in Victoria has gotten straight to work delivering on it’s promises to Victoria’s GLBT […]
A video of an extremist Christian pastor’s rant in the US calling for the mass extermination of gay people for an AIDS-free Christmas has gone viral. Steve Anderson delivered the sermon the day before World AIDS Day at his Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. In his hour-long rant, Anderson claimed the Bible states that […]
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has again poured cold water on the latest attempt to allow coalition MPs and senators a conscience vote on the issue of marriage equality. Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm last week introduced a private bill to allow same-sex marriage, leading to renewed calls for Mr Abbott to allow coalition MPs and […]
Apple tells Alabama legislator that they “don’t want their corporation tied up in the political battle.” Rep. Patricia Todd, the only openly gay member of the Alabama legislature, has had her plans to name an anti GLBT discrimination bill after Alabama native Apple CEO Tim Cook rejected after Apple rejected the offer. Todd had introduced […]