Category: Around the World
The UK Labour party has unveiled a manifesto aimed specially at addressing GLBT issues and has won the backing of Sir Ian McKellen. The UK Labour party has revealed a GLBT manifesto which pledges to review gender identity law, tackle homophobic bullying and deliver ‘Turing’s Law.’ Labour’s GLBT manifesto will pledge five promises to the GLBT community to […]
The Vatican and France are still deadlocked over the appointment of an openly gay ambassador to the Vatican. Laurent Stefanini, a senior diplomat and advisor to President François Hollande, was nominated for the post on January 5. The Vatican has remained silent on the nomination ever since, and some have interpreted the stonewalling as an […]
The kingdom of Tonga is set to formally ban same sex marriage. Radio New Zealand reports that Chief executive of Internal Affairs Lopeti Senituli says the government is planning law changes to satisfy Tongan church leaders calling for a ban on same sex marriage. “Under our existing Deaths, Births and Marriages Registration Act there is […]
US Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has reiterated her support for equal marriage rights calling same sex marriage a “constitutional right.” With the United States Supreme court set to rule on the issue of marriage equality in June, Clinton, who has become the presumptive Democratic nominee for President has released a new statement calling ssame sex marriage a “constitutional […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]