Category: Around the World
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 […]
Homophobic attitudes are relatively prevalent among Australian teenage boys according to a new study, contributing to poorer mental health and increased suicide risk among same-sex attracted young people. The research from Beyondblue looked at attitudes of 12 to 17-year-old boys towards lesbian, gay and bisexual people, and towards homophobic bullying. Most participants in the study […]
Twitter is the latest US company to take a stance against discriminatory anti GLBT laws that have been introduced in over 20 American states. Twitter tweeted today, “We’re disappointed to see state bills that enshrine discrimination. These bills are unjust and bad for business. We support #EqualityForAll.” Twitter is among a variety of other major […]