Category: Around the World
The eight Egyptian men who appeared in a ‘gay wedding video’ have been sentenced to 3 years behind bars for ‘spreading indecent images and inciting debauchery.’ The video at the center of the case was filmed in April on board a Nile riverboat, and appeared to show a pair of men exchanging rings and kisses as […]
The Cuban government’s bid his week to host the International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association’s biennial global conference in 2016 has faced heavy criticism from GLBT activists. “In Cuba there are no rights for the LGBT community or for anyone else,”Cuban-born U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said, who called the bid “unconscionable.” Delegates to the 2014 ILGA […]
Pastor James David Manning warns people to stay away from Starbucks claiming that the coffee giant is “ground zero for Ebola” and are meeting places for “generally upscale sodomites” interested in “clandestine sexual activities.” “I am now on the Ebola watch, warning people to stay away from Starbucks,” Manning says in a new “Manning Report” […]
CEO of Apple Tim Cook comes out saying “I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.” Writing for Buisnessweek, the CEO acknowledges that while he has never denied his sexuality, he has yet to publicly acknowledge it ether. “So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being […]
The Singapore court of appeal has upheld the colonial era law criminalising sex between men. It is now up to the Singapore parliament to repeal Section 377A of the penal code, prohibiting sex between men. “Whilst we understand the deeply held personal feelings of the appellants, there is nothing that this court can do to assist them,” judges […]
The man who launched an anti-gay attack on a fellow traveller at Dallas airport will not be facing jail time, but has been fined. McCleish Christmas Benham, who launched a homophobic attack on a fellow traveller three days ago, has been fined US $1000. Benham had to be restrained by bystanders after he began punching and […]
A European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) study has found that Italy is one of the world’s most discriminatory nations in Europe in it’s treatment of GLBT people. FRA Director Morten Kjaerum says of the situation in Italy: “Too often, too many GLBT people face discrimination and hostility for simply being themselves.” “As the […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook has made a stand for GLBT rights while being inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honour. Citing famous southerner, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in his Alabama Academy of Honor induction speech this week, Cook says he has “long promised” himself “to never be silent” in his belief in “our basic […]