Category: Around the World
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 […]
Today marks World AIDS day. Something the vast majority of the GLBT community would already know of course. The New Zealand’s AIDS foundation held their annual collection on Friday, with the amount raised yet to be announced. This year the World AIDS Day theme is “zero discrimination” and the collections were also being used to […]
Finland’s parliament has granted equal marriage rights to same-sex couples after a vote of 105 — 92. Same sex couples have had access to “registered partnerships” since 2002. However the new law will end the legal distinction between opposite-sex and same-sex partnerships, giving same-sex couples equal access to the rights affiliated with marriage, including adoption and name-change […]
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has reportedly told a senator against introducing a same-sex marriage bill because it could cause more trouble for the government, the senator says. Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm, a key cross-bencher on Australia’s Senate, told reporters: “His argument was that the government’s got enough troubles without this one coming along.” Mr […]