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Swedish peace activists have deployed a neon underwater “defense system” which sends out a welcoming message reading “this way if you are gay” in order to fend off the perceived threat of Russian submarines in Swedish waters. RT.com reports that the animated subsurface neon sign was recently installed off the coast of Stockholm by the Swedish Peace and […]
In the wake of the Conservative election victory last week, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed John Whittingdale as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – a politician with a long history of voting against GLBT rights. The new appointment of John Whittingdale has shocked many GLBT activists in the United Kingdom. John […]
World’s only openly gay leader is set to make use of the equal marriage laws introduced by his own government earlier this year. Xavier Bettel will be tying the knot with his partner Gauthier Destenay, who he has been in a civil partnership with since March 2010. The AFP reports that the Luxembourg Prime Minister, who […]
A Kenyan newspaper has printed a list of ‘top homos’ which now has many on the list fearing for their lives. The Newspaper, Citizen Weekly ran with the headline ‘TOP GAYS, LESBIANS LIST IN KENYA OUT’ A number of those listed were until now still closeted. Among those included on the list was a gospel singer […]
Former All Black Andy Haden has dismissed research that shows 87% of gay men and 76% of lesbians have been subjected to verbal slurs while playing sports in New Zealand. A new survey which revealed that gay men in New Zealand are among the most likely in the world to stop playing sports as adults has […]
Acclaimed gay composer Jack Body has died just days after receiving an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Award. Body, 70, died at Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington yesterday after failing health in recent years. The Arts Foundation said in a statement that Body would be sorely missed. “Jack was awarded a Laureate Award in 2004 […]
New research has shown the UK now leads the world in gay and lesbian parliamentary representation following Thursday’s general election. The research was carried out by Professor Andrew Reynolds, from the GLBT Representation and Rights Research Initiative at the University of North Carolina. In a report, Reynolds calculates 27 GLBT candidates were elected to the […]
Jack Body, composer and Arts Foundation Laureate, has received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Award during a private award ceremony at Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington. Limited to a living circle of twenty, Icons are artists whose work represents a legacy to New Zealand and have made a significant impact on their chosen art form. […]