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Fundamentalists in most religions condemn homosexuality. They are often persecuted and discriminated against. Even though acceptance in the West has come a long way, hate crimes against gays and lesbians in the U.S. comes second only to hate crimes...
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It was recently reported that a Lon Angeles based Saudi diplomat is seeking asylum in the United States under the pretext that he faces persecution if he is returned to...
made popular Oct 19 2010
Sanity — or humanity, whatever you want to call it — prevailed today in Florida when an appeals court overturned the state ban on gay adoption. This backs a...
made popular Sep 23 2010
A federal judge in Riverside on Thursday declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional, saying the “don’t ask,...
made popular Sep 10 2010
A Zimbabwean gay rights activist was found not guilty of pornography charges after a police raid in May on his group’s offices, his lawyer said Monday.
The trial...
made popular Jul 27 2010
The federal law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define the institution and therefore denies married gay...
made popular Jul 9 2010
Malawian President Bingu Wa Mutharika’s weekend pardon of a homosexual couple recently convicted for holding a public betrothal ceremony has drawn praise from U.S....
made popular May 31 2010
With gay rights under attack across Africa, it might not seem the best time to launch a magazine for homosexual people there.
But the owners of Mithly believe the...
made popular May 22 2010
Reprinted by author from Civil Rights & Wrongs
For the lesbian and gay communities, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, today marks a day in civil rights...
made popular May 22 2010
Under the Indian Constitution, all citizens have been guaranteed ‘equality before the law’. Article 15 prohibits discrimination “on grounds of religion, race,...
made popular May 12 2010
The reactions of those gathered outside the congress chamber clearly signalled which way the vote had gone. On one side, gay rights activists sang, cheered and waved...
made popular May 11 2010
In a bold step that took the state by complete surprise, a gay couple went ahead and tied the nuptial knot. A small step by two individuals but a giant stride for the...
made popular Mar 26 2010
An 18-year-old lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district reinstate the...
made popular Mar 12 2010
Pastor Martin Ssempa was quoted by the BBC, saying that he was showing the film to educate his church about what homosexuals do. He continues further to say that in...
made popular Mar 4 2010
The widespread controversy over gay rights in Africa continues as protests in Mtwapa, Kenya, brought a halt to what was hoped to be the country’s first gay...
made popular Feb 16 2010
Police in Malawi say they have arrested a man in what they describe as a sweep against homosexuals.
There is a debate over gay rights in this conservative southern...
made popular Feb 16 2010
The Malawi authorities have told gay activists who put up posters and distribute leaflets on the streets anonymously to “come out in the open”.
Government...
made popular Feb 10 2010
Angela Alfarache and Ivonne Cervantes met at a party 16 years ago and have been a couple ever since, filling their lives with books and writing and friends. After their...
made popular Feb 10 2010
Yury Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow, told a conference on Monday that he would not allow a gay rights parade in the city and any unsanctioned efforts would face police...
made popular Jan 28 2010
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You don’t hear much about homosexuality in China, as with most other things that are considered “sensitive” in nature. China seems as close-mouthed...
made popular Jan 16 2010
A Ugandan lawmaker on Friday refused to withdraw proposed legislation that would impose the death penalty for some gays and lesbians despite international condemnation...
made popular Jan 9 2010
It has been and still is a very thorny issue in Uganda. It is not yet resolved. It is an issue that is going to greatly run in the Ugandan media next year.
2010 is...
made popular Dec 28 2009
There were rose petals and rice on the ground in front of the civil registry in Buenos Aires. But in the end they weren’t for Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello,...
made popular Dec 14 2009
Serious debates are ongoing on the recent reunion of two Kenyan men in the UK over the weekend. Like any other Kenyan who came across the story as hot as it was when...
made popular Oct 20 2009
Eudy Simelane, 29, who played several times for Banyana Banyana, the national women’s side, was assaulted several times and stabbed to death by a group of men...
made popular Aug 26 2009
Gay men and lesbians in Zimbabwe are hoping for an end to years of “hysterical homophobia” by having their rights enshrined in the new constitution.
Sexual...
made popular Aug 11 2009
A masked gun man walked into a Tel Aviv youth gay club and started to randomly fire. Three were killed and eleven injured.
The gun man then escaped and police have...
made popular Aug 3 2009
South Korea doesn’t keep statistics on its gay community so it’s difficult to officially tell if it’s growing or shrinking. History seems to suggest that it’s...
made popular Jul 1 2008
I think that the real reason Israeli gays insisted on running the event in Jerusalem was to be safe from God’s wrath. They know almost for sure that the Sodom and...
made popular Jun 27 2008
It is the essence of democracy that people should be able to decide the moral rules that govern the nature of a community. If people don’t have that power, then...
made popular May 19 2008
Once again, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has refused to allow homosexuals to conduct an annual “gay pride” parade in his city, yet another sign of...
made popular Apr 27 2008
One of the most debated topics in many countries is the provision of legal rights to gay and lesbian couples. With America legalizing gay and lesbian marriages a...
made popular Dec 27 2006
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