NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — The Ugandan government said Wednesday it will ban at least 38 nongovernmental agencies it says are promoting gay rights and recruiting children into homosexuality. “We have investigated them thoroughly and we have found their sponsors,” said Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo. “We will ask them to step aside and stop pretending to…
(CNN) — A Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal left Germany and arrived in Canada on Monday, a police official said. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, was in police custody when he flew back aboard a Canadian military plane. Magnotta faces first-degree murder and other charges in the May…
(CNN) — The former Rutgers University student convicted of spying on and intimidating his gay roommate was released from jail Tuesday after serving his sentence, a jail official said. Dharun Ravi, 20, was found guilty in May of invasion of privacy, witness tampering, hindering apprehension and bias intimidation. He left the Middlesex County Jail in…
Rosedale, NY (WPIX) — Despite winning his school’s speech writing competition, a Queens fifth grader was told by the principal that he won’t be allowed to perform it for his classmates because of the topic — same sex marriage. “I was a little bummed out because I thought my speech, my original speech was really…
(CNN) — A Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal left Germany on Monday and was headed back to Canada, government officials said. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, was aboard a Canadian military plane in police custody, Rob Nicholson, Canada’s minister of justice, and Vic Toews, minister of public safety,…
The French Ministry of Health will no longer forbid the acceptance of blood and plasma donations from gay men, who have been thought to be higher risks for infecting the blood supply with the HIV virus. According to the English-language French newspaper, The Connexion, France will issue a similar policy to that of England, Wales…
A transgender man and his partner are headed to the alter after he proposed marriage to his partner at the LGBT Pride reception held at the White House Friday. Scout – whose legal name stands as the one word – had planned to propose to his wife-to-be Liz Margolies at the White House despite his…
In celebration of LGBT Pride Month, President Obama and other senior officials attended the LGBT Pride Month Celebration at the White House Friday. The timing of the celebration follows closely on the heels of President Obama’s announcement last month in support of same-sex marriage. “Three years ago, I… promised you this,” said President Obama. “I…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Department of Defense announced Thursday that it will be commemorating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride later this month. The event will be the first of its kind for the Pentagon. “The Defense Department is planning an LGBT Pride Month event for later this month,” Pentagon spokeswoman Eileen Laniez said in…
WASHINGTON, June 15 – Today OutServe, the association of actively-serving LGBT U.S. military personnel and one of the largest LGBT employee resource groups in the world, praised Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s LGBT Pride message. The Secretary issued a video message to all Defense Department employees commemorating June as LGBT Pride Month, and recognizing gay…
