In a move that are some are calling straight out of the Dark Ages, Illiza Sa’aduddin Djama, deputy mayor of Indonesia’s most western province Banda Aceh, has called for the criminalization of homosexuality and a punishment of 100 public lashing for anyone found guilty of engaging in its conduct, reports England’s Pink News. Calling homosexuality…
With elections less than five months away, suggestions that Tel Aviv may elect its first openly gay mayor have started to surface. Reporting from 972Mag.com, journalist Noam Sheizaf is reporting that second-term Member of Knesset (Israeli Parliament) and former journalist for Channel 10 News Nitzan Horowitz has launched a serious bid to challenge the current…
(CNN) — Zambian police re-arrested two men this week on charges of engaging in homosexual acts “against the order of nature,” a rights group said. James Mwansa and Philip Mubiana, both 21, were arrested after neighbors reported them to the police, according to Amnesty International. Authorities subjected them to anal examinations without their consent and…
(CNN) — The deputy speaker of Britain’s House of Commons said Sunday the allegations of rape and sexual assault leveled against him are false. Nigel Evans also said the incident has left him with “a sense of incredulity” because he considered the two accusers his friends. “Yesterday I was interviewed by the police concerning two…
http://youtu.be/CdPHPBAEBQ4 VIETNAM — What started as a low-budget effort on YouTube about the travails of three perpetually broke 20-something friends living in Ho Chi Minh City, My Best Gay Friends has quickly evolved into one of the most popular shows in Vietnam. Shot on a shoestring budget with three unknown actors – all friends in…
In what is certainly a first for this nation-state, a group of dedicated gay activists are using the crowd funding site Indiegogo.com to raise funds to overturn the country’s anti-sodomy law. Singapore, which currently has an anti-sodomy law on the books which bans “acts of gross indecency” with another male, has made in clear in…
LONDON — In what some are calling the first of its kind, a Lewisham, England science teacher was summarily fired for telling a class of 15- and 16- year-olds that the homosexual lifestyle was “disgusting.” Robert Haye, 43 and a Seventh-day Adventist, appealed the decision but the High Court struck it down calling their decision…
http://youtu.be/pCDEiaoEP2U NEW ZEALAND — Pakuranga Member of Parliament (MP) Maurice Williamson has parliamentarians roaring in their seats during the recent third marriage equality bill reading in New Zealand.
(CNN) — The French Senate approved a controversial bill Friday that would give same-sex couples the rights to marry and adopt. The lower house has already approved the legislation. The bill, to which 10 amendments were made in the Senate, must still go through a second reading in the National Assembly and a final reading…
VELDEN. Austria – From Aug. 29 to Sept 1, the international LGBT community and their friends will again be visiting the beautiful Lake Woerthersee in Austria for the 6th annual Pink Lake Festival. The official hotel partner, and heart of the festival this year, is the historic and beautiful Villa Bulfon, situated directly on Lake…
