KAMPALA, Uganda – The speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has promised to speed up the debate on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Kadaga made the statement as she addressed religious leaders and journalists at Entebbe International Airport last week. She stated, “They said I should stop the debate on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill but I assured…
LONDON – Londoners experienced the biggest gay bar launch in a decade last week as Manbar opened its doors for the first time. Gay-owned and run Manbar promises its customers, “a late-night gay bar like no other in Soho.” Located at 79 Charing Cross Road in Soho the venue has had a major refit with…
THE NETHERLANDS – The Dutch Football Association (FA) – the governing body of professional soccer in The Netherlands – is running a TV commercial highlighting the lack of openly gay footballers. The ad, which has been shown on Dutch television shows a man in a closet playing soccer and then enjoying drinks with his team…
PARIS – The French government has delayed plans to debate a draft bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Jean-Marc Ayrault, the French prime minister, had originally named Oct. 31 as the date when ministers would unveil the bill. He told AFP at the time that there would be no backtracking. However, AP reported that the prime minister’s…
ATHENS, Greece – A member of the Greek parliament (MP) has been filmed shouting racist and homophobic insults at the director of a play and his actors as they cowered inside a theater in Athens. Ilias Panagiotaros, one of 18 far-right Golden Dawn MPs elected in June’s general election, was part of a recent demonstration…
BRUSSELS – The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has announced at its recent board meeting in Brussels that 65 new organizations have been approved as full members and three as associate members. The new members include organizations from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America bringing the total number of…
BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbian police have banned a Gay Pride march in Belgrade for the second year running. The police cited security concerns and compliance with a request from Serbia’s Christian Orthodox Church. AP reported that police feared a repeat of the violence that flared in 2010 when right-wing groups attacked a Gay Pride march….
OTTOWA – Canada’s 2011 Census of Population has shown that the number of same-sex couples has continued to increase. Same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada in July 2005. Between 2006 and 2011, the number of same-sex married couples nearly tripled (+181.5 percent), according to the Census. However, officials have now realized that many of the…
LONDON (CNN) – Four British Christians have urged Europe’s top court to rule that they faced discrimination because of their religious beliefs. Two women accuse their employers of refusing to let them wear crosses openly at work. Alongside them, a woman who declined to register gay civil partnerships and a man who did not want…
ANKARA, Turkey – Last month, in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır a gay teenager was allegedly killed by his father and uncle because the boy was gay. According to local members of the LGBT community the powerful tribal family later sought to cover up the whole affair. The Hürriyet Daily News reported that, “R.A.,…
