HONG KONG – Anthony Wong, a Hong Kong based pop star, came out at the end of his concert last week. According to The Wall Street Journal, Wong told the crowd, “People don’t need to guess whether or not I’m a tongzhi [Chinese slang for homosexual] anymore,” he said on the last night of his…
EDINBURGH, Scotland – An Episcopal church located on one of Edinburgh’s busiest streets, Princes St., has unveiled a gay wedding mural. St John’s Church chose the topic for the mural which shows two men with one about to place a ring on the other’s finger under the words “God is love.” Associate Rector of the…
GERMANY – The German Rainbow Open, Europe’s largest gay and lesbian golf tournament will return for an eighth year this September to WINSTONgolf, near Schwerin. The tournament has become established in the international gay golf calendar and will be played over 2 days, with 18 holes each, one gross and four net classes, with golfers…
PRAGUE – The Czech Republic’s capital, Prague, will hold its second Pride event 13 to 19 Aug. organizers have announced. Prague Pride took place for the first time last year. Czech president, Václav Klaus openly criticized the event and far-right groups attended to protest the march, but it still drew more than 25,000 visitors. This…
QOM, Iran – Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi-Amoli, an Islamic scholar based in Iran’s holy city of Qom, has said in a speech among his followers that homosexuals are inferior to dogs and pigs, according to The Guardian. The Iranian cleric, who is entitled to issue juristic rulings according to the Sharia law, was condemning western lawmakers…
BUDAPEST, Hungary – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Budapest police to immediately revoke their decision to refuse planners of the 2012 Pride march permission to pursue their chosen route. In a news release on their Web site, HRW said that the march, scheduled for July 7, should be allowed to go ahead as…
LONDON – Ads, which suggested gay people could be cured, that were due to appear on the side of some of London’s iconic red double-decker buses have been banned. The Press Association reported that the campaign was due to run for two weeks on the side of vehicles serving five routes in the capital, including…
A Rugby player in the United Kingdom says he suffered a stroke during a freak accident and woke up gay as a result of the catastrophe. Chris Birch, 26, attempted a forward roll down a hill in 2006 when his brain suffered trauma, causing a stroke which required extensive medical care. When he regained consciousness,…
AFGHANISTAN – The U.S. military is investigating a series of photographs that show a soldier allegedly raising a Gay Pride flag at a base in Afghanistan. The series of three photographs were originally posted on the wall of a Facebook group called Wipeout Homophobia by Nicole Jodice, who wrote the message “Hubbie in Afghanistan raising…
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Authorities in Cameroon have illegally shut down a human rights workshop in Yaoundé that was to include discussion of the rights of LGBT people and arrested one of the workshop organizers. According to Human Rights Watch, the action violated rights to freedom of assembly and expression under both Cameroonian and international law….
