London – A leaked memo from the US Embassy in Paris, to the State Department in Washington, has revealed that French President Nicolas Sarkozy lobbied Russian President Vladimir Putin on the “violent repression of a recent gay rights parade in Moscow.” The parade took place in 2007. The memo followed a dinner meeting on the…
An opinion poll has predicted that gay politician David Norris is ahead in the race for the Irish presidency. The Irish independent senator was preferred by 27 percent of the 1,001 people surveyed. The second place candidate only received 13 percent support from the survey respondents. Mr. Norris has almost 25 years of political experience….
Rio de Janeiro – In Brazil a scandal has been created by the designation of toilets for the exclusive use of gays and transvestites in samba schools preparing for Carnival. Unidos de Tujuca, one of the top Rio de Janeiro samba schools, is one of the schools being asked to use segregated toilets. Protesters have…
London – A gay priest, who sexually propositioned a gay couple who were staying with him, has been fired for “inappropriate” conduct. The London Evening Standard reported that the Reverend David Gilmore, rector of St Anne’s Anglican Church in Soho London, was found guilty of “conduct unbecoming or inappropriate to the office and work of…
Uganda’s high court has re-leased a ruling permanently prohibiting the tabloid Rolling Stone (no relation to the U.S. publication of the same name) from continuing its public vigilante campaign against the country’s LGBT community. The ruling was signed on December 30 by Judge Musoke Kibuuka. Judge Kibuuka found that the actions of Rolling Stone violated…
