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Administrators behind a fervidly religious Facebook page called “Warriors for Christ” apparently prefer learning things the hard way. How else to explain why they were so adamant about keeping the page free of rainbow emojis? In case any wafflers happened to miss the message, administrators went that extra mile and created a grisly meme: They received a disturbing 3.8K likes, but also quite a few dislikes — most in the form of, you guessed it, rainbow-bearing comments: Somehow, initiating the ban didn’t stop...

Students faced death threats for choosing to hold the event during Ramadan A Pride march scheduled for next month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was canceled last night (17 May). The three-day LGBTI public awareness campaign was organized by a group of students at Taylor University. Pro-Islamist blogs were outraged the event would have been held on 6 to 8 June during Ramadan. The event, which would have included a movie screening, forum, open mic and pride march at the campus, was called ‘Courage...

He personally delivered his party's action against the German government to the Federal Constitutional Court An out gay politician has sued Germany over its failings to establish marriage equality. Volker Beck has been representing the Green Party in the German Bundestag since 1994. He has been campaigning for same-sex marriage since 1992 and is sometimes referred to as the father of Germany’s civil partnership law. And he is really fed up with the government’s refusal to vote on marriage equality, although they debated...

The US state of Connecticut has become the latest in the US to ban the harmful practice of gay ‘cure ‘ therapy for minors. Governor Dannel Malloy signed House Bill 6695 into law, after the bill passed in the Senate. It protects LGBT+ young people from being subjected to the dangerous practice of gay ‘conversion’ therapy. The bill had passed previously in the Senate unanimously, and was last week passed in the House. Democratic Representative Jeffrey Currey of East Hartford, when the bill...

Hundreds of thousands of previously-banned LGBT videos are now available on the site's Restricted Mode. YouTube remedied an engineering issue that restricted hundreds of thousands of innocuous LGBT-related videos in the site's Restricted Mode. The Google-owned company released a blog post on Friday saying the issue has been resolved. "Back in March, our community alerted us that our systems were not working as intended, in particular, that we were unintentionally filtering content from Restricted Mode that shouldn't have been," the statement read....

It is compulsory for all men to complete two years of military services in South Korea, whose military law bans homosexuality. The head of South Korea’s army allegedly launched a secret investigation to find out which soldiers were gay. The Military Human Rights Center for Korea (MHRCK) claimed General Jang Jun-kyu authorised the ‘track-down process’ through social media and dating apps. His investigation has resulted in 20 soldiers facing charges under military anti-homosexuality laws. South Korea’s army chief is facing calls to resign...

HB780 aimed to bypass nationwide same-sex marriage and make it illegal in the state A bill banning same-sex marriage in the state of North Carolina is dead on arrival, according to a Republican House speaker. Just one day after the bill was introduced, North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore said the bill won’t be heard afterall. The bill, known as the Uphold Historical Marriage Act, aims to bypass the nationwide right to same-sex marriage. HB780 says: ‘Marriages between persons of the same gender...

Spot shows Seth Fornea showing viewers how to properly use a butter churn Boy Butter banned in the Windy City? The owner of the lubricant brand says a commercial is currently airing during Rupaul’s Drag Race in New York City, Los Angeles, San Diego and throughout Canada has been banned from airing on cable TV in Chicago. The spot features sexy ginger stud Seth Fornea showing viewers how to properly use a butter churn. ‘One would think that in the Mid West the...

The Westboro Baptist Church says the terror attack in London which left three innocent people dead happened because they’re banned from the country. Three people were killed and 20 injured in the terrorist incident yesterday in the centre of London, when a man ran a car into a crowd on Westminster Bridge, before stabbing a police officer outside Parliament. The attacker was shot by police and later died. Following the attack, anti-gay hate group Westboro Baptist Church has blamed Prime Minister Theresa...

A university has advised people not to use the word “homosexual”. The guidance comes from Cardiff Metropolitan University, which released an “Code of Practice on using Inclusive Language” for staff and students last week. The code, which warns students they may face action under bullying rules for violating the guide, which applies “across all areas of Cardiff Metropolitan University activity”. The section on Sexuality and Relationships states: “These days the terms ‘homosexual’ and ‘heterosexual’ seem laden with the values of a previous...

An Alabama theatre owner is banning Disney’s new, live-action musical version of “Beauty and the Beast” because he doesn’t want to expose his customers to the new gay character in the film. “It is with great sorrow that I have to tell our customers that we will not be showing ‘Beauty and the Beast,'” read a message on the Facebook page of the Henagar Drive-In Theatre. “If we can not take our 11-year-old granddaughter and 8-year-old grandson to see a movie...

Officer thought 'looking for loads’ meant the traveler was looking for cash in exchange for sex A Canadian man was banned entry into the US after customs officers read his Scruff profile. His profile said he was ‘looking for loads’. The officer in question believed this meant he was a sex worker. André, 30, was on the way to visit his boyfriend in New Orleans when he was selected for secondary inspection at customs pre-clearance in Vancouver. His full name is being held...

The attorney general of the largest sovereign tribal nation in the US says the prohibition is contrary to the Cherokee constitution. The attorney general of the Cherokee Nation, the largest sovereign tribal group in the US, is calling the tribe’s same-sex marriage ban a break with the constitution. Attorney General Todd Hembree released his opinion last week In it, he argues two provisions of the 2004 Cherokee Nation Marriage and Family Act are unconstitutional. ‘The constitution affords these rights to all Cherokee...

Malta has made history as the first European country to ban gay conversion therapy. The island nation passed the bill that will mean any medical professional found guilty of prescribing the so-called ‘gay cure’ therapy could be jailed. Politicians voted through the Affirmation of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression Bill, labelling gay cure therapy as “deceptive and harmful”. The new ban will see anyone found guilty fined up to $5,000, or even sent behind bars for up to five years...