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And he thinks the national anthem will be Macklemore's 'Same Love' A Christian minister who has long campaigned against Australia’s LGBTI community has warned marriage equality would lead to seperate citizenships for gay people. Fred Nile is a minister and New South Wales state politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He is also a long-standing opponent of LGBTI people. Since the 1980s he has prayed for rain to stop the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade going ahead. But the announcement that...

Iván Chanis Barahona is a gay Panamanian lawyer who is working towards getting gay marriage legalized in the country. He is representing a couple that was legally married in the U.K. and is working to get their marriage recognized in Panama. Chanis is also working a second case that is challenging the country on the laws that keep same-sex couples from marrying. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the summer. The two cases have been rolled into one, and the...

From deadly cross-dressing pirates having a lesbian-affair to booty, rituals and same-sex civil unions The lesbian and gay pirates of the 17th century lived a strangely egalitarian life, with health insurance and even same-sex civil partnerships. Piracy was a world apart, and one where homosexual couples may have been the norm, not the exception. So to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day (19 September) here’s our queer history of piracy. ‘They never engaged in combat without embracing each other’ Same-sex action and the sea...

The university called her parents to help treat her 'disease' A university student in India was asked to move out of student housing for showing homosexual ‘tendencies’. The Bachelor of Arts student at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was banished from her housing but not expelled from the university. She was a student at the university’s women’s college, the Mahila Maya Vidyala. Hostel management said the honours student was thrown out because she was harassing her fellow boarders. But an unnamed professor...

It sounds like a silly question I am aware of how dumb this sounds, but, if you have been through what I have been, you will see where I am going with this. It may seem like a given that most people pretty much know what is going on with them, but that just is not true. Not everybody will realize the truth about their sexuality until they become adults and, in some cases, they are already deeply involved in...

This needs to be brought up I am Catherine, 42 years old and I am a single mother living in Connecticut. I believe this is something that needs to be addressed, because it seems like it is some type of a taboo in many parts of the world still. Living in a small community means you need to make certain concessions once in a while. And as far as small communities go, unusual behaviors are not usually tolerated. Like that of...

Over the weekend more than 40 Nigerian men were arrested for performing homosexual acts, police say. The men were at a hotel in Lagos State for an event to raise awareness about HIV testing. The hotel was cordoned off during the investigation. In Nigeria, homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years in prison, with gay marriage and displays of same-sex attraction also banned. While most countries are starting to have more open views about homosexuality, Nigeria isn’t one....

In a new Reddit thread, a straight-identifying man says he’s grappling with what he thinks may be homosexual tendencies, but he isn’t sure. Basically, he likes cuddling, kissing, and getting naked with other dudes, but he doesn’t want to have sex with them. So is he gay or not? That’s the million dollar question. “I’m not gay,” the post begins, “but I like to cuddle with guys.” OK, nothing wrong with that. After all, a lot of bros say they like cuddling...

Many even wish their current partners were hairier, the report found, indicating "strong preferences for masculine traits." Having trouble finding a man? You might want to grow a beard. A new study from the University of Queensland in Australia analyzed the sexual attractiveness of men with varying lengths of facial hair — for both men and women. "Including homosexual individuals provides a unique opportunity to investigate whether evolved mating psychologies are specific to the sex of the individual or sex of the...

The 17-year-old boy was murdered by his uncle after learning of his homosexuality. Russian magazine Snob has reported that a 17-year-old Chechen boy has been pushed from a 9th floor balcony and killed by his uncle, after families are being encouraged to “wash the shame” away from gay relatives. Snob was approached by a gay Chechen fugitive who left the Russian republic after admitting his sexuality to his local mullah (religious leader). Speaking anonymously, the fugitive revealed that his mullah told him:...

A 93-year-old man has received an apology for his homosexual conviction after a 43 year long battle. George Montague, dubbed the ‘oldest gay in the village’, has been given an “abject apology” in a letter from the Home Office. Mr Montague was convicted in 1974 of gross indecency with a man and has fought ever since for an apology. The government pardoned thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted under historic anti-gay laws earlier this year, but Mr montague argued...

‘The goldfish was not depicted, nor given features or movements, which were homosexual in nature,’ cereal brand says A Kellogg’s ad featuring a forgetful goldfish was accused of vilifying the gay community. The Sultana Bran ad, which aired in Australia, shows father and daughter having breakfast. The girls asks her dad whether it’s true goldfish have a three-second memory. It then cuts to the goldfish, who swims in his bowl and discovered ‘Sultana Bran’s got more fibre than two slices of wholemeal toast’,...

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...

A Canadian same-sex couple have spoken out after a photographer refused to work their wedding. Mike Cerantola and his partner Victor Rivas, from Montreal, told CTV News that they were refused service from Premiere Productions once the photographer found out that they were a same-sex couple. Mike said: “I texted and I was super excited, I was like ‘Look, we’ve found a good photographer’, I sent him a quote and he agreed with it, so we were trying to set...