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Researchers also listed the countries where LGBT acceptance is actually on the decline. Researcher at the Williams Institute at UCLA examined attitudes towards LGBT people around the world to find which country is the most accepting. Iceland emerged as the clear victor, followed by the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, and Andorra. The nordic island country has long been at the forefront of LGBT rights: homosexuality was decriminalized back in 1940, and same-sex unions were recognized starting in 1996. In 2009, Prime Minister...

First grade teacher Nathan Etter's Valentine's Day surprise from his husband at work is shedding light on one Chicago suburb's compassion, tolerance, and unwillingness to back down. According to the Chicago Tribune, The Prairie View Grade School teacher was met with comments such as “ewww” and “gross” when his students realized that the flowers he received at work from his husband were indeed from, well, his husband. A man. Two men together. Married even. Hot scoop in elementary school. It...

Tom Daley has called on more Commonwealth countries to legalise homosexuality. The 23-year-old British diver recently won his fourth gold medal alongside Dan Goodfellow in the synchronised 10m platform at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia. Tom took to his Twitter this morning to celebrate his win, writing “GOLD” in capital letters, but also expressed his feelings about the other Commonwealth nations which criminalise LGBTQ people. “37 of the competing nations criminalises being LGBT+,” he wrote. “I feel so lucky to be...

A high court judge has ruled that Trinidad and Tobago’s colonial-era law criminalising gay sex is “unconstitutional”. Justice Devindra Rampersad has ruled that Section 13 and Section 16 of the Caribbean nation’s Sexual Offences Act should be removed, following a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ activist Jason Jones against the country’s attorney general. Jones – who is a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago as well as the United Kingdom – claimed that these particular sections of the Sexual Offences Act violated his...

The amendment was put forward by around 50 members of the governing La République en Marche. An amendment which will protect LGBTQ asylum seekers, if they originate from countries that persecute LGBTQ people has been unanimously passed by the French parliament’s lower house, the Assemblée nationale. Currently under French law, asylum seekers can be deported from the country, even if they appeal, if their country of origin is on a designated safe list. The amendment was tabled by the La République en...

In 1986, Homosexuality was decriminalized in the nation of New Zealand, but many men went on with having their convictions for homosexual activity for many decades later. Bu now, the New Zealand parliament is righting that wrong. On Tuesday night, the nation’s parliament passed a bill that will allow around 1,000 men to apply to have their past convictions for homosexual activity removed from their criminal records. Specifically, the five convictions that are being targeted are sodomy, indecency between males, keeping...

'You're gonna laugh at me but you know I'm telling the truth' Internet preacher Dave Daubenmire believes guys who masturbate are gay. The ex-coach said the absurd comments on his daily live web cam show called Pass The Salt. When asked about pornography, Daubenmire said: ‘You just gotta say no to it.’ He continued: ‘If you’re very, very honest about it – masturbation is homosexuality.’ ‘You’re having sex with a man. You get it? You put images of a woman in your mind, but...

Doctor found guilty of trying to 'cure' patients of their homosexuality A psychiatrist has been found guilty of trying to ‘cure’ his gay clients with gay sex. Dr Melbyn Iscove is a renowned spokesperson in Toronto for the condemned practice of conversion therapy. The 72-year-old was found to have sexually abused two of his male patients, promising to ‘cure’ them of their homosexuality. Psychiatrist tried to ‘cure’ his gay clients with gay sex He had oral and anal sex and mutual masturbation with some...

Another day, another antigay pastor caught up in a prostitution scandal. This time it’s 41-year-old Edward Ignacio Espinosa, who just stepped down from his position as community outreach pastor at Antioch Community Church in Waco, TX after being arrested for allegedly soliciting sex at a local massage parlor. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports: Espinosa’s charge stems from a massage parlor targeted by undercover McLennan County Sheriff’s Office investigators last year. Hundreds of men engaged in prostitution at two massage parlors in Waco between...

"Our salad chef believes homosexuality is a sin, so he won't be creating any of our signature salads for you." Jimmy Kimmel used a tongue-in-cheek sketch to demonstrate why denying wedding cakes to same-sex couples doesn’t make sense. In a recent bit on Jimmy Kimmel Live! the 50-year-old host discussed a judge’s ruling in favor of a homophobic California baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. It’s a big issue—one, as Kimmel reminded his audience, currently before...

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said efforts to ban homosexuality "create unnecessary divisions." Indonesia has ramped up discrimination and abuse against the LGBT community, and insiders say a law banning same-sex relations could be coming as soon as next week. On Wednesday, U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein warned the Indonesian government that such measures are “deeply wrong.” “The hateful rhetoric against this community that is being cultivated seemingly for cynical political purposes will only deepen their suffering and create unnecessary divisions,” Zeid,...

New guidelines claim gays and bisexuals "have an identity crisis" and are susceptible to "emotional problems such as depression." Indonesia’s Health Ministry declared homosexuality a “mental disorder” this week, the first step toward what activists worry is all-out criminalization of same-sex relations. On Friday, the ministry announced it was updating its guidelines to reflect a 2016 report from the Indonesia Psychiatrists Association that stated “gays and bisexuals were at risk of emotional problems such as depression owing to identity crises, while...

The Pride March called for an end to the criminalization of homosexuality At the exact spot where Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi launched his ‘Quit India’ movement, Mumbai’s 2018 Pride march started. The theme of Saturday’s (3 February) march was ‘Section 377 Quit India’, to protest the country’s law outlawing ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature’. Section 377 was introduced into the Penal Code by the British during colonial rule. So it was fitting the Mumbai Pride march kicked off where Gandhi’s mass...

Proposed changes to the penal code would make gay sex punishable by up to five years in prison. Attacks on LGBT people in Indonesia have increased in recent months, and activists worry lawmakers are readying to criminalize homosexuality throughout the country. Same-sex activity is currently legal in most of Indonesia, except for the northern province of Aceh, which is governed by sharia law. Over the weekend, police there detained 13 transgender women, shaving their heads and forcing them to dress and...