Tag: homosexuality

While Bermuda decided to make same-sex marriages illegal again (after only six months of having it), at least gay sex is legal there. For many Caribbean countries, this is not the case. Though, that might be changing soon. The current law in Trinidad & Tobago is that gay sex can lead to life in jail. That said, a legal challenge by Jason Jones calls for “the discriminatory ‘buggery’ laws from British colonial past, to be struck down from the constitution.” As...

Concerned Christian Citizens complained the library of “affirming homosexuality as positive and urging our children to advocate for its acceptability.” A public library in Texas has been denounced by a Christian group for a display it says was “promoting the LGBTQ lifestyle.” When the Temple Public Library ran an Pride month display in June 2017, it generated little fanfare—until two months later, when the right-wing group Concerned Christian Citizens (CCC) complained it “crossed a line.” “They put up a celebratory promotional display...

This is huge news and could lead to the decriminalization of homosexuality in India India’s Supreme Court will reexamine whether a section of the country’s Penal Code that outlaws homosexuality is constitutionally valid. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code bans ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature’, which includes same-sex relations. The law is hangover from British colonial rule, who introduced the law while India was still under British control. But on Monday afternoon (8 January), a three-judge bench of the...

“This is malice. This is sadistic." A prisoner in Colorado was repeatedly raped as corrections officers did nothing, according to a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons. The unnamed inmate, who is gay, was terrorized by his cellmate at ADX Florence and mocked by guards when he revealed the abuse. In August 2014, members of a prison gang called The Boys began threatening the 21-year-old and accusing him of being gay. The gang told him they would attack him...

Abu Omer, known as "White Beard," was arrested in Mosul. An infamous ISIS leader reported to have overseen the executions of civilians suspected of being gay has been captured by Iraqi security forces. Abu Omer, known as “White Beard” because of his long facial hair, was arrested on January 1 after locals in Mosul reported he was in the city. The Islamic State has taken credit for murdering dozens of men accused of homosexuality in Iraq and Syria. Often the victims are...

Fan Chunlin is a 30-year-old Shanghai citizen who just filed a lawsuit Wednesday demanding China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) to specify why gay content has been banned from tv and the internet. Thankfully, Beijing’s No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court has accepted this case, will hold hearings, and will come to a decision within the next six months. Fan’s lawsuit is a reaction to the policy placed last summer that banned gay content on the internet. Fan’s...

A video advertising gay ‘cure’ therapy has racked up more than 1.5 million views on Facebook. US evangelical Christian group Anchored North posted the shocking video, which is misleadingly titled ‘Love is Love’ and features a rainbow flag thumbnail – only to call for gay people to repent their sexuality. The ad features the story of a woman who claims that she was cured of homosexuality because she turned to God. Gay ‘cure’ therapy has been disavowed by every reputable medical body...

Homosexuality Is Illegal In Tunisia! In the media, it is incredible to have a handful of LGBTQ magazines and blogs, such as Instinct and so many more. I’m honored to be one of the voices who get to promote media for my community. Although we as gay people have faced discrimination and intolerance, it is safe to admit that progression has been on our side of the last years. I’m looking forward to seeing how far we’ll take society in...

"He recklessly landed our God-fearing country into the hands of the sausage jockeys," declared a political rival of President Nana Akufo-Addo. Ghana doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to LGBT rights: Consensual same-sex activity can land you in prison for more than five years, and young gay people are often forced to flee their families, as physical attacks against LGBT Ghanaians are all-too-common. In 2015, presidential candidate George Boateng even ran on a campaign promise to put...

‘Yeah LGBT people LOVE it when straight people mock their lives for views and a laugh’ Harry Styles, former One Direction member, locked lips with TV host James Corden on a recent segment of Carpool Karaoke. But not everyone found the twosome’s antics particularly hilarious… The skit was filmed as Harry took over hosting duties for James’s US television programme, The Late Late Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DpCDxoj_Xg In the two-minute clip, James can be singing Santa Claus Is Coming To Town alongside some of his star...

Research Shows The Odds Are Likely… Ahh, siblings. I’m one of the few people I know who don’t have any brothers or sisters. Yes, I’m a spoiled only-child who has a single parent. It probably has been the source of all my problems, mainly narcissism and being self-centered. I got to miss out on sibling rivalry and the comparisons to The Brady Bunch kids. I mean, I always by default got to be Marcia so perhaps I got the better...

Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth's remarks sparked a nasty homophobic response from the Queen's former chaplain. A Church of England minister has apologised after he said that Christians should pray for Prince George to be gay. The Very Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth, the provost of St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow and an LGBT equality advocate, remarked that a future wedding between the fourth in line to the the thrown and a same-sex partner would force the Church of England to back marriage equality. The comments,...

November 27, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) -- “Call Me by Your Name,” which opened nationwide Thanksgiving weekend, is about an older man’s affair with a 17-year-old boy. And while the movie is garnering rave reviews from urbane elites, their acclamations about the storyline are not quite accurate. This is not a romantic tale about the awakening of homosexual desire in and between two men: It is a story about a man and boy whose relationship sparks homoeroticism and flirtation, which then turns...

The announcement comes after the United Nations (UN) criticised the Sri Lankan penal system for criminalising homosexuality. Nerin Pulle, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Solicitor General, has pledged to change the penal code in Sri Lanka after the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR is a process where countries within the UN have their human rights records scrutinised by other UN member states. The Sri Lankan government received seven specific recommendations, which included the decriminalisation of homosexuality – which is currently punished by...