Tag: equal rights
Condemned killer who strangled and stabbed gay man pleads ‘homosexual panic’ to avoid death...
A murderer on death row has asked for mercy, blaming his crime on “homosexual panic.”
Robert Van Hook, 56, has been sentenced to die for murdering David Self in 1985.
He met Self at the Subway Bar in Cincinnati, Ohio, before the two went together to Self’s flat.
It was here that Van Hook strangled Self until he was unconsciousness before stabbing him multiple times in the neck.
The murderer proceeded to cut open his abdomen before stabbing his internal organs, court records...
A Gay Couple Just Became The First To Adopt In Germany
A gay couple has become the first same-sex pairing to adopt a child in Germany.
The two men from Berlin got married on October 2nd, the day after gay marriage was officially legal in the country, and have now earned the screening to adopt as well.
Michael and Kai Korok are now happy to be the official parents of adopted two-year-old Maximilian.
The two have known the child since birth as they took him in as his foster parents. Then, after Germany...
LGBT activists march for equal rights in Montenegro
LGBT citizens and their family members marched for equal rights in the country's capital.
Gay activists hit the streets of Montenegro’s capital city, Podgorica, yesterday (December 17) to demand equal rights for the LGBT community.
According to the Balkan Insight, LGBT groups marched for a same-sex marriage law and the eradication of homophobia and transphobia.
Queer Montenegro organised the march in the hope that by the end of 2017, the country would adopt laws to improve the lives of LGBT citizens.
The march...
