In a statement issued today, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said he had no personal objection to gay marriage. US President Barack Obama’s support for same-sex marriage earlier this week is said to have prompted Key to break his silence on the topic. ‘I am not personally opposed to gay marriage,’ he said. ‘It [...]
President Barrack Obama has declared his unequivocal support for same sex marriage in a historical interview on US television. Just days after US Vice President announced that he was ‘absolutely comfortable’ with same sex marriage the President has ended speculation on his own position. Speaking to Good Morning America President Obama said he had undergone [...]
Joe Biden, vice president of the United States of America said Sunday that he was ‘comfortable’ with same-sex marriage. The White House was quick to officially add that the Obama administration is ‘still evolving’ on marriage equality. Joe Biden said, ‘I am vice president of the United States of America. The president sets the policy. [...]
The Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) has launched the 2012 Global Men’s Health and Rights Survey (GMHR). Like the inaugural GMHR in 2010, this survey hopes to reveal the state of homophobia, health, human rights and access to health services for gay men and other men who have sex with men. The information [...]
Teenager Ivan Kharchenko was rescued by activists after being incarcerated in a rehab centre by his family for coming out. The teenager was placed in unwillingly in the care of Moscow’s Marshak facility on April 13 by his father. Pink News reported that the young man’s father had told the son ‘I’d rather have you [...]
Fighting same-sex marriage equality and abortion is more important than working to alleviate poverty and economic injustice – according to the Vatican. The New York Times reported last month that America’s largest and most influential organisation of nuns, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, has been officially reprimanded for getting these priorities in the wrong [...]
The annual GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) awards were announced on April 21 in LA and April 24 in NY. Chaz Bono took out the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which is presented to an openly gay LGBT media professional. Bono was presented the award by his stepmother Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack and his [...]
March 7: Nations from the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation and the African Union walked out of the UN Human Rights Council panel discussion on violence and discrimination against LGBTI people in which a report from the High Commissioner on Human Rights documenting discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their [...]
March 16: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Amnesty International issued a press release calling for an end to a targeted campaign of violence against young people not conforming to traditional standards in dress and behaviour. Emos, heavy metal fans and young people not conforming to gender conventions have been targeted [...]
March 26: In Maine, internal anti-LGBTI strategy documents from NOM (National Organisation for Marriage) were revealed during a State investigation into the organisation’s campaign finance activities. LGBTI activists have been outraged over the documents, which outlined campaigns to nurture cultural divisions between African and LGBTI Americans as well as to recruit a cadre of glamorous [...]
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