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A teenager in the US has faced criminal charges as well as expulsion from her school following what is alleged to be a consented same-sex relationship between the teen and a fellow student. Kaitlyn Hunt was 17 when she entered into a relationship with a 15 year old member of her basketball team, Hunt [...]
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20 May 2013 /
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Madrid’s Annual Lesbian Day of Visibility has prompted Spain’s only out lesbian politician to send a message to her fellow closeted MPs. Ángeles Álvarez, a member of Spain’s ruling Socialist Party, has asked for other MPs to come out. Standing with other Spanish women in Puerto Del Sol, Álvarez stated “I am Ángeles Álvarez, a [...]
Tags: Ángeles Álvarez, Madrid, Politician, Spain
6 May 2013 |
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A fifteen year old boy in South Africa has died in a case that has been deemed to have underlying tones of gay reparative therapy. The young boy, Raymond Buys, was allegedly chained to his bed, beaten with planks and sticks, forced to eat his own faeces and electrocuted. Sent to Alex de Koker’s Echo [...]
Tags: Alex de Koker, Corrective Camp, South Africa
6 May 2013 |
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In the US a transgender actress has been chosen to play a transgender character in an upcoming rom-com ‘Boy Meets Girl’. After years of non-transgender actors receiving high-acclaim for their roles as a transgender character, filmmaker Eric Schaeffer has cast a trans* woman, Michelle Hendley, who he believes was the best fit during nationwide auditions. [...]
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6 May 2013 |
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“Why isn’t there a straight pride parade? Probably the same reason there aren’t soup kitchens for rich people.” Internet Personality Davey Wavey “Everyone should live within the rules… If not, we’d be like the monkeys that swing in the trees.” Horacio Cartes, Paraguay’s new president comparing gays to monkeys. “The court says it is in [...]
Tags: Bob Marshall, Davey Wavey, Horacio Cartes, Martin Ssempa, T-Maurice Williamson, T-Pain
6 May 2013 |
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Despite vocal opposition from anti-gay protestors across the country, France has become the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage. Quickly following New Zealand in the law change, members of parliament voted 331 to 225 in favour of the legislation. In the final reading of the lower house, the National Assembly also voted to allow same-sex [...]
Tags: France, gay marriage
24 Apr 2013 |
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Australia has fallen even further behind on the debate of marriage equality, New Zealand has voted in support of legalising same-sex marriage, votes were 77 to 44 in favour. The legislation will mark New Zealand as the 13th country making the move to marriage equality; the issue is being debated in parliaments world-wide. Openly gay [...]
Tags: Australia, Louisa Wall, marriage equality, New Zealand, Rodney Croome
18 Apr 2013 |
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The debate of legalising same-sex marriage is potentially wrapping up in France, with same-sex marriage narrowly passing in the Senate – the vote was 179 to 157 in favour of the legislation. Huge protests and counter-protests in major French cities generated global interest and uncertainty surrounding the outcome, the second part of the Bill is [...]
Tags: France, President Francois Hollande, Rodney Croome, Same Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Adoption, Tasmania
10 Apr 2013 |
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Baroness Thatcher, Britain’s Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 has died of a stroke. Margaret Thatcher was recognised for her achievements in making Britain a performer on the world’s economic stage, her defiant 1981 military conflict with Argentina over the Falkland Islands and her role in cold war international relations. In 1975 Mrs Thatcher became [...]
Tags: Clause 28, Margaret Thatcher, Thatcher
8 Apr 2013 |
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Comedian Cleo Rocos’ recent autobiography claims that Freddie Mercury dressed Princess Diana in drag and took her to a gay bar in London with Kenny Everett. Although neither Princess Diana, Mercury or Kenny Everett are around to verify the story, Rocos gave a detailed account of her alleged experience. “Scrutinising her in the half light… [...]
Tags: Freddie Mercury, Princess Diana, UK
8 Apr 2013 |
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