Same-sex Marriage Ban Sickening
Researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health have found gay and lesbian constituents living in American states where marriage is banned are up to four times more likely to suffer anxiety disorders. In these states, gay and lesbian people were also more likely to suffer generalised mood disorders and substance abuse problems.
Indonesian Conference Attack
An international GLBTI conference was broken up in the Indonesian city of Surabaya in late-March after hundreds of Islamic activists surrounded the conference and stalked attendees. Around 200 GLBTI activists from all over Asia had gathered in Surabaya to attend the 4th Regional Conference of the International Lesbian & Gay Association (ILGA) Asia on March 26 to discuss issues and draft an action plan for cooperation between ILGA Asia’s more than one hundred member organisations.
US Horseman Fails to Declare
US Olympic bronze medal-winning equestrian Darren Chiacchia is being accused of knowingly spreading HIV after he had sex with his former partner without telling him he was HIV positive. If found guilty, he faces up to 30 years in prison under Florida law, which makes it illegal for HIV-positive people to have sexual intercourse without disclosing their HIV status to their partners.
Birds do it…
A pair of gay swans have set up nest at Abbotsbury Swannery in Weymouth, England, and despite their long relationship, staff say they are liable to have hissy fits when they fight with each other. Dave Wheeler, from the swannery, told the Daily Telegraph, ‘The two birds both hatched in 2002 and are sort of together. They have been together for several nesting seasons and basically keep territory as if they are a nesting pair.’ The pair engage in mating and breeding behaviour that replicates that of a heterosexual swan couple.
Steven Carter
