Planet Grenada (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
BRASILIA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Over 12 states in Brazil celebrated on Friday the Day of Black Consciousness in honor of the country's 17th-century anti-slavery leader Zumbi dos Palmares. In cities such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, people held parades against racism, discrimination, prejudice, homophobia, sexism and religious intolerance. Many economic and financial activities around the country...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
• Minimum penalty is life in jail, under anti-homosexuality bill • US evangelists are main activists behind measure As a gay Ugandan, Frank Mugisha has endured insults from strangers, hate messages on his phone, police harassment and being outed in a tabloid as one of the country's "top homos". That may soon seem like the good old days. Life imprisonment is the minimum punishment...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
He had Hollywood at his feet at the age of 25. So why has Rupert Everett never lived up to that early promise? Here, the outspoken actor talks about homophobia, deranged A-listers and why Madonna isn't speaking to him Can anyone look more world weary than Rupert Everett? At certain points in the interview, he gives the impression of having been in the acting game since at least the dawn of time, if...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
This has been a brutal year for LGBT youth. From the vicious murder last week of Jorge Mercado, to the deadly attack on the LGBT Youth Center in Tel Aviv, to the two thirteen year old boys who committed suicide in the spring because of anti-gay bullying in their schools, we see that youth are increasingly under attack by the forces of homophobia. At the Ali Forney Center we see the cruel effects of...
auntie joanna writes (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
...is being rushed through Parliament and will create huge burdens for churches and small voluntary groups, already worried by innumerable layers of burueacracy. Christians running small firms could find that they are forced to fight costly legal battles if accused by a customer or former employee of "homophobia" or similar. Find out more here.
KERRY MCCARTHY (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Update on my recent post about Chris McCafferty's question to the Foreign Office about Uganda's plans to toughen up the law on homosexuality, which includes making it a capital offence. The Pink News reports that the Prime Minister has personally spoken to the Ugandan President about this: 'A Downing Street source said: "The Foreign Office will be following the passage of the bill closely and...
The Other McCain (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Adam Lambert's defenders play the homophobia card : When CBS had Adam Lambert as a guest on its "Early Show" Wednesday morning, it may have believed it would placate viewers who were upset when Mr. Lambert had his invitation withdrawn by ABC's "Good Morning America." Instead, the booking has led to further complaints from those who say Mr. Lambert has been subjected to a double...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
This ESPN story is breaking all over the sporting news. Brian Burke, president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, "a most public example of hockey machismo," has a gay son, and accepts him. Not only that, but the son, Brendan, plays hockey for Miami University. As an out player, he is helping break down the walls of homophobia in sports. Here's what Brian Burke had to say about...
The Changing Attitude Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The reluctance of senior Anglican leaders to make a statement about the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill has yet to change. Having spoken with a member of staff at Lambeth Palace I am aware of their reasoning, even though I think it is wrong. It is wrong for many reasons, but not least because the Church of Uganda is breaking with the position adopted by the Anglican Communion, a position which has...
Ken Hawkins (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Summary: Charleston is now the second city in SC to pass an ordinance protecting LGBT people against discrimination in housing and public accommodations. Link: http://thedigitel.com/node/7452
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Joe Bugner has been accused by viewers of being homophobic after a remark he allegedly made about co-stars Colin and Justin.
Ssnot! (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Often times the right to believe crowd is heavily atheistic and some of the loudest voices against criticism are those of atheists. I've rarely encountered such examples but... seriously wow. You have no place to tell me that my beliefs are wrong. I am not religious. I do not believe in god. However, I do believe that if someone wants to believe in god, then that's up to them. You can't tell people...
Pigeon Project (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
“Juggernaut songstress Lady Gaga`s not afraid to speak her mind, especially when it comes to her gays, and in a taped recording with On the Record with Fuse, which airs Nov. 23, Gaga tackled homophobia and misogyny in hip hop. “I feel even just in the music industry that there`s very public misogynistic and homophobic [...]
Londonist (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Image / trailerfullofpix Feltham has unveiled a monument to favourite son Freddie Mercury . A 2,000 -strong crowd convened to watch as the late singer's 87-year old mother, alongside Brian May, introduced the bronze memorial and spoke about her son. Born in Zanzibar to a Parsi Zoroastrian family who hailed from Gujarat, the teenaged Farrokh Bulsara came to England following his war-torn homeland's...
konagod (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Happy Thanksgiving! At the moment, I am giving thanks that I don't live in Turkey , land of honor killings and homophobia. ...Mr. Yildiz, a straight-A physics student who had hoped to become a teacher, was tutoring fellow students so he could make extra money to live independently. But by coming out as gay in a patriarchal tribal family, he had become the ultimate affront to both religious and filial...
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