Tuesday, November 19, 2013

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

We need to talk about the elephant in the room.
The “27 club” has just become the “67 club” â€" and it’s freaking us out!

International Olympic Committee Won't Challenge Russian Anti-Gay Broadcast ...
BuzzFeed
Olympic committees have, in the past, targeted knitters and newspapers in seeking to protect their name. When it comes to the Olympic logo being used throughout a Russian anti-gay TV program, they remain silent. posted on November 18, 2013 at 6:37pm ...

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IBTimes.co.uk

Uganda: British Pensioner Bernard Randall's Gay Sex Trial Adjourned
IBTimes.co.uk
A British pensioner charged with offences related to gay sex has appeared in court in Uganda. Bernard Randall, 65, has been charged with trafficking obscene publications after photos of him having sex with another man were found on his computer. The ...
Bernard Randall in Uganda court on gay sex video chargeBBC News
Uganda trial on published gay images is postponedNorthJersey.com
British man faces court in Uganda after gay images found on his stolen laptop ...Washington Post
The Voice Online
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International Business Times

Justin Lookadoo Gay Conversion Link: #Lookadouche Target Had Reported ...
International Business Times
In a 2006 blog post on the website Ex-Gay Watch, Daniel Gonzales, who attended the summer camp, describes being “initially creeped out” by Lookadoo before realizing that speakers at the camp included two Exodus International's leaders, Alan Chambers ...

A claim that New Zealandâ??s adoption laws discriminate in ten different ways, including sexual orientation, is being heard at the Human Rights Review Tribunal.
A Transgender Day of Remembrance service will be held at Hamiltonâ??s Riff Raff statue on Sunday.
Rainbow WellingtonRainbow Wellington are holding their election candidate forum at the Wellesley Boutique Hotel, in Maginnity Street, Wellington this evening. Representatives of all the current Parliamentary political parties, and NZ First have being invited. The Forum will start at 6 pm. Nibbles will be provided and there will be a cash bar. There is no requirement [...]
The Human Dignity Trust (HDT) has been forced to appeal against a decision to deny it from holding charitable status, raising concerns across the voluntary sector for groups standing up for LGBT rights.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, has joined colleagues from across the political spectrum in condemning Section 28 on the day of the 10th anniversary of its repeal.
The ninth annual remembrance event in London for those murdered and driven to death for being transgender will be held on Wednesday.
New Government plans would mean that anybody found with pornography depicting rape, could be jailed for up to three years.
A gay couple were forced to take shelter in a London pub on Sunday evening, after being pursued and threatened by a gang of teenagers who shouted homophobic slurs.
Responding to comments made by the president of the Faculty of Public Health, Simon Blake, the CEO of Brook, says most youngsters believe the age of consent should not be lowered.
Crispin Blunt has successfully secured an overwhelming vote from local Conservatives to remain as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Reigate at the 2015 General Election, after executive committee members attempted to unseat him, some say, because he came out as gay.
MEP Nikki Sinclaire says she was “accepted as a lesbian in UKIP” â€" despite having won a discrimination case against the party in 2010.
The Russian Sports Minister has again spoken in defence of an anti-gay law passed earlier this year, this time to say that the law may have caused so much controversy because of its timing, rather than its contents.
The former Co-operative Bank chairman who oversaw its near collapse has been caught buying and using drugs such as crystal meth, ketamine, crack cocaine and boasting of how plans for a party were “turning into a two day, drug fuelled gay orgy.”
The Leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband, has spoken on the 10th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28, to emphasise the importance of its demise, despite saying there is still more to be done.
Barnardo’s has called on schools across Wales to make sure they are implementing anti-bullying polices after a survey showed 58% of Welsh children have witnessed homophobic bullying.
A protest has taken place outside Uganda’s High Commission in central London opposite Trafalgar Square over the plight of gay men facing potential imprisonment for breaking the country’s anti-gay laws.
A priest, the author of a book which alleged that the Catholic Church suffered from a "culture of homosexual bullying", has been suspended.
Stonewall has launched a new campaign to tackle homophobic language in schools, with the slogan “Gay. Let’s get over it”.
Writing on the ten-year anniversary of the repeal of Section 28 in England and Wales, Tom Hayes, the editor of beyondpositive, says the law meant he was unable to receive basic advice about same-sex relationships at school.
It's ten years since the repeal of Section 28 in England and Wales, Labour's Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, Gloria De Piero, shares her thoughts on what the policy symbolised for the LGBT community in an exclusive article for PinkNews.co.uk.


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