Sunday, April 13, 2014

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

"I realised that standing in front of hundreds of people to host the night was no longer something to be nervous about, but an incredible privilege."
One of the foremost and longest-running ‘pray the gay away’ therapy programs in Australia closes tomorrow, and our LGBTI community of faith will mark its passing.
One of Oxford Street’s longest-running gay venues is now on the market, with its management reassuring punters that events will run as usual there for the time-being.

Ambassadors and bridge builders international to hold candlight vigil for ...
Gay News Network
With Living Waters Australia (LWA), one of Australia's foremost and longest running ex-gay/conversion therapy programs closing this weekend, LGBTI advocates will be holding a vigil at Taylor Square to remember those who have suicided because of ...


Africa's anti-gay movement spreads to Ethiopia
WJAC Johnstown
Ethiopia appears set to become the latest African country to increase the public demonization of gays, following new legislation in Uganda and Nigeria this year that increased penalties for homosexual acts. Ethiopia's parliament is also considering ...

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Footballer guilty of anti-gay gesture in England
Fresno Bee
BRIGHTON, England â€" A British court has found Turkey striker Colin Kazim-Richards guilty of making an anti-gay gesture at a match while playing for Blackburn. The 27-year-old Kazim-Richards claimed he was bantering with the crowd at former club ...

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Te Papa's marae is to host an AIDS Candlelight Memorial for the first time.

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Peter Sumner a former Army man, LGBTI rights advocate and long time pillar of the Wellington gay community died this week aged 84. Sumner was a former Lieutenant Colonel who played an important role in the fight for Homosexual Law Reforms in 1984/85. Bill Logan told gaynz.com that recalled discussions Sumner had with reform opponent […]

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A New York school has blocked a girl from taking her transgender boyfriend to prom.
The Illinois House of Representatives has rejected a bill which would ban gay conversion therapy.
The Principal of a Rhode Island school has apologised to parents for inviting a radio host to speak, after he ranted to children about homosexuality.
Police have released a photo of a man suspected of holding at gunpoint, sexually assaulting and robbing a man he met on Grindr.
The British Columbia law society has accepted an application to open a law school which will not allow gay people to attend.
A House of Representatives committee in Louisiana has finally voted to remove a sodomy law from the state's penal code, eleven years after it was declared unconstitutional.
Nigel Farage made light of anti-gay comments made by UKIP members yesterday, appearing on Have I Got News For You.
Two members of Pussy Riot have claimed that Vladimir Putin could be gay.
Utah's Attorney General says his decision to oppose the rights of gay couples to marry is 'not about hate'.
A teenager has been found guilty of stabbing a man in the chest in what is described as an 'unprovoked homophobic attack'.
Police are investigating homophobic leaflets delivered in Cambridge, which state that homosexuality is 'rebellion against nature' and will lead to paedophilia and the 'disintegration of family life'.
A rally has been planned in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday, to show support for same-sex marriage in the state.
Irish primary school teachers are concerned that proposed equality legislation may not go far enough to protect LGBT teachers against discrimination.
Nintendo has said that the inclusion of same-sex marriage in a video game last yearwas a 'critical bug'.
Leading anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera was detained at the Canadian border for his extremist views, which the country deemed 'hate propaganda'.
A 34-year-old Canadian was robbed, held at gunpoint and raped by a man he had arranged to meet on Grindr.
Three Russian gay couples will marry in Copenhagen next month, in the same week the city hosts Eurovision.
A Tory councillor who said he was "disturbed" that gay actor Sir Ian McKellen had been visiting schools has withdrawn his nomination to become Bristol’s next Lord Mayor.
A Pennsylvania lawmaker is attempting to legalise same-sex divorce, despite the state not recognising equal marriage.
The Pope has asked for forgiveness for the "moral damage" caused to children through abuse carried out by clergy members.


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