Saturday, April 5, 2014

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

This weekend, the big Same Sex Formal is happening in Melbourne as hundreds of queer and questioning youth unite and party.
The true story of gay rugby player M ark Bingham's life and death is being told tonight on screen at the Mardi Gras Film Festival.
Hilarious celeb impersonator Charlie Hides is loved on YouTube for personifying his favourite female divas â€" and now he's on his way down under to Cher some of his glam characters with us!

Toronto Star

Uganda NGO raided for 'gay training'
iAfrica.com
It appeared to be the first such move since Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in February signed a bill that calls for "repeat homosexuals" to be jailed for life and requires people to report gays. The bill drew international condemnation, with US ...
Uganda: Police raid US project that assisted gaysWTOV Steubenville

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Guardian Liberty Voice

Help for Gays in Detention Seeking International Asylum
Guardian Liberty Voice
For international gays and lesbians who have come to the U.S. to seek asylum from oppression in their countries, many of them undocumented, the threat of deportation is terrifying. To return to their countries of origin is often a death sentence. In ...


World Vision Board Member Resigns Over Gay Uproar
ABC News
Last week, World Vision U.S. was at the center of an uproar after confirming it would hire employees in gay marriages. The charity, based in Federal Way, was started by evangelicals and grew to become a nearly $1 billion international relief agency.

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Documents from the Homosexual Law Reform fight in the 1980s are among the items lost in a Wellington storage shed fire.
A document released by the Anglican Church contains 10 options, from blessing and ordaining people in same-sex relationships through to splitting or ending the denomination over the issue.

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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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The President of Argentina has said she will become the godmother to the child of a lesbian couple.
A Florida man has been charged with the attempted murder of a lesbian couple and their eight children, after attempting to burn their house to the ground.
Jonathan Ross has said he is helping to develop a British version of RuPaul's Drag Race.
White House press spokesman Jay Carney has claimed it would be 'redundant' for Barack Obama to issue an executive order to ban workplace discrimination.
A hyped performance by an art student in which he claimed he would lose his anal virginity in front of a live audience has taken place.
The European Parliament this week adopted a resolution promising the free movement of all families in Europe.
Police in Uganda have raided a US-funded HIV project which has been accused of "training youths in homosexuality."
When US-based food company Honey Maid launched its ‘This is Wholesome’ ad last month which was inclusive of all families, it did not expect to see a strong negative backlash. What the company did do with the negative comments, including those from organisations such as One Million Moms, however, is turn them into love. Hiring […]
The government rules out the statutory regulation of psychotherapists in order to guard against gay-to-straight conversion therapy, leading to criticism from Labour.
A federal judge has announced that he plans to issue a ruling to strike down the state of Ohio's same-sex marriage ban, meaning it must recognise the marriages of same-sex couples performed elsewhere.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has defended the Church of England's position on gay relationships from an attack by former MP Ann Widdecombe, saying the issue is "complex" and that "people can't help being gay".
A transgender student in North Carolina says a campus security officer asked her for identification to verify her gender after she exited the women’s toilet.
Sandi Toksvig has collected her OBE at Buckingham Palace just days after renewing her vows with her civil partner in front of 2,000 people.
Andrew Sullivan says he’s appalled at the resignation of Firefox CEO Brendan Eich, who quit yesterday following a backlash over his appointment due to his previous financial support for anti-equal marriage campaigners
The Vatican has announced it is to investigate the sexual misconduct of the disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien.
A leading academic predicts the next six years will determine whether developing an effective HIV vaccine is within the grasp of scientists.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken out about the Church of England's perceived reluctance to support same-sex relationships, saying that African Anglicans could be attacked or killed as a result.
The Governor of the US state of Mississippi has signed into law a bill which could allow anti-gay discrimination by religious business owners.
A local newspaper editor says placing a photo of two men kissing on the front of his paper resulted in a drop in sales.
Officials in LA have urged gay and bisexual men to get vaccinated against meningitis following several deaths.


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