Ricky Martin has revealed that he believed homosexuality was “evil” before he came to terms with being gay. The star, who came out last year, said: “Being Ricky Martin back then and what I was feeling were not compatible. I was the sex symbol and I needed to dance and I needed to make girls [...]
Historians and archaeologists are dubious over media reports that refer to a recently unearthed skeleton as a ‘gay’ caveman. The remains, found outside of Prague in the Czech Republic, are of a man lying on his left side and facing west, which is how many women of the time were laid to rest. The man [...]
More than 80,000 people have signed a petition calling on Apple to remove a ‘gay cure’ app from its iTunes store. The company is coming under increased pressure to remove the Exodus International app. Apple has not commented but critics have pointed out that it routinely removes apps deemed offensive. Banned apps include one mocking [...]
New Irish foreign minister Eamon Gilmore criticized New York St. Patrick’s Day organizers for excluding the gay community. Gilmore believes that by excluding LGBTs, the parade does not encapsulate “Irishness,” because Ireland is a very accepting place – the Irish pride themselves on equality. “This issue of exclusion is not Irish, let’s be clear about [...]
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to restore a reference to sexual orientation in a resolution opposing the unjustified killings of minority groups. Last month, a UN panel deleted a reference to gays and lesbians in resolution introduced by Morocco and Mali. The vast majority of countries in support were African or Arabic. Many [...]
Krystian Legierski has become Poland’s first openly gay elected official. The nightclub owner, entrepreneur and LGBT rights activist won a seat on Warsaw city council last month. The Green party member ran on a Social Democrat ticket. Mr Legierski, who is black, has suffered racism and homophobic but told Gazeta Wyborcza that although his election [...]
Gay groups in Kenya are concerned after the country’s president said gays and lesbians should be arrested. Raila Odinga made the remarks at a rally on Sunday in the Nairobi slum of Kibera. He said that men and women caught in the middle of gay and lesbian sex would be detained. The country’s largest LGBT [...]
Pope Benedict has, for the first time, endorsed the use of condoms to prevent the spread of infection, the Boston Herald reported. In comments published in a book by a German journalist, Benedict said that condoms could be justified for male prostitutes for whom contraception isn’t an issue. While the pope added that condoms – [...]
A 27-year-old Saudi man has been punished with 500 lashes and five years in prison after appearing in a gay video. The short film was allegedly made inside a prison, although the Prison Administration denies this. The man was reportedly shown in the video imitating a woman and talking explicitly about sex. He was arrested [...]
A gay group is organising a kissing protest to greet Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Spain. The Pope is to tour the country next month and Queer Kissing Flashmob says it will stage the demonstration in front of him during a procession. Pope Benedict is due to make a short journey from Barcelona’s Plaza de [...]
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