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Mother stabs gay son, burns his body, then claims self-defense

Mother stabs gay son, burns his body, then claims self-defense

A mother has reportedly confessed to stabbing her son to death because he was gay. Afterwards, she burned his body. Tatiana Lozano Pereira, 32, is accused of stabbing her 17-year-old son Itaberlly Lozano, after Christmas. She was arrested in the family’s house in the small town of Cravinhos, four hours north of the city of São Paulo. Pereira and her…
A new study has found Millennials are the ‘gayest’ generation

A new study has found Millennials are the ‘gayest’ generation

Millennials are the “gayest” generation in America and twice as likely to identify as LGBT, a new study has found. The report from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) found that seven percent of 18 to 35-year-olds identify as LGBT. In contrast, another study found only three and a half percent of American adults over 35 did the same. As…
Bisexual men make better lovers and fathers, study claims

Bisexual men make better lovers and fathers, study claims

The study focused on relationships between bisexual men and heterosexual women.  The study – conducted by Deakin University – aimed to look into relationships between bisexual men and women on a broader scale and to challenge the biphobic stereotypes often surrounding such relationships. The findings will be outlined in a new book titled ‘Women in Relationships with Bisexual Men –…

70% of Facebook users have at least one gay, lesbian or bisexual friend

As the US becomes more accepting of gay people, and on the eve of the Supreme Court’s opinions in two key equal marriage cases, Facebook has found that a large majority of people are friends with at least one gay person. Facebook announced that 70% of US users were friends with at least one person who openly lists that they…

UN votes to reinstate resolution condemning execution of gays

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 of the supporting countries criminalise…

Florida’s ban on gay adoption comes to an end

The only law in the United States prohibiting gays from adopting effectively came to an end Friday with Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announcing his decision not to go to court to maintain the state’s 33-year-old ban. The issue played out in Florida courts in the name of Frank Martin Gill, a North Miami man seeking to adopt two brothers,…

The Church (not the Bible) Discriminates Against Gays

The story of Sodom now linguistically linked to sodomy was an issue of inhospitality to visiting strangers. It is never an account about same-sex relations. It was as defined in Ezekial 16:47-50 as pride, gluttony, and prosperous ease and refusal to aid the poor and needy. Sodom is a symbol of God’s judgment rather than same-sex relations. The word homosexuality…