EVEREST GOES GAY?

Nepal Tourist Board is promoting Mount Everest as a gay honeymoon destination. It’s also planning to host the world’s highest same-sex wedding at the Everest base camp. In a country where just five years ago the police were beating gay men and transexuals in street, this is a dramatic change....

March 15th, 2010 | Highlights, International | Read More

VIDEO: 1000 LASHES FOR GAY YOUTUBE CLIP

A man in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 1000 lashes, fined $1,300 and banged up for a year in prison after appearing in a Youtube clip where he dresses as a policeman and flirts with another man. In the clip, he pretends to take someone’s driving license, say it expires and then jokingly demand...

March 12th, 2010 | International | Read More

CONTINUED THREATS TO GAYS ON KENYAN COAST

A Christian Radio Station in Mombasa, Kenya, is continuing to broadcast threats against local LGBT. Baraka FM, along with others, has been implicated in inciting the attempted pogrom in Mtwapa, near Mombasa in February. Blogger GayUganda reports receiving an email stating that the station read out the...

March 12th, 2010 | Highlights, International | Read More

VATICAN GAY RENT BOY SCANDAL SHOCK NOT

The Vatican yesterday heard how Angelo Balducci – a Gentleman of His Holiness The Pope – was caught negotiating with a Vatican chorister, Thomas Ehiem, about what kind of rent boys he wants. Which was nice. Especially as we all know homosexuality is seen as an affront to God – the...

March 5th, 2010 | Highlights, International | Read More

ANTI-GAY SENATOR ARRESTED LEAVING GAY NIGHTCLUB DRUNK, DRIVING AND NAKED

OK the naked bit we made up. But the rest’s all true. Californian senator Roy Ashburn – who ran a campaign based on traditional family-values and who firmly rejected any vote for gay marriage – was arrested for drunk driving after leaving gay hot spot Faces. Police noticed him driving...

March 4th, 2010 | International | Read More

SAN FRAN MAN SHOT IN FACE FOR BEING GAY

A San Francisco man was the victim of a drive-by shooting because he was gay. The victim was walking along the street when a car pulled up and someone inside opened fire with a ball bearing rifle, shooting him in the face. Mohammad Habibzada, Shafiq Hashemi and Sayed Bassam were charged for the attack,...

March 4th, 2010 | Highlights, International | Read More

GAY CRUISE SHIP “THREAT TO MORALITY”

A bunch of evangelical pastors in the Bahamas have claimed that a visit by a gay cruise ship could threaten the morality and decency of the country’s “Judeo-Christian” heritage. The group stated that they were in no way a hate group, but instead hoped to prevent the country from “falling...

March 2nd, 2010 | International | Read More

DUTCH PROTEST AT GAY COMMUNION BAN

A group of about 100 activists walked out of a Dutch Catholic Church yesterday to protest at the banning of Holy Communion to The Gays. The church knew about the protest so cancelled all communions on that day. Meanwhile protests left the church yelling and singing. The protest was a response to an...

March 1st, 2010 | Highlights, International | Read More

SYDNEY NAMED WORLD’S BEST GAY CITY

A survey by Expedia online travel has named Sydney as the world’s best gay-friendly city. Next on the list is Cape Town, South Africa, with Amsterdam following behind in third place. Bolton in Greater Manchester Sao Paulo, Brazil came in fourth, with Cardif in Wales Tel Aviv, Israel at fifth,...

February 23rd, 2010 | International, Travel | Read More

KENYA: HOPES FOR CALM YET CLERICS STOKE HATRED

In the aftermath of the attempted anti-gay pogrom in Mtwapa, Kenya, the Daily Nation reports that the government’s attempts to calm the situation are being rebuffed by clerics. The government has set up a committee which aims to educate the public on the operations of the Kenya Medical Research...

February 22nd, 2010 | Highlights, International | Read More