38 OUT OF 53 AFRICAN COUNTRIES CRIMINALISED GAY SEX

Today’s Telegraph reports on how African governments are clamping down on homosexuality. Thirty eight out of fifty three of the continent’s nations have criminalised consensual gay sex. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says anti-gay policies are being used by politicians as a way of bringing together...

January 11th, 2010 | International | Read More

UK URGED TO ACT ON MALAWI ARRESTS

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is being urged to press the Malawian government to release two men, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, who are being held on remand over their alleged homosexual relationship, to drop all charges against them and to repeal the country’s anti-gay laws. Miliband...

January 8th, 2010 | International, News | Read More

MALAWI GAY MARRIAGE TRIAL NEXT WEEK

A Malawian court yesterday refused bail to two men who celebrated their engagement to be married in a traditional African ceremony, which they held late last year. Giving his ruling at a court in the city of Blantyre on Monday 4 January, judge Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa claimed Steven Monjeza (26) and Tiwonge...

January 5th, 2010 | International, News | Read More

LATIN AMERICA’S FIRST GAY WEDDING TAKES PLACE

Gay rights activists Jose Maria di Bello and Alex Freyre have taken part in the first legal same-sex marriage in Latin America. The ceremony took place in Ushuaia, capital of Argentina’s southern Tierra del Fuego state. The couple originally planned to marry in capital Buenos Aires but were prevented...

December 29th, 2009 | News | Read More

NIGERIAN TERROR PLOTTER LINKED TO EAST LONDON MOSQUE

A relative of Umar Abdulmutallab – the man arrested for trying to blow up a plane on Christmas Day has claimed that he came under the influence of extremist groups after visiting the East London Mosque. The mosque has attracted criticism from Peter Tatchell after hosting events for a number of...

December 28th, 2009 | News | Read More

COALITION OPPOSES RELGIOUS EXEMPTION FROM EQUALITY BILL

A coalition of UK faith-based and non-religious social justice organisations, civic groups, trades unions and professional associations is calling on the House of Lords to reject wide exemptions for religious organizations at its second reading of the Equality Bill on 15 December 2010. Founder-member...

December 14th, 2009 | News | Read More

PROTESTERS URGE: “DROP ANTI-HOMO BILL”

Nearly 100 protesters rallied outside the Ugandan Embassy in London on Human Rights Day to support the Ugandan LBGTI community. They called on the Ugandan government to drop its Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which is currently being debated by the Ugandan parliament. Under this law, Ugandans will face execution...

December 11th, 2009 | News | Read More

BORIS CHRISTMAS CAROLS WITH HOMO-HATE EVANGELISTA

Peter Tatchell has today criticised London Mayor Boris Johnson for accepting a carol-service invite from homo-hate clergyman Agu Irukwu. According to Tatchell, Irukwu is a long-time opponent of gay equality and opposes civil partnerships and the fostering of children by same-sex couples. Tatchell adds:...

December 9th, 2009 | News | Read More