SENIOR BISHOPS BACK CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS IN CHURCH

In a letter to The times yesterday, a group of senior Bishops in the House of Lords wrote that religious organisations should be allowed to choose whether to register civil partnerships on their premises. “Straight couples have the choice between civil marriage and religious marriage. Gay couples...

February 24th, 2010 | News | Read More

OUTRAGE TAKING MARRIAGE BAN TO EURO COURT

Outrage is taking the fight for same-sex marriage and opposite-sex civil partnerships to the European Court of Human Rights. The group has the support of legal expert, Professor Robert Wintemute, Professor of Human Rights Law at Kings College in London, who has agreed to take on the case. Outrage also...

February 1st, 2010 | News, Politics | Read More

HOMOVISION REHAB with THE SWARMITE: AGEING

They used to sing ” Nobody loves a Fairy when she’s Forty ” back in the days of homo criminalisation but now the internet is awash with Daddies, Bears and Spanking GrandDads – thankfully nobody needs to look like Cher anymore to still be in the game. Can you imagine being rejected...

January 12th, 2010 | Health, News, Rehab | Read More

PORTUGAL SAYS YES TO GAY MARRIAGE

Portugal’s parliament has said yes to plans to legalise gay marriage. Once passed the country would be the sixth in Europe to allow same-sex marriage. PM Jose Socrates said the aim of the legislation was to remedy decades of injustice towards gays, saying that as recently as 1982 homosexuality...

January 11th, 2010 | International | Read More

HOMO TRAVEL: WORLD GAY LEGAL MAP

Last week two men in Argentina became the first same-sex married couple in Latin America. At the start of 2010 there are only seven countries in the world that allow gay marriage. But there are plenty more where being openly gay could land you in prison, or face the death penalty. Click on the map below...

January 4th, 2010 | News | Read More

TATCHELL’S LETTER TO COMMONWEALTH LEADER

Copy of Peter Tatchell’s letter to the Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma Commonwealth Secretary-General Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX 020 7747 6500 secretary-general@commonwealth.int 19 November 2009 Your Excellency, I am writing to inquire what the Commonwealth is...

November 26th, 2009 | International, News | Read More

SWEDEN ALLOWS GAY WEDDINGS

Swedens largest church – the Lutherian Church of Sweden – has voted to allow gay marriages from next month. Seventy percent of the church’s synod voted for gay marriage making it one of few global churches in the world to allow same-sex marriage, despite protests from the Church of...

October 26th, 2009 | News | Read More

WORLD PRIDE 2014 GOES TO TORONTO

With 78% of the vote, the city of Toronto has beat out Stockholm to host World Pride in 2014. Established in 2000, this will be the 4th scheduled World Pride. The event serves to promote LGBT issues on an international level, celebrating the history, courage, diversity and future of the LGBT community. Featuring...

October 20th, 2009 | International, News | Read More

BROWN RECOMMENDS CIVIL CEREMONIES IN PARLIAMENT

Yesterday, Gordon Brown made the recommendation that civil partnership ceremonies for gay MPs and Peers should be allowed to take place in the Palace of Westminster in a drive to flag up parliament’s commitment to gay rights and equality. He made the recommendation in his 20-minute speech at the...

October 20th, 2009 | News | Read More

JERSEY TO DEBATE SAME SEX CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS

On Tuesday 20th October 2009, Jersey States Members will be asked to approve, in principal, a proposal to introduce legislation enabling same-sex couples to enter into civil partnerships. The proposal comes from the Council of Ministers who believe Jersey should “follow the route taken by the United...

October 19th, 2009 | International, News | Read More