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April 23, 2012

France: Presidential elections highlight trans voters’ rights gap

As the dust settles on the first round of the French Presidential election this morning, a sharp warning that discrimination by the French state means that trans citizens can no longer count on access to that most basic of Human Rights – the right to vote!

April 23, 2012

Gay Police Association concern over Scottish forces’ badged Bibles offer

The Gay Police Association in Scotland and UNISON have expressed concern over an offer to the police forces of Scotland of free Bibles branded with each one's badge, saying they should not 'endorse a book containing text which condemns homosexuality'.

April 22, 2012

Gambia: We will not “cave in to pressure on homosexuality”

The President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has warned foreign diplomats that his country would not be "bribed" with or dictated by promise of aid to accept homosexuality.

April 22, 2012

Gambia: We will not “cave in to pressure on homosexuality”

The President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has warned foreign diplomats that his country would not be "bribed" with or dictated by promise of aid to accept homosexuality.

April 22, 2012

Australia: Speaker steps down over allegations of sexual harassment

The Speaker of Australia's House of Representatives, Rt Hon Peter Slipper, has stepped down from his parliamentary position, over allegations that he sexually harassed a male staff member, and misused publicly-funded Cabcharges.

April 22, 2012

Australia: Speaker steps down over allegations of sexual harassment

April 22, 2012

Chaz Bono, Josh Hutcherson win GLAAD awards

Chaz Bono, Josh Hutcherson, and the US show 'Modern Family' emerged as winners of the 23rd annual Media Awards by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).

April 22, 2012

Church’s opposition to equal marriage ‘disastrous’, senior bishop says

Following a letter to the Times by several high-profile Anglican clergymen, wherein they affirmed their support for marriage equality, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, has said that the current opposition by the Church to equal marriage is similar to the view of eighteenth century Christians that...

April 22, 2012

Adele unveiled as a new ‘gay icon’

The British pop-singer Adele has been unveiled as a new "gay icon," in a large survey among listeners of Gaydar Radio, displacing Kylie Minogue who previously held that position.

April 22, 2012

South Korean Christians to protest Lady Gaga concert

A group of conservative Christians from South Korea are planning to hold a prayer meeting in...