Blog Posts | OK 2B GAY

April 17, 2012

Air Force Sergeant, discharged under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’, reinstated

In a case that is likely to have repercussions for gay veterans discharged under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy, an Air Force Staff Sergeant, dismissed under the policy, will be reinstated to active duty at his former rank next month.

April 17, 2012

Canada: Prominent gay activist killed in apparent hate crime

A prominent gay rights activist and journalist in Halifax was beaten to death outside a popular gay bar, Canadian media organisations report, in what seems to be a homophobic hate crime.

April 17, 2012

Video: Street preacher calls Rosie O’Donnell a ‘lesbian pig’

Video footage has emerged of Rosie O'Donnell involved in a strongly-worded exchange with a street preacher who tells her she should go home to do her dishes and calls her a 'lesbian pig'.

April 17, 2012

Comment: Why are we gay?

David Waldock asks, if someone can indeed be “made gay” by the brain damage caused by a stroke, what does that mean for who we are?

April 17, 2012

Dubai: Scottish man jailed for public gay sex was ‘only kissing and cuddling’

A Scottish man jailed in Dubai for having gay sex behind a petrol station one night claims has said there was 'no sex involved'.

April 17, 2012

Nicolas Sarkozy affirms view of family as ‘a mother and a father’

Incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy has re-affirmed his opposition to marriage equality ahead of this weekend's elections in France.

April 17, 2012

Video: Gays are the ‘moral iceberg’ in ministry’s Titanic metaphor

At the centenary of the Titanic disaster, a ministry has claimed the 'homosexual agenda' represents a new 'moral iceberg' that will sink America if left unchecked.

April 17, 2012

Gay couples ‘forced to lie’ on US federal tax returns today

Demonstrations will take place around the US today to highlight the fact that gay married couples must list themselves as 'single' on federal tax returns.

April 17, 2012

Teacher who took gay student out of pageant ‘temporarily removed from campus’

A Californian vice principal who removed a gay student from a school pageant for veering off-script and saying he wanted to marry a man has been temporarily removed from his campus while the student in question has backed the educator.

April 17, 2012

Documentary on stroke victim who ‘woke up gay’ airs tonight

A documentary following a rugby player who suffered a stroke and woke up gay is to air on BBC3 tonight.