Blog Posts

April 13, 2012

Hungary: Fears over new ‘gay disorder’ bills

Following similar developments in Russia, extreme-right parliamentarians in Hungary have tabled proposals to outlaw public discussions of homosexuality. In parallel, the Budapest police has rejected a request to hold the annual LGBT pride march in July 2012.

April 13, 2012

Northern Ireland: Inquiry into Catholic priest’s gay porn display hindered by laptop theft

An investigation into how a Catholic priest managed to project pornographic gay images to a room of primary school parents instead of a presentation on Holy Communion has been hindered by the theft of the laptop from his home.

April 12, 2012

Bachmann clinic continues ‘pray the gay away’ treatment

Despite repeated denials from Marcus Bachmann that his clinic does not practise religious 'conversion therapy' for homosexuals, another gay rights activist has caught one of the clinic's counsellors attempting to "pray the gay away."

April 12, 2012

Obama refuses to sign an anti-discrimination bill for LGBT employees

In a move that is likely to disappoint gay rights activists and liberal supporters alike, President Obama has decided not to sign an executive order that would ban discrimination by employers with federal contracts against LGBT employees.

April 12, 2012

Australia: Equal marriage likened to incest

A Christian opponent of marriage equality in Australia has compared homosexuality to incest, and said that people with same-sex attraction can be "cured."

April 12, 2012

Comment: The ex-gay ads prove public homophobia still remains acceptable

The commercial agency responsible for selling advertising on London's transport system thought it fit to run a deeply offensive and homophobic ad on London buses. Does this prove again, Balaji Ravichandran asks, that homophobia remains the most accepted and acceptable form of public prejudice?