World
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Kenyan president says his country won’t allow gay “witch hunts”
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that his country won’t allow gays to be persecuted by vigilantes, even as he dismissed the idea of legalizing LGBT...
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A lot of UK gays didn’t use a condom the last time they had sex
Those who consider themselves HIV-negative really hate using condoms
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Italian priest: I can understand being a pedophile, but not gay
Don Gino Flaim clearly has no sense of irony
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Vatican disciplines gay priest as synod on family issues kicks off
The Vatican is disciplining a Polish-born pope who came out as gay for speaking out as a synod, or meeting of bishops, gathers in Rome...
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Vatican expresses “sense of regret” for meeting with Kim Davis
The Vatican is walking back its seeming embrace of Kim Davis after receiving backlash from LGBT groups and liberal Catholics disappointed that the pope had...
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Civil liberties groups address tension between religion and civil rights
A report issued on Monday by a coalition of civil liberties organizations outlines potential conflicts that can arise between religious freedom and a number of...
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Nepal approves pro-LGBT constitution
Nepal’s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that grants explicit rights to LGBT and gender-nonconforming people. The new constitution, set to take effect...
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Abbott ouster will not change Australia’s gay marriage stance
It looks like LGBT activists have celebrated too soon after the ouster of former Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott by his own party in a leadership...
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Gay men detail Islamic State anti-gay brutality in U.N. testimony
Two gay men who fled their home countries after Islamic State militants seized control of their hometowns shared the gruesome details of anti-gay persecution and...
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United Nations holds first historic meeting on LGBT rights
The United Nations Security Council is meeting today, Monday, Aug. 24, to discuss anti-LGBT persecution and violence for the first time in the organization’s history....
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Jerusalem Pride stabber indicted on murder charges
Yishai Schlissel, the man accused of stabbing six people at the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade in July was indicted on Monday on a charge of...
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Beijing and the Nonsense News Hour
A view from inside China’s propaganda machine.
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Dolce & Gabbana apologize for IVF and adoption comments
Is a very late apology better than none at all? That appears to be the question when it comes to how the LGBT community will...
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Jewish community reacts to Jerusalem Pride stabbings
Rabbi Gil Steinlauf and Arthur Slepian on the divide between secular and Orthodox Israel
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Uganda’s Pride parade will go ahead despite dangers
Amid secrecy, threats of violence and in the wake of a failed anti-gay bill, Pride will go ahead
