Day: April 17, 2013
Gay blood ban: Man ‘had sex for money’
A gay man’s bid to overturn the lifetime ban on him giving blood in Northern Ireland is a waste of time because he had sex for money, the High Court heard today.
HRC Statement on Introduction of Sweeping Immigration Bill
Following the introduction of the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act” in the Senate by Senators Schumer (D-NY), McCain (R-AZ), Durbin (D-IL), Graham (R-SC), Menendez (D-NJ), Rubio (R-FL), Bennet (D-CO) and Flake (R-AZ), Chad Griffin, President of the Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation issued the following statement:
Publisher branded a homophobe after refusing to print gay magazine
The owner of a Portadown media organisation has been labelled a homophobe after he refused to print a magazine for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Northern Ireland.
New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage
New Zealand’s parliament has legalised same-sex marriage, making it the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so.