Month: January 2014
Newspaper editor fined for gay ‘propaganda’
A court in Russia’s Far East has fined a newspaper editor for publishing an interview with a gay school teacher who defended homosexuality as normal.
Gay employee’s compensation after boss’s Aids comment
An employment tribunal judge ruled that “such a comment would not have been made to a heterosexual man or woman in similar circumstances”
Winter Olympics: NZ Parliament passes motion supporting gay rights in Russia
Parliament in New Zealand has unanimously passed a motion in support of gay rights in Russia ahead of the Winter Olympics.
25th annual GLAAD Media Awards: Oprah, Orange is the New Black, Lady Gaga among nominees
GLAAD, the America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organisation, announced today the nominees for its 25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented nationally by Ketel One Vodka, Wells Fargo, and Hilton Worldwide.
Gay Ugandan King Proves that Homosexuality is African
Rights group cites last monarch before British invasion as evidence that anti-homosexuality bill gets it wrong.
President Obama Omits LGBT Workplace Discrimination from State of the Union
In President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight, he neglected to call on Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, following the historic bipartisan Senate vote last year.