Day: January 13, 2016
Northern Ireland ’s new First Minister insists gay marriage is ‘not on the agenda’
Northern Ireland made history yesterday by appointing its first ever female First Minister, who is also the youngest leader in the province’s history – but it appears this won’t change much for the progression of social issues such as gay marriage.
Russia will decide on banning people from coming out as gay next week
Proposed legislation will also ban public displays of affection among gay men but not lesbians in Russia.
Argentina, Chile and Mexico fined by FIFA for homophobic chants
Homophobic chanting during 2018 World Cup qualifying has led to FIFA fining six football associations, including Argentina and Mexico.
Norwegian expert- panel : Boys should get HPV vaccine
Last year Norwegian Public Health (FHI), put together an expert-panel who would look at whether the HPV vaccine should also be introduced for boys in childhood immunisation program. This week the expert-panel delivered it’s report to FHI.
Jews and Arabs kiss in solidarity against Israeli book ban
The Israeli Ministry of Education decided to ban from the school program a book describing an affair between a jewish woman and an arab man.
Nicky Byrne – Sunlight (Ireland’s Eurovision entry)
After much speculation, Nicky Byrne has been officially revealed as the Irish entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, with a song he co-wrote called Sunlight.