Tag: gay men
Scotland : Syphilis rates highest in over 60 years among gay and bisexual men
Syphilis rates in Scotland are the highest in more than 60 years amid a spike in diagnoses among gay and bisexual men.
John Wolfenden: Not so liberal after all
60th anniversary of Wolfenden recommending partial decriminalisation.
Another gay murder. More police failings
Jason Marshall was found guilty on 9 August in London of murdering an elderly gay man, Peter Fasoli, who he lured on the dating app Badoo. He murdered another gay man in Italy and tried to kill a third gay man, also in Italy.
Theresa May urged to apologise & compensate gay men
On the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which is this Thursday, 27 July, the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, is being urged to “apologise and compensate men convicted under discriminatory anti-gay laws – both before and after the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality 50 years ago.”
Fearing 40% hike in the spread of gonorrheas among gay and straight teenagers
We have had cases all the way down to the age of 14, “says Øivind Nilsen at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet). The gonorrheas disease increases dramatically in Norway.
Global Outrage Over Public Caning of Gay Men Spurs Sly Rethink
The authorities in Aceh – Indonesia’s only province that implements full Sharia (Islamic law) – clearly feel stung by the international outcry they generated when police publicly flogged two gay men in May. Their solution, it appears, is to put an end to public floggings.