Benedict XVI uses one of his most important speeches of the year — the Christmas address — to push so-called traditional family values NICOLE WINFIELD | Associated Press VATICAN CITY — The pope pressed his opposition to gay marriage Dec. 21, denouncing what he described as people eschewing their God-given gender identities to suit their [...]
Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq
Marco Carrillo While several countries in South America have already embraced marriage equality, Bolivia may be following the U.S. piecemeal model. Legislation has been proposed in one departmental (state) legislature to legalize same-sex marriage. According to the Bolivian newspaper Los Tiempos, a group of LGBT nonprofit groups presented a proposal to the Cochabamba Departmental Assembly [...]
FRANK JORDANS | Associated Press GENEVA— The United Nations endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people for the first time ever Friday, passing a resolution hailed as historic by the U.S. and other backers and decried by some African and Muslim countries. The declaration was cautiously worded, expressing “grave concern” about abuses because [...]
Supporter says death penalty provision is ‘something we have moved away from,’ but measure expected to pass if it’s voted on this week GODFREY OLUKYA | Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan parliament committee on Monday held a second day of hearings on a controversial anti-gay bill that attracted international condemnation for its harsh [...]
Measure still carries life imprisonment for those convicted of homosexual acts JASON STRAZIUSO | Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda — The Ugandan parliamentarian behind an anti-gay bill that attracted worldwide condemnation said the most controversial part of the legislation — the death penalty provision — is likely to be dropped from the bill. David Bahati said [...]
Associated Press NEW YORK — A leading rights group says 10 countries have legalized same-sex marriage in the past decade. But Human Rights Watch said in a survey released Monday that bias continues against people who want to marry people of the same gender in those 10 countries and many others. Boris O. Dittrich of [...]
Michael Baker, left, and Nick Smith GUY ELLIS | Associated Press CASTRIES, St. Lucia — A robbery and assault on three gay American tourists at their vacation cottage has St. Lucia officials scrambling to assure visitors that the southern Caribbean island is safe and welcoming for LGBT tourists. Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet issued an [...]
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — A group of gay Polish soccer fans has called on the organizers of the 2012 European Championships to set aside separate seating for gays and lesbians to protect them from harrassment and violence. But other gay rights activists criticized the proposal Wednesday, saying it would single gay fans out and [...]
Renato Seabra, 20 From wire reports NEW YORK — A male model has confessed to torturing, castrating and bludgeoning to death his “sugar daddy” — a celebrity Portugese TV journalist — at a Times Square hotel on Friday, Jan. 7 Renato Seabra, 20, told police he killed 65-year-old Carlos Castro “to get rid of demons, [...]
