Sexual orientation was deleted from resolution condemning unjustified killing of minority groups; final vote set for Tuesday ANITA SNOW | Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — A culture war has broken out at the United Nations over whether gays should be singled out for the same protections as other minorities whose lives are threatened. The battle [...]
President of soccer’s governing body said gays attending World Cup in Qatar in 2022 should refrain from sex STEVE DOUGLAS | AP Sports Writer LONDON — A leading international gay rights group demanded an official apology from FIFA on Tuesday, Dec. 14 following Sepp Blatter’s comment about homosexual fans traveling to Qatar for the 2022 [...]
Remarks seen as setback to HIV/AIDS prevention efforts TOM ODULA | Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — An official with Kenya’s largest gay rights organization said there is panic among its members following remarks made by Kenya’s prime minister that homosexuals should be arrested. The office of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya received calls [...]
NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCES D’EMILIO | Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has opened the door on the previously taboo subject of condoms as a way to fight HIV, saying male prostitutes who use condoms may be beginning to act responsibly. It’s a stunning comment for a pontiff who has blamed condoms for [...]
Associated Press MOSCOW — Police dispersed a gay rally Tuesday, Sept. 21 and detained at least a dozen protesters in the Russian capital. The two dozen demonstrators had been protesting the policies of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who has called homosexuals “satanic” and thwarted attempts to hold a gay pride rally in the city. Police [...]
NICOLE WINFIELD and VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Associated Press LONDON — Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday, Sept. 18 to five people who were molested by priests as children in his latest effort to defuse the sex abuse crisis shaking his church, as thousands of people angered at the Vatican’s response marched in central London in [...]
Nikolai Alexeyev safe in Moscow after he says agents abducted him at the airport last week, demanded that he drop human rights complaints JIM HEINTZ | Associated Press MOSCOW — A prominent Russian gay rights activist who vanished from a Moscow airport last week said Saturday, Sept. 18 that he was back in the capital [...]
Man seeks asylum, goes into hiding Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A gay Saudi diplomat seeking political asylum said his position was terminated and he was ordered to return to his home country where he fears he will be killed. In an e-mail to news organizations, including the Los Angeles Times, Saudi consulate official Ali [...]
Sydney, New South Wales On Thursday, the lower house of the Tasmanian assembly voted to recognize same-sex marriages and civil unions performed elsewhere. The vote was by a wide margin and the only dissenting votes came from three not-so-liberal members of the Liberal Party. On Friday, the New South Wales Legislative Assembly voted to allow [...]
According to ABC News (that’s the Australian Broadcasting Co.), Tasmania’s lower house voted to recognize same-sex marriages and civil unions performed elsewhere. All members of the House of Assembly, with the exception of three Liberals, voted for the measure. The Liberals who voted against the bill said it was just a way to get same-sex [...]
