Uzbekistan: Gay Men Face Abuse, Prison – Human Rights Watch
(Berlin) – Men in Uzbekistan who engage in consensual same-sex sexual conduct face arbitrary...
North Korea’s ‘only openly gay defector’ finds love – BBC News
From time to time Seoncheol would come to dinner, and on one particular evening Jang, concerned that it had got late, persuaded Seoncheol to stay over. A few hours later, Jang...
I’m a Straight Woman Who Married a Gay Man – Slate
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Opinion: Pope is wrong about gay couples – Bangor Daily News
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Patrick T. Reardon is a former...
Man charged in Grindr attack planned to kidnap, kill other gay men, DOJ says...
A southwest Louisiana man was charged with federal hate crime and kidnapping charges Thursday by prosecutors who said he tried to kill and dismember one of three men he abducted after...
Local community reacts to Vatican’s ban on blessing gay unions – The Daily Gazette
On Monday, by way of a document released by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Catholic Church argued that it won’t bless same-sex unions...
Louisiana Man Indicted for Attempted Murder of a Gay Man and Plot to Kidnap...
A Louisiana man was indicted and charged today in federal court in the Western District of Louisiana on six counts, including hate crime, kidnapping, firearm and obstruction charges.Chance Seneca, 19, of...
Report: Heat preferred Rudy Gay to Ariza, Spurs asked for too much – Air...
While many have been asking the San Antonio Spurs to make a deal by the trade deadline, reports say the Miami Heat are fully out of the mix for Rudy Gay and...
In Pope’s homeland, ex-priest leaves church over gay unions – Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A former priest and LGBTQ activist who has blessed same-sex unions in Pope Francis’ home country, Argentina, is leaving the Roman Catholic Church after the Vatican...
UPDATE: Vatican says no blessing gay unions, no negative judgment on gay people –...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While homosexual men and women must be respected, any form of blessing a same-sex union is “illicit,” said the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.The...
Vatican bars gay union blessing, says God ‘can’t bless sin’ (AP) – The Associated...
ROME (AP) — The Vatican declared Monday that the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.”The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,...
How bisexuality plays into the LGBTQIA+ community – Los Angeles Times
“Don’t play games, Christian, if you like dudes, you’re definitely just gay!”“You can’t hook up with men and still think women would be attracted to you.”These are just a few of...
The Birdcage at 25: a gay comedy that broke boundaries – BBC News
That's not to say, of course, that those years of turmoil can be erased, even within such a carefree film. Because of the historical context, there is one moment in The...
Poland to ban gays from adopting, even as single parents – Reuters
By Gabriela Baczynska, Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk3 Min ReadBRUSSELS/WARSAW (Reuters) - People living in same-sex couples will be barred from adopting children in Poland even as single parents, under a new law announced...
These Gay Men Frequented Manhattan Piano Bars. So Did Their Killer. – The New...
Instead of focusing on the killer, Green opts to humanize his victims. This proves a thorny task when dealing with men who led pointedly secret lives. In the book’s epilogue, he...
Different fight, ‘same goal’: How the Black freedom movement inspired early gay activists –...
On April 25, 1965, three teenagers refused to leave Dewey’s Restaurant in Philadelphia after employees repeatedly denied service to “homosexuals and persons wearing nonconformist clothing,” according to Drum magazine, which was...
Diverse group of cities have highest rates of gay households – NBC News
ORLANDO, Fla. — Once known for singer Anita Bryant’s anti-gay rights campaign and a ban on gay and lesbian adoptions, Florida is now home to two metro areas with among the...
House Passes Sweeping Gay and Transgender Equality Legislation – The New York Times
In the House, consideration of the measure devolved into bitter acrimony.In emotional remarks in support of the bill, Ms. Newman said she was fighting to advance the legislation to ensure that...
More Americans identify as LGBT than ever before, including 15% of Gen Z adults:...
NEW YORK -- A newly released poll shows that 5.6% of American adults now identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.The analytics firm Gallup reported that their current estimate of self-identified...
Should Straight Actors Play Gay Roles? A Star TV Writer Says No – The...
“It’s a Sin,” about 20-somethings confronting the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, broke new ground for its creator, Russell T Davies, because he had never written about the epidemic before.But there...
Trump Years Were Terrifying For Gay Asylum-Seeker – NPR
Liam at a golf course in his college town shortly after he arrived in the United States. courtesy of...
Hate crime charges added in gruesome Grindr attack on gay teen – NBC News
Hate crime charges have been added in a grisly assault last summer that left a gay Louisiana teen in a coma for three days.Holden White of Lafayette was just 18 when...
77 Lashes for a Gay Couple in Indonesia – Human Rights Watch
Authorities in Indonesia’s Aceh province publicly flogged two gay men 77 times each on Thursday after a vigilante mob raided their apartment in November, allegedly caught them having sex, and handed...
Gay couple says NYC restaurant kicked them out because of their sexuality – NBC...
A gay New York City couple say they were harassed and asked to leave a restaurant this month because of their sexuality.Nelson Ayala and Jamel Brown Jr., who live in the...
#MeTooGay: French male gay victims break taboo on sexual abuse – FRANCE 24 English
Issued on: 25/01/2021 - 14:20 A week after French incest victims took to Twitter to break the country’s taboo on inter-family sexual abuse, male gay victims of sexual violence...
JoJo Siwa comes out as gay after viral ‘Born This Way’ TikTok – NBC...
JoJo Siwa, the 17-year-old singer, dancer, actor and YouTube personality, has come out as gay, after alluding to it on social media in recent days.Siwa first hinted at her coming out...
Falsely claiming someone is gay is no longer defamation per se, N.Y. court rules...
Falsely accusing someone of being gay is no longer considered defamation per se, a New York appeals court ruled recently.Defamation is a false statement that damages someone’s reputation. To win a...
Pandemic Opens Door For Gay Men To Give Blood, But Outdated Policies Persist –...
There's a twisted silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic: Some gay and bisexual men are able to donate blood for the first time. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) rules long forbid men who...
Gay Indonesian policeman loses legal bid for reinstatement – lawyers – Reuters
By Stanley Widianto2 Min ReadJAKARTA (Reuters) - A gay Indonesian policeman dismissed from the force because of his sexual orientation has lost his legal fight to be reinstated, after a Central...
First Person: Vietnamese man finds ‘true voice’ in gay community – UN News
Nguyen Trong Hung opened a café in Son La in northwestern Viet Nam to serve as a meeting place for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and to offer HIV testing.While...
A Gay Veteran Remembers Serving In Silence – NPR
Joseph Patton, at home in Santa Monica, Calif., told StoryCorps last year that he was given an undesirable discharge for...
Eugene Gay Men’s Chorus – Eugene Weekly – Eugene Weekly
A trying year for all will get a dose of good cheer starting Dec. 18 when the Eugene Gay Men’s Chorus presents: Home with the Holigays! The nearly two dozen member...
In ‘Funny Boy,’ A Young Sri Lankan Gay Man Comes Of Age As Ethnic...
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Bhutan Becomes Latest Asian Nation to Dial Back Anti-Gay Laws – The New York...
HONG KONG — The kingdom of Bhutan prides itself on maximizing “gross national happiness,” but it doesn’t always feel that way to members of the country’s L.G.B.T. community.Stigma and discrimination are...
Gay, lesbian, bisexual individuals have higher rates of adverse childhood experiences – Healio
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