Uganda: Brutal Killing of Gay Activist
Amid Attacks, Officials Threaten Death Penalty for LGBTQ People.
Vatican makes Cardinal Newman a saint & erases his sexuality
Cardinal Newman was canonised as a saint in Rome by Pope Francis last Sunday, Sunday 13 October 2019.
Man faces jail for homophobic abuse of 9-year-old schoolboy
A man is facing jail after assaulting a nine-year-old boy and calling him homophobic names.
In homophobic Poland, big handouts and gay-bashing win votes
Poland has a president and a prime minister. But Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the nationalist Law and Justice (pis) party, is its true ruler.
Homophobic Uganda Plans to Re-introduce «Anti-Homosexuality Act»
In an interview with Thomson Reuters today the Ethics and Integrity Minister of Uganda, Simon Lokodo, has announced plans to introduce to parliament a bill imposing the death penalty for same-sex relations and «promotion and recruitment» of homosexuality in order to curb a rise in «unnatural sex». Local activists confirm that it is to be tabled on October 28, 2019.
Marielle Franco is the first-ever LGBTI person to be on the Sakharov Prize shortlist
The European Parliament announced the finalists for the Sakharov Prize on 9 October 2019. And for the first time in its 30 years of existence, a person from the LGBTI community is on the list: Marielle Franco.