Gay rights activists have criticised a Vatican official who sought to link homosexuality to paedophilia when commenting on child sex abuse scandals. The UK’s Stonewall group said it was astonishing gay people should still be dealing with “such an offensive myth”. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone had said homosexuality, not celibacy, lay [...]
New lessons have started in Cornish schools aimed at cutting the number of suicides among gay people. Figures from the NHS in Cornwall reveal the county’s suicide rate is higher than average and lesbian and gay people are at more than twice the risk. The lessons are led by Kate [...]
Uganda is all set to introduce an appallingly barbarous piece of legislation that could send gay people to their deaths, and their friends and family to prison for not “reporting” homosexual practices. Meanwhile, the BBC in its “impartial” tone, put the following question to its online readers: “Should homosexuals face [...]
Peter Thatchell writes in the Guardian ‘Way back in 1983, when I stood as the Labour candidate in the Bermondsey byelection, I proposed the idea of a single, comprehensive anti-discrimination law, to guarantee equal treatment and protection for everyone. At the time, this proposal was dismissed as “ultra left”, as [...]
Ten years ago, a nail-bomb exploded in a gay bar in the heart of London, claiming three lives and maiming dozens more, the final act in a series of attacks on the capital’s minority groups. The intervening decade has seen significant steps in changing attitudes and legislation that give gay [...]
Jack Straw conceded defeat in attempts to scrap the so-called “free speech” amendment in the law on homophobic hatred after the Lords defeated the government to uphold the provision. The defeat came despite the junior justice minister Lord Bach calling for the will of the Commons to be respected. MPs [...]
A gang of up to 20 youths attacked an off-duty trainee police officer outside a gay bar in Liverpool city centre. James Parkes, 22, who is training with the Merseyside force, was out with friends when he was set upon by the gang on Stanley Street on Sunday night. read [...]
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