A Polish gay rights group has requested their country's government withdraw a textbook used in secondary schools, claiming that it portrays homosexuality as an illness.
The Diversity Workshop, An LGBTQ organisation based in the Polish city of Torun, say that the book, which is also used in family and sex education classes, restricts its views on LGBT people to a narrow, traditional view of … Read all
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Israeli gay man kidnapped by relatives
Four residents of Tamra, an Israeli-Arab town in the north of Israel, are suspected of kidnapping a 19-year-old gay relative from his home in Tel Aviv and holding him captive for 12 hours.
The young man, known as Angel, had left his hometown of Tamra and moved to Tel Aviv in the hope of leading a more open and safer life. However, according to a complaint he filed with the local poli… Read all |
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US Former Republican party chairman comes out as gay
Ken Mehlman, the former Republican party chairman and aide to George Bush, has revealed he is gay.
As a senior Republican figure with a high public profile, Mr Mehlman's admission of his homosexuality is a bold move at a time when the Republican party are asserting their opposition to the legalisation of same-sex marriage and the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. When Mr … Read all |
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Attitude magazine tackles mental health issues in gay men
The latest edition of Attitude, the UK's best-selling gay magazine, is focusing on the sensitive – and often taboo – issue of mental health problems in gay men.
The "Issues Issue" addresses the "alarming" high rates of depression, suicide, anxiety and addiction in gay men, and provides "concrete reasons" for why some may suffer from these things and what they can do about them. A… Read all |
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Australian Sex Party does well at polls
The Australian Sex Party, which calls for sex education in schools and is in favour of gay marriage, has performed well in the country's general election.
The party, known as the ASP, beat several prominent minor parties in the polls, coming within 10,000 votes of another small party, Family First, for the Senate in the state of Victoria as reported by the Herald Sun. The ASP is now … Read all |
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George Michael pleads guilty to drugs charges
George Michael has pleaded guilty to crashing his car while under the influence of cannabis and to possessing cannabis cigarettes for his personal use. The 47-year-old singer appeared at Highbury Magistrates' Court in north London, where the assembled heard that Michael had been found by police slumped at the wheel of his Range Rover after driving it into a shop front in the early h… Read all |
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Proposed film may test Greek attitudes to gay marriage
A new screenplay about gay marriage by a Greek-based British author is expected to be shot next summer by a consortium of UK production companies.
With the working title of Shocking the Donkeys: the Gay Marriage that Rocked the Cradle of Civilisation, James Collins's screenplay seeks to bring attention the the Greek attitude to same sex marriage, which as reported in Queer Times, 85 per cen… Read all |
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Netherlands to include same-sex couples in textbooks
As the first country in the world to grant same-sex marriages and allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children, it's now looking at introducing same-sex couples into the nation's schoolbooks.
Radio Netherlands reports that Noordhoff, the country's largest publisher of school textbooks, is planning to feature gay and lesbian couples in the assignments, questions and examples it uses in it… Read all |