A Danish citizen was charged with a hate crime after allegedly throwing fireworks at athletes during the world out games at the Oesterbro stadium in Copenhagen. One US athlete suffered a light injury to his hand.
The attack marks the second suspected hate crime at the Outgames after three men were earlier assaulted in the street. [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Hate crime at gay games
Posted in Gay Events, Homophobia, gay sport, tagged Denmark, gay sport, hate crimes on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The perils of getting in the wrong bed
Posted in Europe, Homophobia, Politics, tagged alleged homophobia, European Parliament on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Conservatives in the European Parliament are having to defend words said some years ago by a Polish MEP who is a member of their political grouping within the European Parliament, reports the BBC. It seems that a video has surfaced of Michal Kaminski, leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists, using a derogatory term [...]
A pro gay Catholic stands up
Posted in Care, Homophobia, Human rights, Religion, Society, UK, tagged Catholics, gay adoption, Gay families, gay parenting on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Terry Prendergast, the chief executive of the Catholic adoption agency Marriage Care, says there is “no evidence” that children do better if they are brought up in a traditional two-parent family but those excellent parents who are gay or unmarried find themselves “consigned to the dustbin” by the church.
His comments to the Catholic gay organisation [...]
Lithuanian President hates new anti-gay law
Posted in Education, Europe, Homophobia, Human rights, information, tagged censorship, Dalia Grybauskaite, denial of information to students, Lithuania on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dalia Grybauskaite, Lithuania’s new president who was inaugurated only on Sunday, said Lithuania’s censorship bill that aims to keep information about homosexuality away from children was poorly worded and vowed to propose amendments later this year.
“I’m very much upset that such kind of laws in Lithuania are possible,” she told reporters during a joint news [...]
Lets have more gay MPs
Posted in Politics, Society, UK, tagged diversity of representation, gay and lesian representatives, Parliamentary reform on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Speaker’s Conference looking at reforming Parliament in the wake of the expenses scandal has recommended that the next election should be seized as an opportunity to increase the diversity of MPs including more gay and lesbian MPs.
Talking about the constituencies wheree existing MPs are resigning (standing down at the next election), the report says: [...]
We got it wrong, apologises Mayor
Posted in Homophobia, Human rights, USA, tagged Anti-gay policing, Houston on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mayor Mike Moncrief of Fort Worth apologized for a raid on a gay bar that sparked claims of brutality and procedure violations after several members of a gay rights group were escorted out of a City Council meeting Tuesday, reports the Houston Chronicle.
About 250 people packed council chambers and another 150 watched on televisions in [...]
Bi prejudiced
Posted in Society, tagged Biphobia, Bisexual prejudice and stereotyping on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gary Nunn writes in the Guardian about biphobia, the unjustified hostility and prejudice shown to bisexual people. He explains what biphobia is and looks at the way bisexuals are stereotyped: stereotypes tend to depict bisexual people as greedy, selfish, indecisive, attention-seeking, incapable of fulfillment, shallow, fickle, trend-followers, unreliable, dishonest, untrustworthy, anti-monogamy or just plain odd.
Gay bishops are okay then
Posted in Religion, tagged Gay Bishops on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The BBC reports that Bishops of the Anglican Church in the United States have voted to overturn a three-year moratorium on the election of gay bishops.
