A new and free of charge mental health programme of events for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people which will aim to help tackle high levels of depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicide and attempted suicide has been launched in Edinburgh.
Archive for August, 2009
Helping tackle depression and related problems
Posted in Gay Events, Healthcare, UK, tagged gay mental health, Mental health, Scotland on August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
UK Lesbians win further rights
Posted in Care, Human rights, Society, UK, tagged Gay families on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lesbian couples in England and Wales who start a family through fertility treatment can now place both their names on the birth certificate.
Reviewing the case for equality
Posted in Gay culture, Homophobia, Human rights, Politics, USA, tagged Defending ourselves against prejudice on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a very well-considered Editorial, the Los Angeles Times looks at the case the proponents for gay marriage will make and finds that they are likely to meet a dirty fight, as one by one all the long-held prejudices against gay people are likely to come up in the case and have to be explained [...]
Time to get friendly?
Posted in Healthcare, tagged Prostate cancer on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Advocate
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the US, says The Advocate.
Actually the older you are the more important it is to have your prostate checked, guys.
Gay Activist has had his checked. Have you had yours checked?
Iraq: gays flee while killings continue
Posted in Homophobia, Human rights, Middle East, tagged gay genocide, Iraq on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The world’s media is turning more attention to the ethnic cleansing of gay men by organised thug gangs in Iraq. There is a “Gruesome campaign of murder forcing gay men to flee Iraq” according to The Scotsman. As well as having superglue up your bum and then being force fed laxatives to kill you, it [...]
German gays can now adopt their partner’s children
Posted in Care, Europe, Human rights, Society, tagged gay adoption, Germany on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany has confirmed that gay and lesbian people can adopt their partner’s children, overturning a previous court ruling, reports Pink News.
£400,000 grant upsets Tories
Posted in Funding, Gay organisations, Politics, Society, UK, tagged Conservatives, Funding, Tories on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tories in Bristol are angry that a gay group has received a grant of £400,000 towards its work fighting homophobia and working with gay teenagers.
The leader of Bristol’s Tories, Richard Eddy, said the Big Lottery Fund award to a Clifton project called Reach was proof that money was no longer being handed out impartially [...]
Remembering Ted
Posted in Human rights, People, Politics, USA, tagged Ted Kennedy on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The death of Senator Ted Kennedy robs the gay community of one of its friends. His lifetime work supporting and championing human rights included gay rights. The Associated Press has comments from leaders of US gay groups remembering Ted’s huge contributions to our community.
Gay teenagers face trial in Senegal
Posted in Africa, Human rights, tagged countries where being gay is a crime, Senegal on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Top Magazine reports that two gay Senegalese teenagers are in trouble for just being gay.
The two boys from the religious town of Darou Mousty in northern Senegal will stand trial for “homosexual acts” in a juvenile court in Louga, the region’s capital…
Another three men from Darou Mousty were also arrested along with the [...]
