Ahmet Yildiz was killed by his own father for being gay. Now the father has vanished, possibly hiding in Iraq. His trial for the murder of his son has started without him being present. The New York Times has taken a deep look at what is going on in Turkey, still a homophobic country.
Archive for November, 2009
Ahmet Yildiz’ father being tried in absentia
Posted in Homophobia, Religion, Society, tagged Ahmet Yildiz, Turkey on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Police disciplined for sending homophobic emails
Posted in Employment rights, Society, UK, employment, tagged harassment, Scotland, Scottish police on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two Scottish police officers have been disciplined for sending homophobic emails to their colleagues in the Gay Police Association and to the force’s choir. The emails to members of the choir were described as “nasty” inferring the choir members were all gays.
Such use of emails is harassment. If you are employed, or you are [...]
More unacceptable rhetoric from Islamic preachers
Posted in Homophobia, Human rights, Religion, Society, UK, protest, tagged Abu Usamah, anti-gay Islamic preachers, london on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Islamic speaker Abu Usamah is due to speak at at University College London (UCL)next week. He was recorded by Channel 4 television in a programme transmitted two years ago saying gay people were “dogs” and that they should be “thrown off a mountain”. Usamah says his remarks were taken out of context.
Gay groups in [...]
11% more hate crimes, says the FBI
Posted in Society, USA, tagged anti-gay violence, Hate crime on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Associated Press reports that hate crimes against gays and lesbians in the USA have increased by 11% over the last year, whereas hate crimes overall rose by only 2%, highlighting the trend of increased hostility to gay men and lesbians in western society. Interestingly race motivated hate crimes were down by 1%, emphasising the [...]
New gay paper born in Washington DC
Posted in Media, USA, gay business, tagged DC Agenda, Washington Blade, Washington DC on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The staff from the failed gay newspaper the Washington Blade have started a new paper, reports the Miami Herald. DC Agenda is hoped to be on bookstands by December 4th and the paper is currently being financed by donations.
Washington Blade staff have not received any redundancy money for losing their jobs. They may take the [...]
The religious anti-gay ban has got to go: orders from Brussels. Told them so
Posted in Employment rights, Europe, Homophobia, Human rights, Law, Society, UK, employment, tagged Equality laws, European Commission on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The government is being forced by the European commission to rip up the controversial exemptions from equality that allow church bodies to refuse to employ homosexual staff. The commission wrote to the government last week raising concerns that the UK had incorrectly implemented the EU directive prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of a person’s sexual [...]
If you can’t trust fellow policemen, who can you trust?
Posted in Personal safety, Society, UK, tagged london, Police on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Metropolitan Police sergeant has been jailed for eight months for sexually assaulting a sleeping male colleague in a hotel room in Elstree, Hertfordshire after their work Christmas party, reports the BBC. The sergeant will also have to sign the Sexual offenders register.
His barrister Susannah Stevens said: “As a police officer, add to that a [...]
Another gay bashing in Liverpool
Posted in Homophobia, Personal safety, Society, UK, tagged anti=gay violence, gaybashing, Liverpool on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another teenager has been battered in Liverpool by thugs because he is gay. A student at the Liverpool Community College, hewas set upon at 7pm on Wednesday as he walked to catch a train at James Street station by an eight strong gang who pounced on him in Lord Street, hurling homophobic abuse and beating [...]
Where have all the gay magazines gone? Long time passing. Where have all the gay papers gone, long long ago?
Posted in Media, USA, gay business, tagged gay papers closing, Gay press on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
San Francisco’s Bay Area Reporter is now one of the few remaining US gay newspapers and they have been looking at the declining fortunes and collapses in the American gay media following the closure of Southern Voice and Washington’s Gay Blade. It appears that the once-Pulitzer-Prizewinning Advocate magazine is also facing closure and has laid [...]
