Australian Coalition for Equality Say They’ll Prove To Tony Abbott Gay People Aren’t Threatening

The gay rights group, the Australian Coalition for Equality has written to Tony Abbott, leader of the opposition in the Australian House of Representatives, inviting him to meet with them and other same sex attracted people to show there is no need for him to feel lt “threatened” by homosexuality, which he told Sixty Minutes [...]

Mississippi High School Cancels It’s Prom Because A Lesbian Student Wanted To Take Her Girlfriend

What would you do if you were a high school in Mississippi who didn’t want your students bringing their same sex partners to your prom? The obvious thing would be to ban them but that’s kinda illegal so you’re going to have to come up with something else…. like cancelling the whole thing.
Sounds ridiculous doesn’t [...]

Green Party Promises To Challenge Homophobia In Australia In New Election Pledge

The three  main political parties in Australia have shown how far they’ve progressed in the last four years concerning LGBT rights their new election pledges. Marking a big step forward for a country that has seen it’s government do little to combat homophobia, the three parties have all put forward very different policies.
For the Labor [...]

Leader Of Opposition Tony Abbott Adds To Issue Of Homophobia In Australia

Tony Abbott, the current Leader Of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives and potential prime minister has done nothing to help the issue of homophobia in Australia by responding to questions about homosexuality in an interview with Australia’s Channel 9’s 60 Minutes program that:

“I probably feel a bit threatened, as so many people [...]

Daniel Radcliffe Speaks Out Against Homophobia In New PSA For The Trevor Project

Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who is best known for his role as Harry Potter, last week filmed a PSA in New York for The Trevor Project, a charity which provides support, counselling, as well as working to prevent suicide amongst the LGBTQ youth community.
Talking to the Associate Press about the PSA and his feeling about [...]

Homophobic Comments About Figure Skater Johnny Weir Land RBS In Hot Water

The French language station RDS has found itself at the center of heavy criticism following homophobic comments that were made by sports commentators covering the mens figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Occurring on the morning show on February 17th, the two commentators,  Claude Mailhot and Alain Goldberg suggested that the US [...]

Underground Gay Church Fights Back Against Homophobia In Jamaica

Jamaica’s name often comes up in discussions on homophobic countries, so it’s probably going to be something of a surprise to learn, that according to The Jamaica Star, there is a gay church based in Kingston.
Whilst unable to verify the exact location of the church, the paper was able to find evidence of one of [...]

Must Read: Incredible Letter Of Anger From Parent In Support Of Her Gay Son

Being part of the LGBT community can often see you being discriminated against, abused and insulted for being nothing more than who you were born to be. Some of us have the support of the family that helps us get through the hard times, others sadly don’t. One mother who sets a real example of [...]

k.d. Lang Reveals How She’s Avoided Homophobia In Her 25 Years In The Music Business

In speaking to Blacktown Advocate about her 25 years in the music business, k.d Lang says she believes she has been able to avoid negative publicity because of two main reasons. The first is being confident about who you are. The second, and perhaps to k.d Lang the most important one – you stop giving a damn [...]

Homophobic Moscow Mayor Bans Gay Prides Saying It’s Satanic

The mayor of Moscow, Yuri M Luzhkov has gained himself a nomination in the category of most homophobic people on the planet after saying he would not allow a gay pride event to go ahead in Moscow in May.
Explaining that “we haven’t permitted such a parade and we won’t permit it in the future.” Luzhkov, [...]

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