New Anti Homophobia Policy In Quebec Sets Government Task Of Eradicating Homophobia And Heterosexism

The Quebec’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General Kathleen Weil last month announced a policy, Québec Policy Against Homophobia,  which requires the government to remove all forms of homophobia and heterosexism from society. The policy, whilst very bureaucratic in style, makes it very clear that a key outcome of the policy is that the Quebec [...]

New Jersey Said No But Portugal Says A Big Yes To Gay Marriage

New Jersey may have said no to gay marriage yesterday, but today the Portuguese Parliament, as predicted, have passed draft legislation that should see gay marriage become legal in Portugal in the first quarter of 2010. Passing easily through Parliament thanks to the majority the governing Socialist party and left-of-centre parties have,  the billwill now [...]

VIDEO : Homosexuals In Pakistan Punished For Being Gay With Public Flogging

LiveLeak has posted footage of gay men being flogged in public view on the streets of Punjabi by the Pakistani police. Demeaning to the men involved, this is however one of the lesser punishments, with acts of sodomy having the potential to be met with a possible life sentence, or worse being stoned to death. [...]

Call For Queensland LGBT Community To Help End Gay Hate Crimes

Researchers from both Bond and Griffith universities in Australia have called for assistance from the LGBT communities within Queensland to try and help them bring gay hate crimes to an end. Dr Alan Berman, Socio-Legal Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffith University, who is one of the academics leading this project, spoke of how they’d already achieved a good [...]