A 20-year-old woman has been jailed after she launched a physical attack on a young lesbian who had kissed her partner on a train.
The attack occurred on a train between Hastings and Bexhill in Sussex after the teenage girls shared a kiss, The Argus reports.
April James has been jailed for six weeks for the attack after pleading guilty to assault.
The 16-year-old victim was subjected t… Read all
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Woman jailed for train attack on 16-year-old lesbian
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Malaysia: Muslim lesbian activist launches controversial book
A Canadian Muslim has launched a controversial new book on liberal Islam in Malaysia, where the majority of citizens are Muslim, despite attempts by a government minister to ban the event.
The book, titled ‘Allah, Liberty and Love,’ was launched by its author, Irshad Maji, in the capital Kuala Lampur earlier today, after two other venues had pulled out of hosting her, according to her local pu… Read all |
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Disneyland champions gay rights in Japan
Disneyland has become an unlikely champion of gay rights in Japan, by allowing same-sex couples to marry on its premises, even though same-sex relationships have no legal recognition in the country.
According to the Guardian, Disneyland Tokyo has announced this week that it would allow gay couples to wed on its grounds, after one 27-year old woman, Koyuki Higashi, who wanted to marry her partn… Read all |
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UAE: Activists hold IDAHO commemoration with appeal for dialogue with LGBT people
Members of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender groupcommemorated the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) with a message of hope and appeal for dialogue and change.
The UAE is a federation of seven emirates who each have different harsh laws regarding homosexuality, from up to 10 years in prison in Dubai to 14 in Abu-Dhabi, while Articl… Read all |
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International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia marked globally
Governments, organisations and individuals around the world have been marking this year’s International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia today.
IDAHO falls on 17 May each year on the anniversary of the World Health Organisation’s decision decategorise homosexuality as a mental disorder. The organisation points out that 1.5 billion people globally still live under regimes which crimin… Read all |
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Popular Eurovision website hacked in response to ‘parade of homosexuals’
A group is reportedly targeting websites related to the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan in protest at a ‘parade of homosexuals’ it believes will take place at the event.
The independent Escotoday website, which publishes news about the Eurovision Song Contest, was believed to have been taken down by a denial-of-service attack today. In April, the official Eurovision website experienc… Read all |
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Israeli parliament rejects gay and inter-faith civil marriage bill
Legislation for the option of civil marriage for Israeli citizens who cannot be wed via religious institutions, including same-sex marriage and marriages between members of different faiths, like Muslims and Jews, was rejected by the Israel parliament, or Knesset.
Currently only a select set of religious institutions, for example the Chief Rabbinate, are sanctioned to authorise marriage in Isr… Read all |
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UAE: Two men jailed for alleged public gay ‘fondling’ highlight privacy issues
Two men ‘spotted’ fondling each other in a parked car near a beach in Jumeirah, Dubai were sentenced yesterday to three months prison terms each to be followed by deportation, reported the National, an Emirates based daily.
The two, a 27-year-old Filipino salon receptionist named by the initials “RS”, and a 32-year-old Omani named by the initials “AA”, were arrested by the police just after 3a… Read all |