One Nation’s candidate suggests gay marriage leads to incest, polygamy
The Australian has reported that a WA candidate representing Pauline Hanson’s One Nation previously suggested that allowing marriage equality would lead to polygamous marriages and brothers and sisters...
View ArticleSouth Korea elects Moon Jae-in as new President
South Korea has elected Moon Jae-in as their new President ending a decade of conservative rule. The country was forced to hold a snap poll to find a new President after former leader Park Geun-hye was...
View ArticleProsecutors call for Indonesian couple to be caned 80 times
Prosecutors in the Indonesian province of Aceh have called for two men, who were caught having sex by their neighbours, be punished with 80 strokes of the rattan. The two men, aged 20 and 23, were...
View ArticleKenyan report claims homosexuality starts in primary schools
A government report in Kenyan that was seeking to investigate the reasons why there were wide spread riots in high schools in 2016 has concluded that homosexuality and “devil worshiping” were to blame....
View ArticleTanzania vows to arrest people “protecting gay interests”
The Tanzanian government has threatened to arrest and deport foreigners who argue in favour of LGBTI rights and close down any organisations that are supportive of the LGBTI community. A warning was...
View Article“We’ve seen it all before”: WA AIDS Council’s new CEO on marriage debate
The new CEO of the Western Australian AIDS Council has weighed in on the marriage debate, sharing from his personal experience as a gay man growing up in the 1970’s. David Kernohan, formerly of the...
View ArticleDr David van Gend calls homosexuality ‘a disordered form of behaviour’
Dr David van Gend, a leading spokesperson for the Coalition for Marriage and head of the Australian Marriage Forum has described homosexuality as “a disordered form of behaviour” during a radio...
View ArticleIndonesia’s top court rejects attempt to criminalise gay sex
Indonesia’s top court has rejected an attempt to have gay sex, and all sex outside of marriage, criminalised. A panel of nine judges considered the the petition to have the laws changed, four judges...
View ArticleASEAN parliamentarians urge Indonesia not to criminalise homosexuality
ASEAN parliamentarians for Human Rights have publicly urged Indonesia’s parliament not to criminalize homosexuality. The Indonesian parliament is currently debating a proposal to amend the country’s...
View ArticleSpotlight on Singapore after India decriminalises homosexuality
Singaporeans are asking why homosexual activity remains illegal in the country following India’s landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared that Section 377 of the penal code was unconstitutional...
View ArticleSingapore’s Archbishop wants homosexuality to stay illegal
The Catholic Archbishop of Singapore has shared his views on the push to decrimalise homosexuality arguing that it should remain illegal because it will lead to gay people wanting to marry and adopt...
View ArticleSingapore’s High Court allows gay man to adopt his biological son
Singapore’s High Court has allowed a gay man to legally adopt the son he and his partner had via a surrogate. Its a landmark ruling in the conservative country where same-sex activity is still illegal....
View Article30 years ago the debate about homosexuality was in full swing
Today thousands of people will march through the street of Northbridge celebrating the LGBTIQ+ community, it’s the thirtieth anniversary of the protests that lead to the formation of Pride WA. The...
View ArticleLGBTIQ+ Ugandans bring legal fight to authorities after alleged torture
A group of LGBTIQ+ Ugandans have come together to take legal action against those in power, alleging they were tortured after being arrested during COVID-19 lockdown. The Guardian has reported that a...
View ArticleSenator Matt Canavan on homosexuality, corporate Australia and China
Nationals senator Matt Canavan has called on corporate Australia to stand up to communist China, support the defence of Australia, and put patriotism over profits, and he says companies should be more...
View ArticleOutrage as Spanish teen is diagnosed with “homosexuality”
An LGBTIQA+ rights group in Spain is demanding answers, and an apology, from a local hospital after a teenage girl had “homosexuality” included on her diagnosis. The 19-year-old was a patient at the...
View ArticleOn This Gay Day: How The West Australian described us in 1989
Why The West apology is 32 years late OPINION: Brian Greig In 1989, the West Australian government tried to decriminalise homosexuality. It had been 100 years since Oscar Wilde had been jailed under...
View ArticleAustralia’s man in Ghana reportedly recalled over support for LGBTI people
Australia’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Gregory Andrews, is ending his time in the role and returning to Australia. Local media are reporting his recall is due to his support for LGBTI people in the...
View ArticleOn This Gay Day: George Duncan is murdered in Adelaide
10th May 1972: Academic George Duncan is murdered in Adelaide Dr George Duncan was a law academic at Adelaide University, in 1972 he was attacked and thrown into the River Torrens, where he drowned....
View ArticleCourt strikes down laws criminalising gay sex in Antigua and Barbuda
A Caribbean court has ruled that laws outlawing gay sex in Antigua and Barbuda are unconstitutional. The East Caribbean Supreme Court ruled last week that “the selection of an intimate partner is a...
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