Hate Group Fails to Show in Vancouver

Members of the hate group Westboro Baptist Church failed to show up at a planned protest of The Laramie Project, a play about murdered gay man Matthew Shepherd, in Vancouver BC on Friday, November 28.  A counter-protest and anti-hate rally was held at Havana Cafe at 1212...

10 hurt at Bosnia's first gay festival

As the former Yugoslavia members enjoy independence, the gay community in Bosnia and Serbia has been targeted for attacks recently. It is unclear what is behind such homophobic attacks. Some have argued it could be cause by the underling and still present right...

Scientology's L. Ron Hubbard: A Legacy of Hate

The Scientology cult's founder, L. Ron Hubbard, was a white American middle-class male who grew up in the early 20th century. It is not surprising, then, to learn that he was a racist and homophobe, and that there...

Homophobia-Free Zones Pop Up ‘Down Under’

I read with amazement — but not surprise — an AFP report this afternoon about the City of Sydney Council voting five-to-four to designate parts of the Australian city as “homophobia-free zones.”The move is said to be aimed at deterring violence, abuse and harassment...

African homophobia fuels spread of HIV?

During a recent meeting at Limbé, Cameroon, AIDS activists warned that violence against gay people are fueling the spread of HIV in Africa.  International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission  stated that 38 of the 53 countries in Africa...

flickr: Racist and Homophobic, or Scamming?

By now, readers of my tales of whoa regarding my personal flickr.com experiences know that i have an ax to grind with flickr staff and "leadership." Take that statement as a full disclosure of potential bias on my...

Cuba Celebrates International Day Against Homophobia

"Prejudice against homosexuals remains deeply rooted in Cuban society, but the government has steadily moved away from the puritanism of the 1960s and 1970s, when homosexuals hid their sexuality for fear of being...

Gay Sex Kills!

"Gay" Sex Kills"In light of the irrefutable medical facts, it should be considered criminally reckless for educators to teach children that homosexual conduct is a normal, safe and perfectly acceptable alternative...

Plymouth UK Gay Pride.

Monday, 4 June 2007 Post Plymouth Gay (LGBT)Pride Plymouth ‘Gay’ PrideOrganising anything takes a great deal of work by a dedicated few, so first I have to say thank you to those who put in the effort. I...

Catholic schools reject homophobia survey

Hmmm...homophobia doesn't exist in Catholic Schools?  Somehow I doubt that.  What's so bad about opening up a discussion?"The Toronto District Catholic School Board has declined to take part in an online...

Not that there's anything wrong with Mitt

"Today, GOP White House wannabe Mitt Romney was on Meet the Press. Host Tim Russert tried to get Romney's response to a report that the former Massachusetts governor had illegal immigrants working on his lawn despite his public disdain for them..."

Gay Fiction in Red Square

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorVancouver BC's "Gay Pride Parade" is happening all this weekend and for one Moscovite authour a Pride parade is  the last  thing  Moscow would tolerate in...

Isaiah Washington blames racism for his getting sacked

Occam's Razor says, the repeated public homophobic slurs were the more likely culprits here. ""Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington said racism was a factor in his firing from the hit ABC series after he twice used an anti-gay slur. Washington said he lost his...

Gay Pride Rocks Sao Paulo

How big is gay pride in Sao Paulo, Brazil? Big. Very, very big. According to organizers, it's the largest such parade ever."More than 1 million people packed the streets of Sao Paulo for what organizers said was the...

Cheney Poses With Newborn Grandson, But Not His Lesbian Daughter

What is the neo-conservative base saying about this? Isn't this what the Bush administration said was against "family values??" Not only does the republican party lie about the facts surrounding the illegal...

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