EveryOne Group Asks for the Immediate Removal of Ali Abdussalam Treki

September 26, 2009 in Ali Abdussalam Treki, EveryOne, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, Treki, UN, UN General Assembly

EveryOne Group: A serious statement that legitimizes the death penalty. The Security Council must immediately remove Ali Abdussalam Treki from the Presidency September 23, the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Libyan Ali Abdussalam Treki, opened the 64th Assembly session of the UN by holding a press conference. During the course [...]

Out In Africa: Our Gorgeous Posters Have Been Trashed

September 26, 2009 in Africa, Film Festival, Gay, Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, Nodi Murphy, Out In Africa, Poster, Queer, South Africa

Our gorgeous posters have been trashed By Out In Africa • Sep 15th, 2009 • Category: Film Festival News • http://www.oia.co.za/ Article by Jason Warner http://www.oia.co.za/film-festivals/our-gorgeous-posters-have-been-trashed/ A gay and lesbian film festival has been “devastated” after more than 700 posters showing same-sex couples kissing were removed from lamp posts. An outraged Out in Africa South [...]

5th LGBT Belarus Conference Minsk, 26th September 2009

September 25, 2009 in Belarus, Gay, Gay Belarus, Gay Life, Gay Rights, Gay Russia, GLBT, Homosexuality, IDAHO, LGBT, Minsk, Nicolas Alexeyev, Russia

Gay Russia and Gay Belarus to host largest Ever Gay Human Rights Conference in Belarus. The event will take place on September 26 in Minsk. MINSK, September 25, 2009 – Almost 100 participants are expected to take part in a gay human rights conference in the Belarus capital tomorrow (September 26). Over 30 NGOs and [...]

Gay Humanists Call for Strong Protest When Pope Visits UK

September 23, 2009 in Benedict XVI, Christo-Fascism, Clero-Fascism, Gay, Gay Humanist Group, Gay Humanists, Gay Life, Gay Rights, George Broadhead, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, National Secular Society, No Vat, People Opposing Papal Edicts, Pink Triangle, Pink Triangle Trust, Pope, UK, Vatican

NEWS RELEASE 23 September 2009 GAY HUMANISTS CALL FOR STRONG PROTEST WHEN POPE VISITS UK The gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has called for a strong protest to be made when Pope Benedict XVI visits the UK early next year. The PTT’s secretary George Broadhead said: “This pope has shown himself to [...]

MIX NYC Events: It’s Not the Homosexual Who is Perverse But the Situation in Which He Lives

September 23, 2009 in Activism, Cinema, Filmmaker, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, Ger Zielinski, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, MIX NYC, NYC, Queer, Rosa von Praunheim, Stephen Kent Jusick

It’s Not the Homosexual Who is Perverse But the Situation in Which He Lives 1970, 16mm on video, color, sound, 67 min Saturday, September 26, 7:30 pm Post screening discussion with Filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim and Film Scholar-Historian Ger Zielinski Pre-screening introduction by MIX NYC Executive Director Stephen Kent Jusick Co-presented with UnionDocs 322 Union [...]

Belgrade Gay Pride March Is Banned

September 20, 2009 in Belgrade, Belgrade Pride, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Parade, Gay Pride, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBT, Serbia

Belgrade Pride 2009 Organizing Committee would like to declare that, during the meeting with the Serbian Prime Minister today, they were issued an official decree signed by the Head of Serbian Police, Milorad Veljovic, which states that the public safety corps of the Republic of Serbia are not able to ensure the Constitutional right for [...]

Jamaica: A Grim Place to Be Gay by Peter Tatchell

September 16, 2009 in Boycott Jamaica, Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Jamaica, LGBT, Michael Petrelis, Peter Tatchell, Queer, queer-bashing, Todd Swindell

Veteran queer community organizer Todd Swindell tapes up boycott posters on a pole in Harvey Milk Plaza, before the rum dump begins. His tee shirt reads, “The Religious Right is Dead Wrong.” March 29, 2009 © Michael Petrelis Politicians and pop stars are to blame Jamaica: A grim place to be gay By Peter Tatchell, [...]

San Francisco: Folsom Street Fair, Sunday, September 27, 2009

September 13, 2009 in California, Fetish, Folsom, Folsom Street Fair, Gay, Gay Life, GLBT, Leather, LGBT, Rubber, San Francisco, US

In 2009 the world’s largest leather event, the Folsom Street Fair®, will take place on Sunday, September 27, 2009 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. We are sure to see the fairgrounds filled with people in their most outrageous leather/rubber/fetish attire enjoying the worlds largest and best loved Leather fair. The Folsom Street Fair is [...]

Italian Gays Under Siege

September 6, 2009 in Gay, Gay Life, Gay Rights, GLBT, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Italy, LGBT, Queer

17.08.09: a foreign gay couple is attacked by a mob of youths in Agropoli, near Naples. 19.08.09: a gay singer is badly beaten up by a thug in Rome. 24.08.09: a thug attacks a gay couple in Rome, stabbing one and smashing a bottle on the other’s head. 24.08.09: a gay couple is abused and [...]