Tuesday, April 21, 2009

International Gay News Headlines (T25T-3)

A conference advocating techniques to help 'cure' people of homosexuality is to be held in London next weekend featuring notorious ex-gay advocate Joseph Nicolosi.

A Welsh magistrate who aired his homophobic views in a television documentary has quit. Byron Butler was asked by former Steps singer Ian 'H' Watkins about his views on gays.

Nine men in Senegal who were sentenced to eight years in prison for "indecent conduct and unnatural acts" have had their convictions overturned. Dakar's court of appeal has ruled they must be released immediately.

In Kafka's Monkey Kathryn Hunter is a woman playing a monkey playing a man. She uses her beautiful voice and pliable body to convince us that you can take the monkey out of the jungle but you can never take the beast out of man.
360° by Rafael Bonachela for Sydney Dance Company certainly ticks all the boxes required for a contemporary dance piece.
Stars of Bris Vegas! Jewels of the night! The QUT Queer Collective is calling out for you!

BBC News

Senegalese Gay Activists Freed
Voice of America
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission in Cape Town said no other African country has handed down such a severe sentence. Despite the positive outcome of the appeal, AIDS activists in Senegal are concerned about the effect the trial ...
World Briefing | Africa Senegal: Court Frees 9 Gay Men New York Times
Court overturns Senegal jail for homosexuality AFP
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Steve Rothaus
MiamiHerald.com, FL
Miami Herald staff writer Steve Rothaus covers gay and lesbian issues in South Florida. Steve joined The Herald in 1985, while a journalism major at Florida International University. He came out at work in 1987 and served five years as a board member ...

Gay Episcopal bishop visits Studio City
Los Angeles Times, CA
"We don't always get to choose when opportunities arise, but he's become a national and international symbol by saying you don't have to ignore it, you can use it and do something great," he said. Robinson was told he would not be allowed to ...
Auckland's regular alternative gay clubbing night will end this month, with its promoter telling GayNZ.com "it's time to kill it when it's still at its best."
Virulent anti-gay rights campaigner and convicted child molester Graham Capill is understood to be about to make another bid for early release from prison.
Three young men suspected of attacking 36-year-old Wairarapa man Paul Irons in October last year, will face a jury trial.
Christian organisation – ‘Anglican Mainstream ‘- to promote fear and dangerous gay “cure”. his weekend in London (UK) The Anglican Mainstream Organisation are holding a fear mongering anti gay conference called Sex & the City. The Anglican Mainstream are the first organisation of the week to be awarded the title “Homo Zeros” for their homophobic conference where [...]
New York Gov. David Paterson’s popularity in the state continues to tank, but his effort to legalize same-sex marriage has the support of a majority of voters, according to a poll released Monday. The Siena College Research Institute poll found the Democrat is now viewed unfavorably by 63 percent of New Yorkers, down from [...]
An appeals court on Monday freed nine gay men who had been convicted of “unnatural acts” earlier this year, in a case that drew international condemnation from human rights groups and foreign governments. Senegal, predominantly Muslim, criminalizes homosexuality like dozens of other African nations. The men were arrested in December at the home of a [...]
Christian organisation – ‘Anglican Mainstream ‘- to promote fear and dangerous gay “cure”. his weekend in London (UK) The Anglican Mainstream Organisation are holding a fear mongering anti gay conference called Sex & the City. The Anglican Mainstream are the first organisation of the week to be awarded the title “Homo Zeros” for their homophobic conference where [...]
New York Gov. David Paterson’s popularity in the state continues to tank, but his effort to legalize same-sex marriage has the support of a majority of voters, according to a poll released Monday. The Siena College Research Institute poll found the Democrat is now viewed unfavorably by 63 percent of New Yorkers, down from [...]
An appeals court on Monday freed nine gay men who had been convicted of “unnatural acts” earlier this year, in a case that drew international condemnation from human rights groups and foreign governments. Senegal, predominantly Muslim, criminalizes homosexuality like dozens of other African nations. The men were arrested in December at the home of a [...]

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