The former head of a Scottish LGBT youth charity has been sentenced to serve at least 13 years in prison. James Rennie, 38, was convicted in May of sexually assaulting three-month-old baby. The abuse continued for four years.
A public meeting yesterday discussed the possibility of a five-year deferral for gay and bisexual men donating blood, rather than a lifetime ban.
Homotopia, Liverpool's annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans festival, begins next week. It usually focuses on theatre, comedy, literature and debate but this year, organisers are emphasising the impact of homophobic hate crime with the strapline 'Homotopia not homophobia'.
This year the organisers behind Adelaide's Sleaze Ball have managed to get their hands on the Old Adelaide Gaol for their annual fundraising party.
As Ruby and Grant make their way across the country to support 'Neon Essential Vol.2', Same Same caught up with the duo to discuss the label’s position on the local circuit and how Ruby Rose’s celebrity profile has impacted on her DJ career.
Ashfield Musical Society’s latest production, Chess â€" The Musical, will play for five shows only at the Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club, starting tonight. Same Same chatted to cast member James Forbes about the often misunderstood musical.
(UK) - The British government announced Thursday that it was ending efforts to deport Mehdi Kazemi, a 19-year-old Iranian who has been studying in Britain – a move that should be applauded by human rights activists everywhere. Had he been forced to reed to return to Iran, Kazemi would almost certainly have been executed there. Roger Roberts, one of eight members of the House of Lords who petitioned British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to allow Kazemi to stay in Britain, declared: “There is no doubt that he will be persecuted and possibly face state-sanctioned murder if he is forced to return.”
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Love Life 3 Fono, the third biannual summit of leaders from sexual minority communities around the Pacific begins tonight in Auckland.
The notoriously homophobic 'Bishop of Bling' Brian Tamaki has held a massive commitment ceremony with 700 male members of his Destiny Church - could this be New Zealand's biggest-ever unofficial Civil Union?
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