Faith leaders including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the UK’s Bishop of Liverpool have demanded governments make gay sex legal and ban ‘conversion therapy’. The demands from over 400 faith leaders from 35 countries come alongside an admission that religious teachings have failed LGBT+ people. At the moment at least 69 nations still criminalize homosexuality –…
Category: GAY STAR NEWS
HEADTEACHER KICKED OUT THIS STRAIGHT-A GAY STUDENT BECAUSE ‘IT’S WHAT JUST WOULD WANT’
The headteacher of a Christian school in October has expelled an ‘exceptional’ straight-A student because he is gay. Devin Bryant, 17, was just about to begin his senior year at Covenant Christian Academy in Colleyville, Texas. But new headmaster Tony Jeffrey gave his mother Consolata a call saying Devin was no longer welcome. The teen…
RICKY MARTIN CRIED AS HE CAME OUT AS GAY BUT IT MADE HIM ‘SUPER HAPPY’
Gay singer Ricky Martin has opened up about the torment he went through about coming out as gay – and how it’s made him happy. The ‘King of Latin Pop’ said Elton John inspired him. However, like many LGBT+ people coming out, he struggled to understand his own sexuality. Things came to a head while Martin was…
US SUPREME COURT RULES YOU CAN’T FIRE A WORKER BECAUSE THEY ARE LGBT+
BREAKING: The US Supreme Court has ruled LGBT+ workers have protection under federal law. The justices decisions came in three cases and will impact millions of LGBT+ workers. Two of the cases related to whether employers can discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. The third case was about whether bosses can discriminate against a…
LA PRIDE WILL HAPPEN IN 2020 – AS A BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST
Los Angeles Pride will happen in 2020 after all – but as a Black Lives Matter solidarity march. LA Pride bosses cancelled this year’s event from 12 to 14 June, when the coronavirus pandemic struck in March. It was due to be a historic celebration – marking 50 years of Pride in the city. But now…
SURVEY REVEALS HOW MANY LGBT+ PEOPLE WILL STILL DATE & HOOK-UP DURING CORONA-VIRUS
Most LGBT+ people are taking coronavirus very seriously but some are still insisting they will go for dates and hook-ups during the pandemic. That’s according to a new survey which took a snapshot of LGBT+ people in the UK about COVID-19. It shows 57% of LGBT+ people feel their lives will be worse off in…
TWO HOMOPHOBES TRAP & BRUTALLY BEAT A GAY MAN TO DEATH IN NIGERIA
Two homophobic vigilantes have trapped and brutally beaten a gay man to death in Nigeria. It is an incident like so many others that have happened in the west African country – often attracting no publicity. But this time there are some important differences. The victim found a way to fight back and protect his…
MARTIN LUTHER KING’S FRIEND BAYARD RUSTIN WILL BE PARDONED FOR GAY SEX
California is to posthumously pardon LGBT+ and civil rights hero Bayard Rustin for his 1953 ‘vagrancy’ arrest, which was for consensual gay sex. Rustin, a close confidante of Martin Luther King Jr, was one of the key organizers of the historic 1963 March on Washington – a highpoint of the civil rights movement. He also…
ALABAMA DEPUTY WHO MOCKED DAY TEEN’S SUICIDE GETS REHIRED
A deputy in Alabama has been rehired to a new position after being suspended and then resigning over comments he made regarding a gay teen’s suicide. Jeff Graves, formerly a Madison County sheriff’s deputy, is now an officer in Owens Cross Roads. ‘Everybody deserves a second chance,’ said Owens Cross Roads Police Chief Jason Dobbins. He added he believes Graves is ‘remorseful’…
“TOO CLOSE TO HOME”: POSE ADDRESSES VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR IN HEARTBREAKING EPISODE
Last night’s episode of Pose addressed the violence faced by transgender woman of color — historically and today. The episode is earning critical acclaim, as well as high emotions from critics and viewers alike. Pose, which airs on FX, is a Ryan Murphy show set in 1980s and 90s New York City. It focuses on the ballroom scene and features the…
