Uganda president blocks anti-gay bill: reportUgandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to approve a controversial bill that would see homosexuals jailed for life, saying there were better ways to cure the "abnormality", a report said Friday.
18 January 2014
Japan PM to attend Sochi Olympics: reportsJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics, reports said Friday, despite calls for a boycott over Russia's anti-gay laws.
US 'concern' over Uganda anti-gay billThe United States voiced concern on Tuesday over a draconian anti-homosexuality bill passed by Uganda's parliament.
26 December 2013
Britain pardons gay 'father of computing' Alan TuringBritain on Tuesday granted a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing, the World War II code-breaking hero who committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality.
24 December 2013
Uganda adopts tough anti-gay billUganda's parliament on Friday adopted an anti-homosexuality bill that will see repeat offenders jailed for life, sparking an international outcry as lawmakers hailed it as a victory against "evil".
21 December 2013
India's top court upholds law criminalising gay sexIndia's Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a colonial-era law criminalising homosexuality in a landmark judgment that crushes activists' hopes for guarantees on sexual freedom in the world's biggest democracy.
11 December 2013
Elton John challenges Russian gay ban from stageBritish pop icon Elton John escaped serious criticism in Russia on Saturday after using a sold-out Moscow concert to challenge a highly contentious law banning the "propaganda of homosexuality" to minors.
09 December 2013
Gay parents the 'new normal' on small screenMarried with two kids? How boringly 20th-century. Blended families and same-sex parents are increasingly vying for space with the nuclear family on the small screen in line with shifts in Western society.
08 December 2013
Egypt's first gay film, a sad affair that irks censorsDirector Hany Fawzy's "Family Secrets," Egypt's first film about homosexuality, has hit a sensitive nerve with censors in this Muslim country where the topic is taboo.
06 December 2013
Croatia gays say marriage referendum major setbackAfter six years together, Hana and Iva both decided they had met "the one" -- but the Croatian couple's dream of getting married and having children risks being derailed by a referendum to outlaw same-sex marriage.
Kazakhstan wants to ban gay 'propaganda'Kazakhstan parliament wants to follow in Russia's footsteps and put through a bill banning homosexuality 'propaganda' in Kazakhstan.
Brazil priest excommunicated over support for gays A Catholic priest in southeastern Brazil was excommunicated on Monday after publicly resigning from his duties to protest against the church's opposition to homosexuality.