Gay Lesbian News

The Regional Commissioner of Tanzania's largest city announced the creation of an anti-gay surveillance squad that is expected to begin a roundup as early as Monday. In an interview with Dizzim TV on Monday, Paul Makonda ordered residents throughout Dar es Salaam to report gay people to a phone... Sign in to see full entry.

By Ryan Johns: In a sermon to 50,000 eager followers, a self-declared 'prophet' in Zimbabwe has branded gay people to be tools of the devil. Emmanuel Makandiwa pronounced gays to be 'mentally sick' and said Satan has a strategy to make it hard for the public to realise LGBTI people are evil. The... Sign in to see full entry.

By James Withers: One of the experts the US state Michigan is using to defend its ban on gay marriage and same-sex adoption, testified gays are bound for hell. On 6 March Douglas Allen was asked by plaintiff's counsel if he thought gays were dammed for eternity. ' Not repentant? Yes,' Allen replied,... Sign in to see full entry.

By Azad Essa: In August 2013, in his seventh inauguration speech, President Robert Mugabe was particularly derisive of the gay community. He urged young Zimbabweans to shun homosexuality as an abomination of humankind "that destroys nations, apart from it being a filthy, filthy disease". That speech... Sign in to see full entry.

Madrid (AFP) - Pope Francis' newly chosen Spanish cardinal, 84-year-old Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, has described homosexuality as a "defect" that can be corrected with treatment, sparking condemnation from gay rights groups. "A lot of people complain and don't tolerate it but with all respect I say... Sign in to see full entry.

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By theonion: THE MALEBOLGE, NETHER REGIONS OF DARKNESS—Noting the incredible rate at which the community has grown, sources confirmed Thursday that Hell, the Endless Kingdom of Misery, is now a booming haven of gay culture. The Great Abyss, home of the damned, is reportedly inhabited by some 600... Sign in to see full entry.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America elected its first openly gay bishop to a six-year term on Friday at an annual assembly in Southern California, officials said. The election of Rev. Dr. R. Guy Erwin comes after the church's controversial rule change in 2009 that allowed... Sign in to see full entry.

By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian: NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America on Friday proposed lifting a ban on gay scouts but maintaining a prohibition on gay adults from leading troops, a compromise that attempts to end a bitter split in the century-old American institution. Reaction from scouting... Sign in to see full entry.

By Luchina Fisher | ABC News Blogs: Days after Magic Johnson publicly announced his support for his openly gay son, the basketball legend is opening up about when he learned his son was gay, the backlash since the news broke and what he thinks about athletes coming out. "We've known for a long, long... Sign in to see full entry.