Archive | November, 2011

Scottish Roman Catholic leader to speak for new gay marriage opposition group

By on 30/11/2011 in Gay Marriage

    by Stephen Gray  30 November 2011, 10:46am Cardinal O’Brien is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland The leader of the Roman Catholic church in Scotland is speaking this morning at the launch of a new coalition which opposes the introduction of equal marriage rights. Cardinal Keith O’Brien will join former SNP leader Gordon [...]

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Immigration detention to feature at UN human rights review of UK

By on 30/11/2011 in detention, UK Border Agency, United Nations

Image by rich_w via FlickrSource: Detention Forum

In a move that has been welcomed by many detention NGOs, national human rights bodies such as Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) have highlighte…

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US student given 90 days in juvenile detention for attacking gay classmate

By on 30/11/2011 in Crime, Dispatch, gay student, half, initial investigation, law, ohio house bill, state, USA, World

A 15-year-old Ohio student has been sentenced to a month and half in a juvenile detention centre after he was videotaped attacking a gay classmate. Levi Sever was also ordered to undergo counselling.

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George Osborne increases squeeze on poor families with cuts to tax credits

By on 30/11/2011 in economic inequality

UK news | Autumn statement 2011 Chancellor accused of abandoning Britain’s poorest with cuts and freezes that will see 100,000 more children fall into poverty Randeep Ramesh, Jill Insley and Hilary Osborne · 29/11/2011 · guardian.co.uk George Osborne, the chancellor, on his way to deliver his autumn budget statement to the House of Commons. Photograph: [...]

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Italian Footballers’ Association head “would not recommend coming out” to players

By on 30/11/2011 in damiano tommasi, gay football players, gay footballers, klaus davi, Locker, player, profession, Sport, Tommasi, World

The President of the Italian Footballers’ Association Damiano Tommasi has suggested gay players keep their sexuality quiet, because the sport is “different to every other profession”.

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Talking vertical farms: An interview with Dickson Despommier

By on 30/11/2011 in greens

  Urban Agriculture 3 by Twilight Greenaway  29 Nov 2011 5:48 PM     Your classic vertical farm rendering. Rendering: Blake KurasekIf you haven’t seen the slickly rendered architectural models of farms growing in skyscapers, you probably live under a rock. When I first I saw one — this was a few years back, they’ve been [...]

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Nigerian legal attack on LGBT worsens

By on 30/11/2011 in law, London, new york, nigeria, Peter Tatchell

By Paul Canning

Nigeria’s Senate 28 November passed an ‘anti gay marriage’ bill adding further penalties and extending its scope.

The Senate added to provisions targeting those living together (and those who don’t report them) with new clauses making…

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Russia reacts to overseas “interference” on St Petersburg “gay propaganda” law

By on 30/11/2011 in democracy and the rule of law, Discrimination, dolgov, law, Politics, Rights, Russian, russian foreign ministry, US State Department, USA, World

A senior official in the Russian government has said he is “perplexed” by the US statement condemning a proposed law which could severely hinder freedom of expression for LGBT people in St Petersburg. Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s C…

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New once-a-day HIV drug launched ahead of World AIDS Day

By on 30/11/2011 in hiv medicine, LGBT

    by Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk    29 November 2011, 2:18pm The drug will be the second single-tablet HIV regimen on the market (Photo: Karrie Nodalo) The European Commission has given marketing authorisation to a new once-daily tablet for the treatment of HIV. Gilead Sciences new drug Eviplera will be used commercially in 27 countries of the European Union. [...]

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Australia releases detained asylum seekers

By on 30/11/2011 in detention

By Paul Canning

In a major reversal of past policy, Australia has begin releasing asylum seekers who have arrived by boat into the community.

Mandatory detention for them was the policy, adopted as a ‘deterrent’ by the previous conservative governmen…

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