Leader Of Opposition Increases Issue Of Homophobia In Australia By Saying LGBT Community Are Threatening

The current Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives Tony Abbott, who could become the next Prime Minister of the country has done nothing to improve the issue of homophobia in Australia by responding to questions about his views on homosexuality in an interview with Australia’s Channel 9’s [...]

Students Force School To Recognise Issue Of Homophobic Bullying

A group of students in Wembley have forced their school to recognise the issue of homophobia by making them adapt their bullying policy to cover homophobia specifically.
Talking about the achievement, Grace Organ, who is a student at Queen’s Park Community School, told the Wembley and Kingsbury Times:
“We’ve had friends who were victims of sustained homophobic [...]

RDS Come Under Criticism For Homophobic Comments About US Figure Skater Johnny Weir

The Canadian television station RDS has found itself under heavy criticism following homophobic comments made by sports commentators covering the mens figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics where they suggested Johnny Weir was hurting the image of the sport and should undergo a gender test or compete in the women’s event.
Deemed to be of [...]

Beverley Knight States She’s Committed To Stopping Homophobia In The Music Industry

Soul singer Beverley Knight , who recently released her latest album, 100%, has spoken out against homophobia in the music industry whilst being questioned by Times Online and fans as part of a live webcast.
Asked by a fan called Dan the question:
Hi Bev. Do you think the homophobia in many areas of music that you [...]

Leading Welsh Rugby Star Forced To Apologise For Homophobic Comment On Twitter

Homophobia in sport has long been a problem in the UK and across the world, and Welsh international rugby player Jonathan Thomas hasn’t acted to make it’s reputation much better after being caught on Twitter making a homophobic comment in relation to a top gay Welsh referee Nigel Owens.
Capped 51 times for his country, and [...]

Must Read: Incredible Letter By Parent Of Gay Child Decrying His Homophobic Treatment

Being part of the LGBT community can often see you being discriminated against, abused and insulted for being nothing more than who you were born to be. Some of us have the support of the family that helps us get through the hard times, others sadly don’t. One mother who sets a real example of [...]

Man Left Too Scared To Leave His House Due To Homophobic Bullying

Southwark News yesterday published an article about a 22 year old gay man living in the London borough that shows just how life destroying being the subject of homophobic bullying can be.
Saying that he is too scared to leave his house because of the fear of being beaten up, he said: “I haven’t seen my [...]

Discover How k.d Lang Has Managed To Avoid Homophobia In The Music World

In speaking to Blacktown Advocate about her 25 years in the music business, k.d Lang says she believes she has been able to avoid negative publicity because of two main reasons. The first is being confident about who you are. The second, and perhaps to k.d Lang the most important one – you stop giving [...]

Must See : Brilliant Video Deconstructing Link Between Gay Men And Paedophilia

The Proposition 8 trial in San Francisco, which is debating whether California went against the constitution by banning gay marriage, has seen one lie about the gay community be brought up a number of times by the Proposition 8 legal team. And that is:
“Homosexuals are 12 times more likely to molest children.”
This particular version of [...]

Moscow Mayor Proves He’s As Much Of A Homophobe As Ever By Banning Gay Pride… Again

Moscow’s mayor, Yuri M Luzhkov, has shown that 2010 has made him no less of a homophobe than the last three years after again saying that he will not allow a 2010 gay pride event to be held in the city.
Stating that “we haven’t permitted such a parade and we won’t permit it in the [...]

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