Gay News: african rights

The Huffington Post reports that Denver Nuggets star Kenneth Faried has become the first NBA player to join an organization devoted to fighting homophobia in sports, and said he hopes his involvement...(...)

Peter Tatchell, who previously made a documentary about Pope Benedict XVI, believes the Catholic leader will be remembered for his "irresponsible" attitude to condoms and ignorance about HIV. (...)

by James Whitely - SGN Staff WriterThe Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (LHPAI), formerly Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, is one of Seattle's pre-eminent cultural institutions. It's locally focused, city-owned,(...)

The Justice Minister-designate for Ghana has said that the constitution should be interpreted as criminalising homosexuality, despite her colleague's claims that gay people have rights. (...)

Actress Cynthia Nixon, who mesmerized television audiences for years as Miranda Hobbes in HBO's Sex and the City, will receive Yale University's first ever LGBT award. (...)

USA Today reports that New Zealand speedskater Blake Skjellerup is focused on making his second Olympic team, but is also concerned about the anti-gay legislation working its way through the Russian...(...)

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the charismatic young gun of the Republican Party, said in a recent interview he hopes the bipartisan immigration overhaul plan doesn't become a gay rights issue. (...)

Last week was yet another significant one in the realm of emerging gay rights in American society. (...)

A leading human rights lawyer has criticised the UK Border Agency for subjecting LGBT asylum seekers to "inhuman and degrading" pressure to "prove" their sexual or gender identity. (...)

The Huffington Post reports that to say merely that Wyoming is a conservative state doesn't begin to capture it, so it was remarkable in the legislative session that started in early January...(...)