Stephen Fry’s call for a boycott of everything Russian was widely reported, Cher won’t sing at the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014. The prime minister raised the issue when meeting president Putin at the G20 two weeks ago. But it’s important that such solidarity is properly informed and doesn’t lead to unintended consequences – like the campaign started in the USA for boycotting vodka actually made in Latvia, not Russia.
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LGBT History Month’s mother ship Schools OUT UK has come out against the campaign slogan ‘Right behind Gay Footballers’. They have joined with a number of groups who having already been campaigning for several years to counter the homophobic ethos of British football, are unhappy at Stonewall’s choice of language.
A campaign to show solidarity with gay footballers has caused controversy because of its slogan. The plan is to have footballers in all the 134… Read More »Football Anti-Homophobia Campaign Hits a Snag
Gay, lesbian and transgender people face shocking levels of violence, discrimination and abuse across Europe, with gaps in EU and national legislation robbing them of justice and creating a climate of fear, a new report by Amnesty International says.
Sunil Pant, founder of the Blue Diamond Society and former MP, has opened an international centre in Kathmandu as a sanctuary for persecuted members of… Read More »Nepal Opens Centre for Victims and people with HIV/AIDS
A video depicting a man being raped with a bottle has surfaced on social media, in what appears to be the latest assault on Russia’s… Read More »Uzbek Man 'Raped with Bottle' on Latest Russian Vigilante Video
The Pride, a play written by Alexi Kaye Campbell, deals with men coming to terms with their sexual identity (or not) in two different time… Read More »The Pride Reviewed
‘I’m no Hitler’ says feminist receiving rape threats for being ‘transphobic’ ahead of porn debate in Manchester
Hey kid, wanna be in movies? LGBT History Month has been contacted by a film company who are in the process of making a film about the links between the 1984-85 miners’ strike and the LGBT community, and are looking for extras. There are several big name UK actors linked with the project. So if you’ve always yearned to get yer eek on the silver screen, here is your chance.
