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May 21, 2013
Man arrested for threatening to bomb Puerto Rico gay pride

A Puerto Rico gay activist was told on Twitter to be careful at a gay rally as it could end like the Boston Marathon

A man is facing prison after threatening to bomb a Puerto Rico gay pride march on Twitter.

Joseph Morales Serrano was taken into custody at his home in San Juan on charge of cyber-bullying a gay activist on the social networking site.

As reported by the Associated Press, a spokesman for the FBI said Morales allegedly posted the threatening message on 6 May and was expected to appear before a federal judge yesterday (20 May).

May 18, 2013
Bradley Manning declared as Pride’s People's Grand Marshal

San Francisco LGBT activists declared Bradley Manning as the People’s Grand Marshal, protesting against the city’s Pride leaders’ decision not to honor him

LGBT activists and allies held a San Francisco rally to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) by declaring Bradley Manning the People's Grand Marshal of city’s Pride.

Manning is the gay U.S. Army Private accused of divulging a massive amount of government documents to WikiLeaks and has been spending nearly three years in jail without trial.

May 11, 2013
Manhunt underway in second NY anti-gay assault in one week

Police are on the lookout for three more suspects after two were arrested in the second NY gay bashing in five days 

The New York Police Department is looking for suspects in the second gay bashing case in one week.

Two gay men were taken to Bellevue Hospital early Friday morning where one had to have eye surgery after they were brutally beaten for being gay.

According to CBS2 New York, the victims aged 27 and 37 were leaving an after-hours club when a group of five men started yelling homophobic slurs at them on the street before brutally attacking them.

May 9, 2013
Police arrest suspected gay killer after global manhunt

A 62-year-old man was found decomposed in a Brighton flat last July leading to a worldwide search for the last man to see him alive

A global manhunt for the man suspected of killing his lover and leaving him to decompose in a flat has now been called off.

Last July, the body of Michael Polding, 62, was found last July in a Brighton flat too decayed to determine the cause of death.

Police launched the worldwide search for Ricardo Pisano, the man who is believed to have been the last person to see Polding alive.

Pisano was arrested in Southampton and is currently being questioned by Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team in Brighton.

May 9, 2013
Zambia gay couple tortured, jailed without food and water

Rights groups slam Zambia for jailing gay couple based on rumours and forcing them to undergo anal probe tests

Zambia police have arrested a gay couple forcing them to undergo anal probe test, denying them legal representation on the charges of having sex ‘against the order of nature’.

Phil Mubiyana and James Mwape have been detained in an overcrowded cell in rural Zambia for several days and were denied access to food and water for about 12 hours.

While pleading not guilty the authorities denied them legal representation and may have forced them to ‘confess to their crimes’ to speed up the trial.

May 8, 2013
Kenya police arrest suspect blackmailer of gay men

Man is accused of luring gay men online with the promise of a date and then threatening to expose or hurt them if they did not give him money

Kenyan police have arrested a man accused of blackmailing gay men.

On Monday (6 May), suspect Hillary Oleshawa was arrested in a Nairobi downtown bar following a tip off from local gay activists.

He is accused of luring unsuspecting gay men on the promise of a date online, abducting them and extorting money and property.

By threatening to reveal their sexuality to their friends and family, he allegedly forced his victims to give him money in exchange for their freedom.

May 5, 2013
Male rape and assault charges ‘are completely false’ says gay MP Nigel Evans

Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans, released on bail last night after being arrested for male rape and assault charges, made a live statement today revealing he knows his accusers

Conservative MP Nigel Evans has released a statement regarding his arrest yesterday over male rape and assault charges.

In a live broadcast on SKY News this morning, Evans said: 'Yesterday I was interviewed by police concerning two complaints, one of which dates back four years, made by two people who are well-known to each other and who, until yesterday, I regarded as friends.

'The complaints are completely false and I cannot understand why they have been made, especially as I have continued to socialize with one, as recently as last week.

May 5, 2013
New York's popular Hot 97 DJ charged for soliciting a male prostitute

New York City DJ  Mister Cee will go on Hot 97's morning to show to explain his arrest for soliciting a male prostitute

Mister Cee, a popular DJ at the New York City radio station Hot 97, was reportedly arrested last week for soliciting a male prostitute.

According to the website Rod 2.0 (who linked to a Daily News article), the 46 year-old allegedly approached an undercover police officer. Cee, whose legal name is Calvin LeBrun, will appear on the station's morning show tomorrow (6 April) to explain last week's events.

April 24, 2013
Memorial day held for murdered LGBT people in South Africa

In a country where vicious attacks against gay people are rife, activists stress the need to honor and remember

A day of commemoration will be held in South Africa in honor of all LGBT individuals murdered due to their sexual orientation today (24 April).

The day is being organized by Amnesty International and the local LGBT rights organisation Ekurhuleni Pride Organizing Committee (EPOC).

It will involve a short memorial service, after which participants will be given the opportunity to write messages of hope and condolence that will remain at the site as a memorial.

April 19, 2013
Trans woman arrested for exposing breasts, jailed with men

New York woman was jailed with men despite being arrested for a crime only a woman can commit

A transgender woman may be seeking legal action after she was arrested for exposing her breasts and being jailed with men in Georgia.

Ashley Del Valle, 38, from New Yorkm was arrested by Savannah police for indecent exposure on 14 April.

She was placed in a various cells in the men’s prison ward for four days before her family posted her $3,500 (€2,680) bail.

April 18, 2013
Ninth gay man killed in suspected serial murders in South Africa

In South Africa, nine gay men have been murdered in the past three years in what many are calling a 'homophobic killing spree'

The most recent victim of a string of brutal anti-gay murders in South Africa was found face down in a pool of blood on Monday morning (15 April).

Dr Carl Miscke, a gay professor at the University of Johannesburg, was stabbed multiple times after inviting his killer or killers into his home.

Police have confirmed his death will be investigated alongside those of eight other murder victims, the first of whom was found dead in April 2010 tied up and bludgeoned to death with a laptop computer.

April 16, 2013
Campaigners call for UK's first LGBT museum

A popular exhibition has sparked debate about the possibility of creating the first permanent museum dedicated to the history of gay rights

Campaigners are calling for the first permanent British museum dedicated to gay rights be established in Leicester.

In the Midlands city, several fans of a recent popular exhibition documenting the lives of local LGBT people want it to be moved to a permanent museum site.

The project, named ‘Untold Stories’, was curated by Leicester LGBT Center and supported by a £50,000 ($77k, €58k) Heritage Lottery Fund grant.

April 14, 2013
Hospital security hit gay man to separate him from husband’s bedside

Roger Gorley says a Missouri hospital broke the law for forcing him from his partner’s bedside

A gay man is accusing hospital staff of discrimination for kicking him out of his partner’s hospital room in Missouri.

Roger Gorley, who was arrested and taken into custody for refusing to leave his partner’s bedside on Tuesday (9 April), says hospital security resorted to unnecessary force to put him in handcuffs.

April 14, 2013
Man jailed for gay sex and scorned by Nigeria’s media

Nigerian man jailed and told by judge that gay sex is akin to animal behavior, activist slam judiciary and media for creating a moral panic

A 35-year-old man, named Hashiru Usman, has been sentenced to 9 months imprisonment by a court in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.

Usman was sentenced midweek after he had pleaded guilty having gay sex with what the Nigerian media termed ‘a boy’, although activists have the challenged the manner the use of the reports’ wordings.

April 13, 2013
Daughter of gay man arrested for refusing to leave hospital room of partner shares details of incident

'My father held onto the rail of the gurney as well as his husband's hand with everything he had'

The daughter of a gay man ordered to leave his partner's hospital room says there are disturbing details to the incident that the Kansas City, Missouri, hospital is letting on.

April 13, 2013
Zambia threatens further criminalization of gays after human rights activist’s arrest

The Zambian Government has suggested that it will introduce harsher punishments for LGBT people after a human rights activist appeared on television to discuss gay rights

Zambian Government ministers have suggested that penalties for LGBT people may be increased following the arrest of human rights activist Paul Kasonkomona after he appeared on Zambian television to discuss gay rights.

Kasonkomona was arrested last Sunday directly after he appeared on Zambia’s MUVI television channel and was held for three nights before police charged him with being 'idle and disorderly in a public place.'

April 12, 2013
Remembering the gay and African American Holocaust survivors

The story of ‘lesbian’ trumpet player Valaida Snow, arrested during a visit to Europe, shows how the Nazis harassed and persecuted black and gay people

This week, 8 to 12 April, has marked the 27th annual observance of Holocaust Memorial Week. The week is about remembering not only the six million Jews murdered but also remembering the millions of allies, martyrs and victims who survived Nazi Germany’s reign of brutality.

The enormity of the mass slaughtering of Jews that took place – in ghettos, slave labor sites, concentration camps, prisoner-of-war camps, brothels filled with sex slaves and killing factories – is still being discovered as documents are unearthed.

April 9, 2013
Zambian gay rights activist arrested after appearing on TV

Zambian gay rights activist Paul Kasonkomona was snatched up by police directly after appearing on television to discuss gay rights

A Zambian LGBT rights activist has been arrested by police directly after he appeared on television to discuss gay rights, and authorities even tried to stop him speaking mid-broadcast.

Paul Kasonkomona had been speaking on Zambia’s MUVI television channel but was snatched by police as soon as he left the building, with police charging him with ‘inciting the public to take part in indecent activities.’

Kasonkomona had been attempting to leave in a vehicle with colleagues, including his lawyer, but was removed from the car for interrogation.

April 8, 2013
Tunisia told: repeal anti-gay law and stop its misuse as a political weapon

The Tunisian Association for the Support of Minorities has called for the repeal of Tunisia’s sodomy law, which the group said is used as a political weapon

Yamina Thabet, president of the association, appealed to Tunisia’s government, led by the Islamist Ennahda party, to repeal the country’s anti-sodomy law and to stop its misuse in intimidating political opposition.

The appeal comes as a response to the arrest of lawyer Baatour Mounir, head of the Liberal Party of Tunisia (PLT).

April 3, 2013
Gay activist arrested for one man protest in Russia

Russian human rights activist was arrested and fined after staging a demonstration against a far-right group in Syktyvkar

A Russian gay activist was arrested and fined for carrying out a one-man protest against an extreme right-wing group on 31 March.

Vyacheslav Slyusarev, head of a Russian LGBT rights group, was fined 30,000 rubles (£629, €740) after protesting 'Frontier North'.

Lesbian activist, Clare Dimyon MBE, told Gay Star News Slyusarev took to the Syktyvkar streets after the group decided to rally in one of the city’s parks.

March 29, 2013
Dad got away with abusing me because he’s gay, says victim

After years of forced sex and drug use by his gay adoptive parents, 23-year old Andy Cannon claims social services ignored his cries for help because they wanted to look ‘politically correct’

A 23 year-old man is speaking out publicly after winning a £25,000 (€30,000) lawsuit alleging that Wakefield Council refused to save him from abuse by his adoptive gay parents.

Andy Cannon spoke with the Telegraph about why he thinks Wakefield social services refused to help him, even after he filed numerous complaints against his adoptive parents for abuse over many years.

March 28, 2013
Saudi journalist arrested for 'gay party'

Saudi Arabia's religious police arrested an editor of a well known daily who was allegedly preparing to attend a 'gay party'

A journalist and editor at a ‘well-known’ daily newspaper was arrested in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for planning to attend a ‘gay party’, using make up and possession of alcohol.

The kingdom’s religious police known as the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice arrested the unnamed man during the weekend.

March 26, 2013
Gay rights advocate Dan Choi faces jail for peaceful protest

US veteran Dan Choi to stand on trial and may face six months in prison for 2010 peaceful protest against Don't Ask Don't Tell

This Thursday, 28 March, at 9am in the US District Court, Washington DC, gay Army Lieutenant Dan Choi, stands trial for past protests against the since repealed anti-gay military policy ‘Don't Ask Don't Tell’ (DADT).

If convicted he faces six month imprisonment.

In 2010 Choi was dismissed from the US Army National Guard after coming out as gay on the Rachel Maddow TV show.

He was then billed by the US Defense Department for $2,500 for failing to fulfill his military contract, which he is refusing to pay.

March 20, 2013
Sydney police listen to LGBT community after accusations of violence at Mardi Gras

Dozens speak out about inappropriate police behavior at police community forum in Sydney

New South Wales (NSW) police addressed concerns from the LGBT community at a packed public meeting last night.

The meeting was called after several accusations of inappropriate and violent police behavior at the Sydney Mardi Gras parade on Saturday 2 March, including alleged excessive force in the arrest of 18-year-old Jamie Jackson, which was captured on video.

March 18, 2013
Lesbian pop star Beth Ditto arrested for ‘disorderly conduct’

Gossip lead singer was detained for causing a commotion outside a bar after she was reportedly refused service for being drunk

Lesbian pop star Beth Ditto was arrested for ‘disorderly conduct’ on Friday (15 March).

The Gossip lead singer, whose real name is Mary Beth Patterson, was reportedly detained after she was denied service in a Portland bar because she appeared to be drunk.

According to a source who told Willamette Week, Ditto left the bar and ‘walked out in the middle of the street, threw off her shoes and purse and screamed “Obama! Obama!”’