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June 17, 2013
Gay politician beaten, spat on at Poland Pride

Man arrested after brutally attacking the first openly gay member of parliament in Poland Robert Biedron

An openly gay member of parliament was brutally attacked following the Warsaw Pride parade on Saturday (15 June).

Robert Biedron, the first gay MP in the country, has said he was with friends in a Polish capital café relaxing after the march.

‘An aggressive man insulted us, using homophobic statements,’ the Palikot’s Movement MP told Polsat News.

June 7, 2013
Video of biggest gay pride parade in China released

Queer Comrades congratulate Changsha Pride for 'courage' after the biggest LGBT pride march in China

Queer Comrades website, China's 'LGBT TV channel', has released a video about last month's pride march in Changsha, Henan province.

It was the biggest LGBT pride parade in China so far, after Changsha Pride debuted on a much smaller scale last year.

Shanghai has had its own pride festival every year since 2009 but without a march, as all demonstrations are heavily cracked-down upon in China.

'Any kind of march will be looked upon as a demonstration, or some sort of protest,' said Shanghai Pride organizer Charlene Liu to Gay Star News.

June 5, 2013
Three arrested for Israel gay youth shooting

Israeli police arrested three suspects in connection with a shooting which left two dead and dozens injuried at a Tel-Aviv gay youth center shooting in 2009

Israeli police have arrested three suspects in connection with a shooting at Tel-Aviv’s gay youth center in 2009.

The three suspects who were arrested today (5 June) will appear in court tomorrow for a remand hearing.

The suspects are reported to be Israeli Jews, residents of Tel-Aviv’s suburb of Pardes Katz, their ages range from 20 to 40.

June 3, 2013
Amanda Bynes uses anti-gay slur on Twitter, gets scolded by RuPaul

Drag superstar tweets that slur is projection of her 'poisonous self-loathing'

Amanda Bynes referred to the staff of People magazine as 'faggots' in a tweet over the weekend - the latest in an increasingly combative series of tweets in recent weeks.

In a tweet that was eventually deleted, Bynes wrote: "Um, @Peoplemag Hello? I'm not lost and alone! W H A T T H E F U C K A R E Y O U T A L K I N G A B O U T ? Follow me on twitter you faggots!'

June 3, 2013
Gay Russian airport official stabbed and trampled to death

Investigators have arrested suspects in the second violent gay murder in less than a month

Police have arrested three suspects in the murder of a 39-year-old airport senior administrator.

According to Reuters, the three men in a village on the Kamchatka peninsula on Russia's eastern coast stabbed and trampled a man to death before putting his body in a car and setting the vehicle on fire. The unidentified victim is believed to be a local deputy director of Ozyornaya airport.

May 31, 2013
Straight man targeted for demanding arrest of Uganda’s ‘Kill The Gays’ bill author

Magembe Norman has received death threats for filing a complaint with the International Criminal Court calling for the arrest of David Bahati

Magembe Norman tells GSN his life has taken a turn for the worse for trying to defend Uganda’s LGBT community.

Norman has submitted a complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) requesting the immediate arrests of Uganda MP David Bahati, pastor Martin Ssempa and Rolling Stone editor Giles Muhamel for their roles in persecuting the LGBT community in Uganda.

May 29, 2013
British gay play producer challenges deportation from Uganda

David Cecil wants to return to Uganda to see his wife and two children, but is banned from the country because he staged a gay play

A British producer, who staged a gay play in Uganda last year, has challenged the decision to deport him to the United Kingdom.

David Cecil, currently in the UK, filed his suit through his lawyer David Mpanga in the Kampala High Court this week.

In the petition, he says the government did not give any reasons why he was branded an ‘undesirable’ person.

His wife and two children, aged two and three, are currently in Uganda.

May 29, 2013
Eugene Lovendusky, gay activist attacked over the weekend in NYC, speaks out

'They started yelling 'faggot' at us, and I spun on my heels because I am worth defending'

After becoming the ninth victim of an anti-gay attack in New York City in the past month, activist Eugene Lovendusky is speaking out.

Lovendusky, the 28-year-old founder of the group Queer Rising, was leaving a gay nightspot Saturday (25 May) night near Manhattan's Times Square when he was confronted by a group of male teens.

May 28, 2013
Chinese 81-year-old inspired to appeal decades-old male rape charge by gay pride march

A war veteran in Changsha, Henan province is inspired by gay pride march to appeal male rape charge which has reduced his pension

A gay pride parade has inspired an 81-year-old man in China to appeal a male rape conviction from 40 years ago.

The man surnamed Li contacted Chinese gay rights activist Ah Qiang after hearing about a gay pride march in his home city of Changsha, Hunan province. Qiang shared his story on Sina Weibo, China's most popular microblogging site, where it was re-posted hundreds of times.

May 28, 2013
Gay people should be 'considered criminals against humanity' says deputy in Kazakhstan parliament

Deputy president of central Asian nation calls for re-criminalization of homosexuality

Deputy president Aldan Smayyl 'ranted' against homosexuality in Kazakhstan's parliament last week, describing it as 'amorality of the highest degree'.

'A law should be adopted which would allow [homosexuals] to be considered criminals against humanity,' said Smayyl of the ruling Nur Otan party.

'In [Kazak capital] Almaty there are already 20 gay clubs; in Astana four clubs! What sort of disgrace is this?'

May 28, 2013
Growing old gracefully does not mean giving up on gay rights

LGBT rights advocate Omar Kuddus on turning 50 and realizing there is still much to fight for

I celebrated my birthday this weekend. I have spent half a century on this planet and just now I realized I am no longer young but getting old. These hands are no longer firm but wrinkled, my hair no longer black but peppered with grey, and my eyes need the glasses I refuse to wear out of vanity.

It is a fact – and something I just have to accept.

As Francis Bacon once said: ‘Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.’

I did not get it before, but I do today.

May 25, 2013
Moscow police arrest gay pride organizer Nikolai Aleskseev

Nikolai Aleskeev was taken into custody at Moscow City Hall where an illegal gay pride march was scheduled

Nikolai Aleskeev, Russian LGBT rights advocate, has been arrested for his part in organizing a gay rights march this morning.

The activist posted a photo to his Facebook page where he and a group of protesters were under police custody in the back of a police van.

Aleskeev spoke with Gay Star News yesterday about the potential harm gay rights activists faced in today’s gay rights march, especially after Moscow city authorities explicitly banned the march from taking place.

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.