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May 18, 2013
Jamaican Education Minister says pro-gay material in schools would turn kids gay

Jamaica’s Education Minister has claimed that pro-gay materials in schools could ‘groom’ children towards becoming gay and would be offensive to ‘majority sentiments’

Jamaican Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has told journalists that discussion of homosexuality will be banned in the country’s education system, with the issue left out of a revised Health and Family Life Program for schools.

‘We must be very careful that in the interest of tolerance we do not allow minority views to defeat majority sentiments,’ Thwaites told a press conference at Jamaica House on Friday.

April 25, 2013
Anti-gay French politician accidentally votes in favor of gay marriage

Henri Guaino, who has written a book condemning same-sex marriage, has admitted to pressing the wrong button

One of the strongest opponents to equal marriage in France has admitted to ‘accidentally’ voting for the bill.

Henri Guaino, from opposition party UMP, voted for the bill on Tuesday in the final vote on the ‘Marriage for All’ bill.

He has been extremely outspoken regarding the bill, with him writing a book calling for a referendum on gay marriage.

April 23, 2013
Malaysian deputy prime minister says LGBT rights activists are 'poisoning' the minds of Muslims

Muhyiddin Yassin warns of threat of 'LGBT movement' to Muslims, as the country prepares for a general election on 5 May

The Malaysian deputy prime minister has made his government's position on LGBT rights clear again at a meeting of Islamic agencies in Kuala Lumpur.

Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also the education minister, said that Malaysian Muslims were facing two challenges - the LGBT movement and demands for more freedom within the religion, The Malaysian Insider reports.

April 19, 2013
Australian state premier says he supports gay marriage

Prominent Liberal politician comes out in support of legalizing same-sex marriage in Australia

The premier of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has come out in support of same-sex marriage.

'As a Liberal who believes that commitment and family units are one of the best ways in which society is organized, I support the concept of same-sex marriage,' said Barry O'Farrell to Fairfax Media, dismissing the argument that gay marriage would damage traditional marriage as 'utterly ridiculous'.

April 3, 2013
'Nothing wrong' with taking anti-LGBT musical to schools, says Malaysian education minister

Deputy education minister Mohd Puad Zarkashi said a musical with negative stereotypes of LGBT people can help 'our children to understand it'

Malaysian deputy education minister Mohd Puad Zarkashi said yesterday that 'there is nothing wrong' with taking a musical with negative stereotypes of LGBT characters (who turn straight in the end) to schools and universities.

'We don't want our children to be involved in such activities and if the content of the musical helps our children understand it, then there is nothing wrong,' said Puad to the Malay Mail.

January 7, 2013
Kenya minister calls for school ban on 'gay' book

Education minister Mutula Kilonzo threatens to remove New Zealand novel The Whale Runner from curriculum after parents claim it will 'corrupt' children's minds

Kenya's education minister Mutula Kilonzo is threatening to ban schoolchildren from reading a book which homophobic campaigners claim contains gay themes.

Kilonzo says the government will review whether The Whale Rider, by gay New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera, is suitable to be taught in secondary schools after angry parents complained the book would 'corrupt' children's minds.

September 20, 2012
Dominica to enforce anti-gay education

The minister of education of the small Caribbean island state announced special measures in order to 'save the young people of Dominica' from 'homosexuality and deviant behavior'

The Dominica minister of education said that homosexuality and anti-social behavior is a large scale ‘problem’ in the country’s school system, 'bigger than previously thought'.

Education minister, Petter St. Jean, said that due to these large scale ‘problems’ the government was forced to ‘broaden its task force to deal with the matter’.

June 26, 2012
Awards for homophobia and misogyny in Malaysia

Welcome dose of irony at award show for sexist, misogynist, homophobic and transphobic comments by public figures in Malaysia

Who won the prize in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday? Was it the education minister who warned teachers and parents how to prevent ‘cases of LGBT’ in schools? Or the judge who fined a transgender woman for ‘dressing in women’s clothing and having feminine mannerism’?

April 5, 2012
Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister says LGBT people need counseling

In the latest example of state-sanctioned homophobia in Malaysia, the Deputy PM tells counselling conference to 'curb' LGBT 'spread'

The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia told a national counseling conference yesterday that the profession was needed to 'curb' the 'spread' of LGBT groups.