It was the Friday before Mother’s Day. I had published an op-ed on the nature of Mother’s Day and the celebration of all who feel mother love running through their souls.

A death penalty against homosexuality may be introduced soon in Ethiopia, according to anti-gay organizations that ran a recent workshop on the topic.

The workshop, dealt with the social ‘evils’ and ‘disastrous’ effects of homosexuality in Ethiopia, and was led by United for Life Ethiopia, a Western Evangelical organization with local representation.

Government officials, religious leaders, leading heath professionals, charities and members of the public attended the event at the Bethel Teaching Hospital in Addis Ababa, last week.

Parliaments in France, Uruguay and New Zealand have passed legislation to permit equal marriage in the past few weeks. In New Zealand collective singing in parliament greeted the news – the joy of song permeates so much of the ways in which people connect with each other there and the celebrations of equality were in no small part about connection and community.

US right wing politican and lawyer Mat Staver warned live on radio that gay marriage will destroy America, split the Republican party, labelling some of its leaders who support marriage equality as 'cockroaches'.

Staver who is the chair of the Liberty Counsel organization spoke yesterday (28 March) to Vic Eliason of Voice of Christian Youth America on Crosstalk, where the two agreed that legalizing gay marriage ‘would be the same as pronouncing the death sentence on America’.

We all have heard the arguments. From God 'made' Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve, to constant repeats of the Sodom and Gomorrah tale. Biblical, and moral, arguments against LGBT sexuality and life have currency, heard at dinner tables and political debates.

A lineup made up of some of the best players in gay and gay-friendly soccer in the UK has triumphed over a team of members of parliament.

The friendly match was held on Tuesday morning (19 March) in London, organized on the one-year anniversary of the Football Association launching their anti-homophobia campaign 'Opening Doors and Joining In'.

The Gay Football Supporters Network (GFSN) squad, who wore Stonewall ‘Some People Are Gay. Get Over It!’ t-shirts, won 3-1, leading the game early in the first half.

Brazil's House of Representatives has elected a renowned racist and homophobic deputy and evangelical pastor, Marco Feliciano, to chair the house Committee on Human Rights and Minorities (CDHM) today.

The election should have taken place yesterday (6 March), but the session was adjourned due to uproar caused by Feliciano's nomination.

Feliciano was nominated and elected by his extreme right-wing Social Christian Party (PSC), with 11 of the 12 votes of the members of the CDHM.

LGBT rights campaigners have demanded Cardinal Keith O'Brien apologizes for his 'vicious' gay hate propaganda after he admitted he had engaged in sexual 'acts' with his own male priests.

While O'Brien has come forward, acknowledging and apologising for sexual misconduct following the allegations by four priests and one former priest, LGBT rights campaigners says this does not go far enough.

Reykjavík or Miami Beach? It’s a tough choice but that’s the decision that the World Out Games have been grappling with today at their meeting in Antwerp.

After site visits to both cities, delegates from as far afield as Los Angeles, Mexico, Manchester, Australia and Tonga gathered together for final presentations, deliberations, and a vote - which has ultimately gone the way of Miami Beach.

President of Costa Rica's commission on human rights, Justo Orozco, wants a Spanish doctor to present his idea of 'curing' gays to the country's congress.

Orozco stated on Wednesday (20 February): 'I would love the doctor to come to the Legislature. His views are very compatible with what we believe'.

'Homosexual relations carry bad consequences.

A Manchester student has secretly filmed an extremist Muslim saying gays should be executed.

Middle East studies student Colin Cortbus was attending a meeting at the University of Manchester’s Students’ Union on 13 February.

The city in north-west England is famous for its cultural diversity, big student population and thriving LGBT community.

He asked others at the event, organized by the Global Aspirations of Women student group, whether God would agree to gay men being stoned to death. He was told he would.

President Barack Obama has spoken at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by the Fellowship Foundation which allgedly supports Uganda’s Kill The Gays bill.

Obama did not heed to calls by civil right groups to boycott the event today (7 February) over allegations the religious right evangelical organization (also known as ‘The Family’) has aided the rise in anti-gay hate in Uganda.