(Hi everyone! Lurker here, usually under a different account, though ( Read more... )

The United Nations voted, effectively, to endorse the idea that homosexuality is a valid reason to execute people ( Read more... )

That (conservative) religion is killing gay teens"Just as many gay kids grow up in these conservative denominations as any other. They are told day in and day out that they are an abomination before God. Just consider the sheer numbers of LGBT kids growing up right now in Roman Catholic, Mormon, and other conservative religious households. The pain ( Read more... )

In New York City, there has been a recent spree of anti-gay hate crimes, which some are saying amount to torture, by a gang that flipped out when they discovered that one of their recruits was gay. They've had four victims so far, and police have arrested 8 suspected to be involved.

""When you hear the details of what occurred, torture really is ( Read more... )

There was an anti-gay assault at the Stonewall Inn this weekend. It came just a day after an attack on a group of gay men kissing each other goodnight in Chelsea, in which a group of straight guys approached, yelled "This is our neighborhood!" and beat the men with fists and trash cans.

Oh, but it gets better, don't worry. /sarcasm.

I was late to work this morning because as I was about to leave, this came on ( Read more... )

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39118941/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Apparently nobody else has posted this story yet, so I will.

This is actually really scary, that there are places in the world-- that our country is friendly with-- that would kill a man for being gay (not to mention all the other ways that Saudi Arabia craps on human rights in ( Read more... )

I'm...without words.

But we'll protect children from insidious homosexual parents who want to adopt. Priorities, priorities!

On April 16 (the National Day of Silence), three high school girls assaulted an openly lesbian classmate, brought her against her will to an area park and tried to throw her off a cliff ( Read more... )

This is an interesting article on the growing violence against gays in Africa. The problem seems to be getting worse, or is at least getting international attention ( Read more... )