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UK Campaign to free gay Briton Ray Cole from Morocco jail | |
 | A #freeraycole hashtag has been set up on Twitter and a Facebook page has also been set up calling for Ray Cole's release after he was detained with his Moroccan partner by police who approached the pair at a bus stop in Marrakech last month bbc.co.uk 6 Oct 14 Nigel Evans MP lashed out at the "archaic" law that has sent Mr Cole to prison hastingsobserver.co.uk 6 Oct 14 Call for boycott of Morocco after British tourist jailed for 'homosexual acts' telegraph.co.uk 6 Oct 14 Family of gay Briton 'incredibly worried' bbc.co.uk 6 Oct 14 |
SEX - LIFE Shrien Dewani: Gay double life focus in honeymoon murder trial | |
 | Shrien Dewani has appeared in the dock in South Africa to face justice over the honeymoon killing of his new wife Anni Dewani. It is alleged Dewani lived a dark double life, featuring drug- and bondage-fuelled gay sex in murky night clubs. A male prostitute who calls himself 'The German Master' has claimed Dewani paid for kinky sex on three occasions ibtimes.co.uk 6 Oct 14 Dewani is bisexual, court hears iol.co.za 6 Oct 14 |
GAY MARRIAGE Supreme Court declines to intervene in gay marriage cases | |
 | The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up the hotly contested issue of gay marriage, a surprise move that will allow gay men and women to marry in Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Indiana where same-sex weddings were previously banned reuters.com 6 Oct 14 |
Any 'biblical' objection to gay marriage is nonsense. The Church of England must admit this | |
 | 'Pretending that the church's present stance is biblical is not going to fool anyone who doesn't want to be fooled, and fewer and fewer people do,' blogs Alan Wilson theguardian.com 6 Oct 14 |
O-M-G Corrie's gay vicar storyline 'doesn't represent reality' say Christians | |
 | "Coronation Street never seem to put churchmen like those you and I know on the show. They go out of their way to squeeze LGBT storylines in, but how often do we have an evangelical minister sympathetically portrayed? said the Christian Institute's Simon Calvert christian.org.uk 6 Oct 14 |
Stonewall drops controversial 'Bigot of the Year' Award | |
 | Coutts Bank, told Christian Concern supporters that "we have advised Stonewall that we will be withdrawing our support of the awards unless they remove [the Bigot of the Year] category." In 2013, Stonewall continued the Award but big corporate names including Barclays and PwC who had been contacted by Christian Concern supporters dropped their sponsorship of the event christianconcern.com 6 Oct 14 |
First gay Catholic congress to press pope for change | |
 | Some 30 associations representing homosexual Catholics from around the world are holding an international congress in Portugal this week as they seek to make their voices heard by the Vatican businessinsider.com 6 Oct 14 |
WORLD Protesters take to Paris streets over French govt's 'familyphobia' | |
 | Tens of thousands of protesters, including a mix of hardline Catholics and traditional conservatives, declared their opposition to a number of causes, including surrogate mothers and artificial insemination technology for non-married couples france24.com 6 Oct 14 |
Indian man kills gay partner after latter attacks his mother for opposing their relationship | |
 | During an argument he pulled out a home-made revolver and shot her. "When the accused saw this, he snatched the revolver from his hand and fired three rounds at him, killing him on the spot," police said indianexpress.com 6 Oct 14 |
Kenyan film explores gay life in a homophobic country | |
 | With homosexuality against the law, film-makers fear censors will refuse to allow Stories Of Our Lives to be screened locally theguardian.com 6 Oct 14 |
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