Homosexuality

The Aggressive Homosexual Community Fights Back

Andrew Doyle | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK Comedy
Andrew Doyle

A spokesperson for the aggressive homosexual community summarised the local disappointment: "This isn't the first time that the tories have attacked us like this. We didn't choose to be aggressive homosexuals. We were born that way. When I came out of the womb the first thing I did was wink at the handsome doctor and slap the midwife."

As a Muslim, I Struggle With the Idea Of Homosexuality - But I Oppose Homophobia

Mehdi Hasan | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK Politics
Mehdi Hasan

As a supporter of secularism, I am willing to accept same-sex weddings in a state-sanctioned register office, on grounds of equity. As a believer in Islam, however, I insist that no mosque be forced to hold one against its wishes.

Supporting Converts to Islam Should Concern Us All

Ruqaiyah Hibell | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK
Ruqaiyah Hibell

Many converts report feeling isolated and alone, following the initial euphoria that greets their conversions. The existing and often limited provision of services available to them requires urgent development, plus better engagement with members of heritage Muslims communities.

Lucy Sherriff

NUS Activist, Granted Asylum After Being Asked To 'Prove' He's Gay

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education

A student activist who was asked by the Home Office to "prove" he was gay in order to avoid deportation to Senegal where he faced persecution, has bee...

Ethiopian Evangelists 'Pushing For Death Penalty For Homosexuals'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK

An anti-gay organisation says it is hopeful a death penalty for homosexuals will soon be introduced in Ethiopia. United For Life Ethiopia, a Weste...

Cambridge Lecturer Defends Himself For Comparing Homosexuality To Arson

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education

UPDATE: The videos which had previously appeared on Vimeo and YouTube have since been removed. A Cambridge University lecturer has defended himself...

'I Will Not Recant My Beliefs. God Comes First'

PA | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK

The High Court has upheld a classroom ban on a Christian school teacher who condemned the "homosexual lifestyle" in front of pupils. In what is bel...

Margaret Thatcher, Gay Dispatcher

B.J. Epstein | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Politics
B.J. Epstein

In the era when AIDS was becoming more prominent and education about LGBTQ issues was needed more than ever, Thatcher's government decided that gays were not full citizens worthy of respect and that they were too much of a threat to be allowed equal rights. Thatcher thus became not only the 'milk snatcher', but also the 'gay dispatcher'.

Margaret Thatcher: Extraordinary But Often Heartless

Peter G Tatchell | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Politics
Peter G Tatchell

True, she was an extraordinary woman but she was extraordinary for mostly the wrong reasons. So many of her policies were flawed and often heartless. Nevertheless, I don't rejoice in her death. I commiserate, as I do with the death of any person. I send condolences to her family and friends.

The 85%

Jacob Greaves | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK Politics
Jacob Greaves

The fact that denouncing gay rights and threatening freedoms can be such a rallying cry for mainstream politicians in modern Russia, says more about the country as a whole than the national parliament. As abhorrent as the views expressed by some of the pioneers of this bill are, they're still largely representative.

Sorry, Mr Welby, You Are Homophobic

Balaji Ravichandran | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK
Balaji Ravichandran

Were one to say "there are some black people whose intelligence I find stunning and am challenged by it," we would quickly denounce it as racist - and rightly so... Needless to repeat then his opposition to equal marriage, which alone, according to Peter Tatchell, is enough to establish Mr Welby's prejudice against gay people.

Keith O'Brien, Catholicism and Sexuality

Tim Whitmarsh | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Tim Whitmarsh

I don't want to join the queue of ill-wishers wagging fingers at Keith O'Brien, the fallen leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland. The poor man is surely experiencing that kind of hell on earth that only Catholic guilt can generate.

Jessica Elgot

'It's My Right To Be An Ex-Gay'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 28.02.2013 | UK

A Christian campaigner for gay “conversion” therapy who is taking Boris Johnson to the High Court for the right to advertise on London buses, has ...

Pope Was 'Nearly Blind In One Eye' And Had Been 'Falling Out Of Bed'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.02.2013 | UK

The Pope had become nearly blind in one eye and had been falling out of bed 'several times' whilst on foreign trips, making him very tired for his pap...

The Men Who Would Be Pope..

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 20.02.2013 | UK

The top Catholic theologians in line for the Papacy come from diverse countries, backgrounds and many have courted controversyy over some more entrenc...

Anti-Gay Laws Mean No Sex Abuse In Africa, Says Pope Contender

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 21.02.2013 | UK

The Cardinal heralded as the man who could be the first black Pope has said sex abuse could not happen in Africa, on the same scale as Europe, because...

Gay Marriage Isn't The Issue - The Conservative Party Should Talk to My Seven Year-Old

Adrian Millar | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Politics
Adrian Millar

Will things ever change? Yes. My seven year-old is. Maybe the Conservative Party should talk to her.

Love And Its Opponents: The Riddle of the Catholic Church's Stance On Gay Marriage

Kevin Childs | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK
Kevin Childs

There's a beautiful story in the Old Testament about two young men who meet and fall in love. Jonathan and David dedicate themselves to each other before their God in what is described as a covenant using words of great ceremony.

Is Gay Marriage A Necessary Move Towards Equality

Posted 05.02.2013 | UK Politics

The depth of Conservative divisions over gay marriage are to be laid bare on Tuesday when David Cameron faces being deserted by more than half of his ...

Jessica Elgot

Gay And Lesbian Asylum Seekers 'Feel Forced To Show Sex Films To Prove Sexuality To UK Border Agency'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 04.02.2013 | UK

Gay asylum seekers are going to extreme lengths to prove their sexual orientation, filming themselves having sex and describing intimate encounters, t...

Rainbow Come and the Future of Christian Sex

Jonty Langley | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Jonty Langley

As a rule, we Christians are just ridiculous about sex.

Billionaire Ramps Up Attempts To Marry Off Lesbian Daughter

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK

Hey remember that Hong Kong billionaire who announced a £40m "marriage bounty" to the man who successfully woos his lesbian daughter? Despite th...

Church Attitudes 'Hurt Gay People'

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK

A leading evangelical minister has called on the church to re-examine its attitude towards homosexuals, saying negative attitudes can have a negative ...

Christian Leaders Are Not Compassionate on Homosexuality

Anne Marie Waters | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK Politics
Anne Marie Waters

I was raised a Catholic, and most of my family are still Catholic. But while they - like many Catholics - are not homophobic, it is ridiculous to pretend that the Vatican view does not impact heavily on the self-image of young gay men and lesbians.

Two Men Accused Of 'Looking Gay' Freed By Cameroon Judge

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK

A Cameroon court of appeal has overturned the conviction of two men jailed for "looking gay", declaring them "innocent" of homosexuality. Jonas Ki...