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  • Gay Ugandans Hold Pride After Anti-Homosexuality Bill Annulled

    Hundreds of LGBTs and allies have turned out to a Pride event in Uganda after the annulment of the anti-homosexuality bill.

    Around two hundred people turned up to a pride event in Entebbe, 25 miles away from the Ugandan capital Kampala yesterday, after the anti-homosexuality law was annulled last week. The law was reversed on a technicality, because the law had been passed by a parliament without quorum.

    This is he third ever pride event in Uganda.

    ‘We are a group of people who have suffered enough,” said Ugandan lesbian activist Jacqueline Kasha. ‘We are Ugandans who have the right to gather in a public place … and we are going to have fun.’

    Many of the attendees wore face masks to protect their identity, fearing violent repercussions. The vast majority of Ugandan society sees homosexuality as morally wrong and sinful.

    The law that was signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February introduced tough penalties including life sentences on anyone who is caught engaging in same-sex relationships.

    Lawmakers in Uganda are already working to restore the law once parliament returns recess.

  • Mark And Winston Become The Latest Housemates To Be Evicted From BBUK

    With just one week till the Big Brother Final, tonight’s show saw a surprise double eviction with two Housemates leaving the Big Brother House.

    Mark became the 11th Housemate to be evicted, leaving to a mixed reaction from the crowd.

    Mark told Emma, ‘I had such an amazing experience for the most part…there are people in there who would be better finalists…Nothing went wrong for me…it was just a brilliant summer’

    Emma asks about the pact to split the money, which caused some arguments in the House, and he agrees it was a bad decision. When asked why he didn’t share his reasons to the Housemates, Mark admitted ‘I just thought I was defusing the situation a little bit by not giving a million and one reasons…I didn’t tell everybody my entire thought process…If me and Ash did the same, we’d have got it in the neck too’

    Emma then moves the conversation on to Christopher and asks if Mark was jealous when he defended Chris. Mark says that Chris ‘just sat back and let Christopher fight his battle for him…I think I was a little bit jealous’

    Emma then shows Mark some highlights of his relationship with Christopher. After seeing some of their many arguments, Mark says he doesn’t know when it started to slip but suggests that it was when Christopher didn’t defend him during the Strongest Housemate task.

    When asked if he thinks they have a future, Mark said ‘I was starting to trust him and open up…me and Christopher have a lot in common but we argue too much…I’m not going to write him off now’ before adding that he’s taken advice from his friends in the House.

    Mark admits that things changed for him when the three new Housemates came in and that he didn’t think he could compete with them, ‘It was then that I lost faith in myself’

    Emma asks about one of his best friends in the House, Helen who he describes as being ‘tough…but she has a massive heart…she’s an amazing person…I’d be more than happy if she won’

    On the divide in the House, Emma suggests that it will be more evident now he’s gone and Mark admits, ‘It’s going to be weird…it’s going to be a tough week’

    Emma then reveals that it’s a double eviction and Mark jokes, ‘I’m a bit gutted…I was looking forward to a night by myself!’

    The shock 12th Housemate to be evicted, causing shockwaves around the House, is Winston who leaves to loud cheers from the crowd.

    Emma tells Winston that everyone was shocked and he admits that he’s ‘a little bit shocked…I am a bit gutted…I’d have loved to make the final’ Emma asks why he thinks he was evicted and he wonders if it could have been to do with breaking out of the House yesterday.

    When asked about Ash, Mark and Chris’ decision to take the money, Winston tells Emma he was “disappointed” with Chris for breaking the pact. Emma explains that Mark also had a thought process. Winston says that he would still be friends with Chris but admits he didn’t “have the balls” to speak up to people.

    Emma observes that he didn’t get into many arguments in the House and asks how he decided to get involved. Winston said ‘If I felt in my gut it was wrong’ he would speak up.

    Winston is then shown a montage of his “romance” in the House…with Ash! “He’s just a laid back guy…we’ve got so much in common…he’s the best guy…I’d introduce him to my sister, and I wouldn’t introduce anyone to my sister!”

    When quizzed about some of the other romances in the House, Winston admits that he would like to meet up with Tamara again. He admits that there was never going to be a relationship with Danielle and that Biannca was “fun” but a bit full on.

    At the end of the show, Winston reveals “It’s been the best time of my life” before Emma tells him that all the Housemates are convinced it’s a fake eviction.

    Join Emma next Friday for the Big Brother 2014 Final

  • Man Punched Unconscious In Homophobic Attack At Brighton Pride

    Three men who attended Brighton Pride were verbally abused and physically attacked, which left one of the men unconscious in Preston Park during Brighton Pride.

    A police investigation has been mounted and an appeal for witnesses has been launched after one man was left unconscious during Brighton Pride this past weekend.

    The incident took place after two men started to urinate near to where the victims were sitting. When they asked that the men use the toilets, the attackers became violent.

    A single blow to the face knocked one of the victims, a 44-year-old man out. The two other men chased the suspects but were attacked themselves. St John Ambulance staff treated all three of the victims.

    Detective constable Chris Bishop said: ‘The two suspects are described as being white men in their 20s or 30s with Irish accents. One of them was topless and had tattoos on his body and the other was wearing a blue vest top.

    ‘This type of behaviour is completely unacceptable and we are appealing to anyone with information or saw what happened to speak to us on 101 or email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting 1901 of 2/8.’

    Information of the attack comes just a day after residents in Hanover received homophobic leaflets posted through their doors.

  • Laverne Cox Second Only To The Pope In Popularity

    According to an interview with Laverne Cox, Time magazine have named the trans-actor the 2nd most popular cover of all time.

    During an interview on CBS This Morning, Laverne Cox learned that she was the 2nd most popular cover story online according to Time Magazine editor Nancy Gibbs. The Pope was the most popular.

    There was a moment in which Laverne corrected Gayle King when the presenter said that the Orange Is The New Black star had been ‘born a boy’.

    Laverne was quick to correct her saying, ”I was assigned male at birth is the way I like to put it, because I think we’re born who we are and the gender thing is something someone imposes on you. And so I was assigned male at birth but I always felt like I was a girl.’

  • Brighton Gay Scene Targeted By Anti-Gay Leaflet Campaign

    Hateful leaflets, which condemned “homosexualism”, were posted through the letterboxes of Brighton households ahead of Brighton’s Pride event.

    An investigation is underway in Brighton today after a number of leaflets condemning homosexuality were posted through the letterboxes of residents in the Hanover area before Brighton’s pride which took part this past weekend.

    The leaflet in parts states, ‘The practice of homosexuality is both blasphemy against God and rebellion against nature.

    ‘It [is] abundantly evident that a penis is made for a vagina, and not for an anus. An anus is in fact designed solely for defecation.

    ‘Homosexuality, as well as being a sin and a vice, is essentially a neurosis, a pathological condition, the result of several factors including childhood experiences.

    ‘Homosexualism has become a cult, and by the indoctrination of school children and regular propaganda through the media, it seeks converts.

    ‘The general acceptance of homosexuality(…) will only lead to a continuing degeneration and corruption of morals, and the disintegration of family life. There is no such thing, and never can be any such thing as ‘gay marriage’.

    ‘If the practice of homosexuality is acceptable, then in time any form of sexual deviation, perversion and experimentation will be acceptable, including the progressive lowering of the age of consent, taking it below the age of puberty, and thus legalizing paedophilia.’

    A number of people in the area said that they had seen a ‘sinister looking monk’ delivering the leaflets.

    A spokesperson from Brighton’s police force said,

    ‘Police received reports on Wednesday, July 30 that homophobic leaflets had been delivered in the Hanover area of Brighton.

    ‘The PCSO for the area made contact with those who had reported the leaflets and the LGBT team at Brighton police station were made aware.’

  • Watch Adore Delano’s “Stalker”

    RuPaul’s Drag Race runner-up and former American Idol contestant Adore Delano releases the fourth single from her best selling album, Till Death Do Us Party, this Friday.

    ‘It’s a cutesy, crazy, fun, song with an ironic psycho edge’, says Adore Delano of Hello, I Love You. Like all the songs on Till Death Do Us Party, the song is based on experiences from her own life. ‘I was fatally attracted to a guy named Greg Ahern in high school. I cut his picture out of my brother’s yearbook and I would stalk him during his wrestling practices.’

    ‘When it comes to finding love, I can be aggressive,’ she admits. ‘I can also be a gentle pussycat. It all depends on the person I’m in love with… and if I ate that day or not.’

    Fans love Adore’s unapologetic psychosis. She regularly throws herself into the audience at shows to surf the crowd. She says it allows her to get closer to fans. ‘It’s like getting a giant hug from everyone all at once. I adore the adoration.’

    She’s even made a few love connections on tour. ‘I think I’m falling in love with a boy I met at a show in Australia,’ she says. ‘He’s magical.’

    And if he doesn’t reciprocate the love, that’s fine too. ‘I’ll cry about it for two days and then find a cute twink on Jack’d to forget about him.’

    Adore Delano won the hearts of millions, clawing her way to the Top 3 on this past season’s RuPaul’s Drag Race. With ferocious performances and her patented biting attitude, the teenage queen of wigs n’ cigs went on to conquer three challenges, tying Bianco Del Rio with most episode wins.

    She wasn’t new to reality television, having competed on season 7 of American Idol as her male persona, Danny Noriega. ‘I never felt so in drag than when I was out of drag’, she says of her American Idol experience. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race gave me the opportunity to express myself and to become a role model for those who don’t necessarily fit in.’

    ‘I represent the new queens, the weirdos, the unpolished,’ she says. ‘I stand for those who have been told ‘you can’t do this.’ I’m here to say, ‘you can’.’

    Adore Delano is proof of it. Her Till Death Do Us Party album logged the biggest sales week of any Drag Race competitor, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Dance/Electronic Albums and at No. 59 on the Billboard 200.

    Her single, I Adore U, also debuted on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart at No. 49 and on the Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart at No. 34.

    Adore Delano is currently touring the world, promoting the new album. She especially loves how strongly fans are relating to Hello, I Love You. ‘It’s the song they all seem to know the words to. I guess it’s a message we can all relate with. Whether we’ve been the predator or the one being preyed upon, most have experienced some crazy love.’

    ‘There was this one guy in high school who thought I was a girl and wouldn’t leave me alone for like the whole year,” she recalls. “Eventually, I told him I had a penis and he backed off.’

    Produced by Killingsworth Recording Company, Hello, I Love You follows DTF, I Adore U, and Party, Delano’s first three smashes that helped catapult her album to the #1 spot on the iTunes dance charts earlier this summer. The album also climbed to #11 on the overall album charts. Along with the single, a brand new music video featuring Adore in all her cotton-candied gloriousness is being released. Hello, I Love You is available for purchase now on iTunes and all major online retailers.

  • WATCH: Sam Smith I’m Not The Only One Video

    Sam Smith has revealed the video for his forthcoming single ‘I’m Not The Only One’ which features guest stars Dianna Agron (Glee) and Chris Messina (The Mindy Project) acting out Sam’s heart wrenching pop-ballad.

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  • The Putin Butt Plug

    Butt plugs come in all shapes and sizes, as individual as their users – as unique as a snowflake – or something like that – but this new Putin Plug, is something that we’re curious about.

    Have you seen the Putin butt plug yet? Putin’s war against gay people in Russia has outraged many, but one designer in Orlando has taken revenge to a whole new level.

    The sex toy was designed by Fernando Sosa, who said, ‘As many of you guys know Russia is bringing an all out war against the civil right of Gay people in Russia. Leading the charge is Mr. Putin and his homophobic leadership.

    ‘I wanted to ridicule Mr Putin so I wanted to make a voodoo-like doll of him so people could do whatever they wanted to him in the privacy of their own home.’

    The current version of the toy is made from sandstone, but Sosa is looking for funding to make the toy a reality.

    He continued, ‘What better way to attack Mr Putin’s shirtless bear wrestling reputation?

    ‘We are looking to make this into an actual usable toy but we need funds and resources to manufacture this. For the meanwhile This is meant as a decorative item and a conversation piece.’

    You can buy Putin sex toys from http://politicalsculptor.com

  • BREAKING: Uganda court strikes down anti-gay law

    The BBC is reporting that the Constitutional Court in Uganda has annulled the anti-gay law, which was introduced earlier this year.

    The law, which was introduced this year, has been widely condemned by world leaders, including President Obama, who called it ‘odious.’

    The UK’s deputy PM Nick Clegg, said that the anti-gay law, was ‘abhorrent’.

    The law, which included lesbians for the first time, could see anyone conducting same-sex relationships or promoting homosexuality facing life imprisonment.

    The gay community in Uganda have suffered huge harassment since the introduction of the anti-gay law, which was introduced by MP David Bahati and signed into law by the Country’s President Yoweri Museveni

    Activists reportedly cheered as the law was pronounced ‘null and void’.

    More to follow

  • Uganda Anti-Gay Law Null And Void

    The anti-gay law which was introduced earlier this year has been declared ‘Null and Void.

    Activists in the crowded court room reportedly cheered as the law was pronounced ‘null and void’.

    The BBC is reporting that the Constitutional Court in Uganda has annulled the anti-gay law, which was introduced earlier this year.

    The law, which was introduced this year, has been widely condemned by world leaders, including President Obama, who called it ‘odious.’

    The UK’s deputy PM Nick Clegg, said that the anti-gay law, was ‘abhorrent’. Many overseas aid givers had stopped payments over the laws.

    The law, which included lesbians for the first time, could see anyone conducting same-sex relationships or promoting homosexuality facing life imprisonment.

    The gay community in Uganda have suffered huge harassment since the introduction of the anti-gay law, which was introduced by MP David Bahati and signed into law by the Country’s President Yoweri Museveni

    Commenting on the decision of Ugandan judges in the constitutional court that the Anti-Homosexuality Act is unlawful because it was passed by parliament without a quorum, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said, ‘This is a major victory for gay campaigners and their straight allies in Uganda. They fought this law and won, against all odds. Congratulations to the Ugandan gay and straight civil society coalition that brought this legal challenge.

    ‘Human rights and the rule of law have prevailed against a homophobic, tyrannical parliament and president.

    ‘The judges have shown commendable independence and integrity by upholding the law, despite majority government and public support for anti-gay legislation.

    ‘It demonstrates that President Museveni may have nobbled many judges but not these ones,’ said Mr Tatchell.

    Dr. Dimitrina Petrova, Executive Director of the Equal Rights Trust, said, ‘We are delighted that the Supreme Court has struck down this pernicious legislation. The law violated many fundamental human rights of LGBT people in Uganda including the right to a private life, the right to dignity and the right to equality. We note that the legislation was found unconstitutional on procedural grounds rather than for its substance and so urge the government of Uganda not to attempt to re-enact the law.
    ‘As we celebrate this victory, it is important to remember that LGBT people in Uganda continue to suffer profound discrimination and gross inequality, not least through the criminalisation of same-sex sexual activity. We will continue to call for greater protection and respect for the rights of LGBT in Uganda, notwithstanding today’s decision.’

    ERT has been lobbying the Ugandan Parliament and President Museveni on the Anti-Homosexuality Act and Uganda’s treatment of the LGBT community since 2009. After a detailed study of the then Bill, the Equal Rights Trust produced a comprehensive legal analysis of the proposed law concluding that it violated not only a number of Uganda’s obligations under international human rights law but also the human rights protections within the Constitution of Uganda itself. ERT made repeated calls both to the Parliament and to the President calling for the proposed law to be abandoned in 2009, 2011, 2013 and again in January 2014 before the Bill’s assent.

  • Chris Mears and Jack Laugher take gold

    Talented duo Chris Mears and Jack Laugher take gold at the Commonwealth Games

    Unstoppable diving duo Chris Mears and Jack Laugher are the proud owners of a gold medal which they won in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The gold medal is the second to be awarded at the games, winning the men’s synchronised 3m springboard final.

    Taking to Instagram Jack said, ‘GOLD WITH MY BEST BUD @mearschris93 😀 Couldn’t be happier!!!!’