Money, money, money

Have you ever heard someone say all you need is love? Well whoever made up that saying or whatever dream world they lived in is just a dream world. The fact is you need more than love to survive in today’s...

Queers Against Cuts mistreated at Brighton Pride by police

Below is a personal statement / account. Other statements have also been written:  London Queers Against the Cuts statement  Brighton and Hove Socialist Party statement  Peter Tatchell's statement  Brighton Love Music Hate Racism statement  Brighton...

The 2012 Dublin LGBTQ Pride Festival - "Show your True Colours"

This event (the parade) is a favorite of mine. However, this year it looked like there were more photographers than participants and in my opinion the parade appeared to be much more low-key than last year, maybe...

Active and Passive Spiritual Experiences

A claim frequently made in psychology is that real spiritual experiences lead to humility, whereas false (or psychotic) experiences lead to arrogance. Instead the difference that we see is the difference between what I call passive spiritual experiences and active spiritual...

atheism viewed as human weakness

First let me say: i love the atheist Pat Condell like a brother, my nickname for him is 'mouthpiece of God', i respect many viewpoints of TheAmazingAtheist, for instance, he HATES promotionalism almost as much as i do, we cannot solve our problems 'praying to God for God to...

london pride march 2011

london gay pride march 2011 july 02

BATTLE OF THE GODFATHERS

Is politics a game, a mere game? Is it a battle? Or is it total war? Great political scientists have tended to suggest that it is more than a mere game. At the least, it could be described as a deadly game in many...

Paladino Apologizes for Remarks About Gays

" Carl P. Paladino, the Republican nominee for governor of New York, apologized on Tuesday for delivering comments that offended gay people, even as his campaign manager provoked a new controversy by calling the Democratic nominee, Andrew M. Cuomo, “oily.” In a...

China: A country where no brother and/or sister!

I have a brother or sister is a pride to me and in my culture and, perhaps, in many other countries’ culture. It is unfortunate, however, that this pride is lost long ago from China due to the regulation or...

Africa's oldest lesbian and gay event celebrates 20th Anniversary

Africa's oldest lesbian and gay event celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. The 2009 Joburg Pride Day and Parade will take place on Saturday October 3rd at Zoo Lake Sports Club under the theme of 'You Need...

Coming anti-gay backlash has fired its warning shots

With the recent Now Public feature on Dr. Phil and his angering gays with his new anti-gay message ,  a story that journalist Wayne Bensen wrote for Huffington Post in July comes to mind.    The...

Tory Minister loses funding program responsibilty

"Tourism Minister Diane Ablonczy has been stripped of responsibility for administering a major tourism funding program after she signed off on a grant for Toronto's gay pride week." "Ms. Ablonczy, who retains her title as minister of state for small business and tourism, was...

550 000 took part in Berlin CSD Parade 2009

Some 550 000 people took part in Berlin Christopher Street Parade / Berlin Pride this year.

San Francisco Gay Pride 2009

San Francisco Gay Pride 2009

White House to recognize accomplishments of LGBT Americans

June is Gay & Lesbian Pride Month and the White House will recognize the accomplishments of  lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) Americans next Monday, June 29th, to commemorate the 40th...

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