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May 2019

May 07, 2019

Polish woman arrested over desecrated Black Madonna icon

A WOMAN identified by Amnesty International as Polish activist Elżbieta Podlesna has been arrested on...

May 06, 2019

‘Ian Paisley would be aghast’: lesbian wins N Ireland council seat

WHEN the notoriously anti-gay Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) announced that it had chosen lesbian Alison...

May 03, 2019

Top UK art award scheme rejects homophobe’s sponsorship

FOLLOWING a row that erupted this week when it was revealed that The Turner Prize...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

House of Lords members received abuse over LGBT school lessons

THIS week the UK House of Lords backed the government's new LGBT-inclusive guidance on compulsory...

April 26, 2019

Exposed: Welsh politicians’ ties with extremist Singapore preacher

Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong, founder of Singapore's Cornerstone Community Church, is no stranger to controversy....

April 25, 2019

Meet the woman who uses anal inserts to cure homosexuality

WHEN one thinks of gay 'cures' in an Islamic context stonings, lashings, beheadings and plunges...

April 23, 2019

Kentucky barbecue outlet feels the heat over LGBTQ T-shirt

JAMIE Smith, above, owner of Belle’s Smoking BBQ, thought he was being smart when he...

April 17, 2019

Christian clerk apologises over gay marriage licence refusal

THE town of Root in upstate New York found itself at the centre of a...

April 14, 2019

Christian rugby player booed over his support for homophobia

THE row sparked by Israel Folau, the anti-gay Australian rugby player, took a new twist...

April 13, 2019

New ‘Jesus chicken’ outlet will be ‘the gayest in America’

RATHER than exclude a Chick-fil-A, as airports in Texas and New York have done, authorities...

April 13, 2019

Canadian bigots rally against soon-to-be-released gay ‘loonies’

AT the beginning of the year Canada announced that its one dollar coin – called...

April 12, 2019

‘Gay cure’ courses: Catholic Church accused of breaking Spanish law

SPAIN has tough anti-homophobia laws, and promoting or carrying out so-called 'conversion therapy' is banned...

April 11, 2019

Because of Jesus career of top Australian rugby player is in ruins

'RELIGIOUS nutter' Israel Folau is about to be sacked by Rugby Australia and the NSW Rugby...

April 08, 2019

US-based hate groups pour millions in ‘dark money’ into Europe

WE'VE been aware for years that US-based Christian extremists have been funding far-right groups in...

April 07, 2019

Mormons: gay marriage is now a ‘serious trangression’, not ‘apostasy’

IN what is regarded by many as a startling U-turn, the Church of Jesus Christ...

April 04, 2019

UK psychologist complains of the ‘queering’ of Muslim school kids

Dr Godfrey-Faussett, above, a convert to Islam, has been referred to the Health and Care...

April 03, 2019

‘Liberal’ Jewish seminary refuses to ordain an openly gay student

JEWISH Queer Youth has castigated New York's Yeshivat Chovevei Torah for refusing to ordain openly gay...

April 01, 2019

Op-ed: Log Cabin Republicans have a queer view of equality

Log Cabin Republicans are a deluded group who work to persuade their fellow Republicans not...

March 2019

March 31, 2019

Fascists and Christian extremists unite for World Congress of Families

THE World Congress of Families, a coalition of far-right politicians, conservative activists and religious leaders,...

March 30, 2019

Chick-fil-A’s Texas airport exclusion has escalated into a major row

A COUPLE of days ago the Friendly Atheist reported that former Republican presidential candidate Mike...

March 26, 2019

Brunei set to implement draconian Islamic anti-gay laws in April

THE Sultan of Brunei, one of the wealthiest individuals on the planet, is reportedly overseeing...

March 25, 2019

Paranoid Scottish Catholics fear their faith could be criminalised

THE Catholic Church in Scotland believes that there is a ‘very real danger’ that holding...

March 24, 2019

S African court rules against church’s reversion to homophobia

THE authorities in South Africa have been trying for some time to crack down on...

March 23, 2019

Faith-based adoption agencies in Michigan suffer a major set-back

THERE is much discontent among Catholics in Michigan as a result of a successful bid...

March 22, 2019

‘Sign anti-LGBT petition or go to hell’: Birmingham protests escalate

BIRMINGHAM'S 'ignorance is bliss' brigade, made up almost entirely of Muslims, stands accused of threatening...

March 18, 2019

Acclaimed gay writer ditched the church and embraced his sexuality

IN a radio interview in the UK yesterday, Jamaican novelist Marlon James, above, winner of...

March 18, 2019

‘Kill the Gays’ ministry in the UK still enjoys charitable status. Why?

WHEN I read today that the National Secular Society (NSS) wants organisations that exist solely...

March 17, 2019

Maltese priest unleashes fury by saying God created homosexuality

FR KEVIN Schembri, above, a theologian and jurist who teaches at the University of Malta,...

March 16, 2019

Catholic fanatic slithers into the UK to lead a Lent retreat in London

EARLIER this week we reported that Yosef Mizrachi, a demented rabbi who believes, among other...

March 13, 2019

Education watchdog heaps praise on school engulfed in an LGBT row

AND, as you've probably already guessed, Ofsted's glowing assessment of Parkfield Community School in Saltley,...