A Qatar World Cup ambassador has told German television broadcaster ZDF that homosexuality was “damage in the mind”, as the Gulf state prepares to host the global tournament in less than two weeks. In an interview filmed in Doha and to be screened later on Tuesday, former Qatari international Khalid Salman addressed the issue of […]
Homosexuality
Fresh protests in Spain over killing of gay man
People took to the streets of cities across Spain again on Sunday to demand justice after a young gay man was beaten to death last weekend in a suspected homophobic attack. Crowds filled a central Madrid square and activists marched the streets of Almeria and the northern city of Coruna, where the crime happened, chanting […]
Japan gay couples seek marriage rights in Valentine’s lawsuit
Chizuka Oe and Yoko Ogawa have been together for 25 years, but when they submitted their marriage registration at a Tokyo town hall, they knew it would be rejected. “We were told that they cannot accept our registration because we are both women,” said Ogawa, standing in the winter sun outside the building in Nakano […]
West pressuring Pakistan to legalise homosexuality: Fazl
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (JUI) chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman on Wednesday said that the country is under pressure from IMF, World Bank and other global institutions to legalise homosexuality. “Pakistan is being pressured by the Western forces to legalise homosexuality. We are not even allowed to decide on our nuclear matters, while the army operations are also […]