Foreign / Overseas LGBT News - Gay News Outside Singapore (Compiled)

[SeannyShortcake]

No stopping gay marriage and the reduction of religion's influence of the world now.

 

Merely a matter of time.

[swimlife]

[khanomjeen]

 

 

[Guest Guest]

interesting info to know.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Asia

 

[khanomjeen]

New Zealand is the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. It is also recognized in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Iceland, Argentina and Denmark.

Humanity can be a frightening, unspeakably cruel thing. That’s why moments like this are so important. They remind us that, as cliched as it sounds, goodness and kindness and the idea of a better world still matter.

[Guest Guest]

interesting info to know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Asia

Israel on their way there already. Its a matter of time they will announce legalisation of same sex marriage.

[fugues]

It's very sad that other countries are already legalising same sex marriage whereas we are still unable to overturn S377A. No wonder our best, brightest and most creative are leaving us to be replaced by others who are not of the same calibre. I fear for the future of our nation ...

[khanomjeen]

The tide is changing slowly. People are getting more secular and less religious. In USA support for gay marriage is now higher than ever. We need MPs who are straight to speak for us. Like NZ.

[keyboard]

Hollande Signs French Gay Marriage Law By STEVEN ERLANGER

PARIS — The rush toward France’s first same-sex marriage officially began Saturday morning, after President François Hollande signed the country’s “marriage for all” act into law.

 

The mayor of the southern city of Montpellier, sometimes called “the French San Francisco,” intends to officiate at the first gay wedding, which is likely to be no sooner than May 29, because by French law an application for a marriage must be filed at City Hall 10 days before the ceremony itself.

 

“Love has won out over hate,” the mayor, Hélène Mandroux, a Socialist like Mr. Hollande, said Saturday. She has been pressing for a gay marriage law since 2009, while voicing concerns that the first such wedding could attract violent protests along with the inevitable and engineered publicity.

 

The government’s spokeswoman and minister for the rights of women, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, intends to attend.

One couple seeking to be the first to wed under the new law is Vincent Autin, 40, the president of Lesbian and Gay Pride Montpellier, and his partner of seven years, Bruno, 30. Bruno prefers not to provide his surname because he works for the state, though the couple has been featured on television, in newspapers and magazines.

 

France is the 14th country to legalize gay marriage. In the United States, Washington, D.C., and 12 states have legalized same-sex marriage.

 

For Mr. Hollande, who is riding low in the opinion polls, the passage of the law over considerable public opposition was a significant victory, given his campaign promise to legalize gay marriage within the first year of his administration (Saturday was within days of his May 15 anniversary in office).

 

But considering the opposition and significant economic problems in France, now in a triple-dip recession, Mr. Hollande also wants to move on to other important and controversial changes in the structure of the French economy, including pension changes and spending cuts.

 

Mr. Hollande signed the bill a day after the Constitutional Council dismissed a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition. “I will ensure that the law applies across the whole territory, in full, and I will not accept any disruption of these marriages,” he said.

 

Gay rights advocates praised the law, while a watchdog group, SOS Homophobie, said that France “has taken a great step forward today, although it is regrettable that it was taken in a climate of bad faith and homophobic violence.”

Protests against the law, led by religious leaders and conservative groups, drew hundreds of thousands of people at their height, with scattered violence on the margins. Opponents of the measures have vowed to fight on, having already called another protest for May 26. There was a small protest Friday night near the historic Pantheon, in the Latin Quarter.

 

The law allows all married couples to adopt children. It does not provide state aid to help same-sex couples procreate, however.

 

The leader of the center-right Union for a Popular Movement, Jean-François Copé, told the newspaper Le Monde on Saturday that if the right returned to power (which is hardly imminent), it would “rewrite” the measure to clarify the legal descent of children adopted by gay couples and to “better protect the rights of children.”

 

He said he disagreed with the law as it stood but respected the decision of the Constitutional Council. “It is a decision that I regret but that I accept,” he said Friday.

 

Mr. Copé said he would attend the May 26 demonstration, which he hoped would broadly include all those disappointed with Mr. Hollande’s leadership. He called on them to turn their unhappiness into political commitment.

[Cube3]

The gays of today are the black slaves of yesterday (sigh)

[mijsdlog]

Great to see more and more governments taking a stand for equality - the recognition of homosexual couples as being equal to heterosexual couples. To me, it's more about that than the use of the term "marriage."

[superflawless]

This happened in Hong Kong these few days.

Singer wannebe lured someone to have anal sex. After which, he told his partner his mother had videotaped the entire session and want money before deleting it. Because singer is below 21 years old, the other party could be imprisoned. After the poor guy managed to get the full amount, the singer wanted more.

 

Video more here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjoPI6MSTOs

 

[azimuth]

Gosh. That's entrapment and extortion!

[wheeze]

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/13/us-russia-gay-idUSBRE94C0AX20130513

 

By Thomas Grove and Steve Gutterman

MOSCOW | Mon May 13, 2013 9:42am EDT

(Reuters) - They beat him. They shoved beer bottles in his anus. They tried to set him on fire. Then they crushed his head with a heavy stone.

A 23-year-old man in Russia's southern city of Volgograd was tortured and killed after revealing he was gay during a drinking session last Thursday night, investigators said, taking a rare step by linking a murder to homophobia.

The victim's 22-year-old friend and a former convict aged 27 were detained for the attack, which gay rights activists say is a brutal example of rising violence against homosexuals in the year since President Vladimir Putin latched on to family values to shore up support in Russia's largely conservative society.

Along with a planned new law banning the spread of gay "propaganda" among minors, Putin has also overseen a religious revival that aims to give the Orthodox Church, whose leader has suggested that homosexuality is one of the main threats to Russia, a more public role as a moral authority.

Gay rights campaigner Nikolai Alexeyev said the draft law, which could be passed this month, and Putin's criticism of gays for failing to help Russia's population decline, amounted to "a call to action for the scum who committed this crime".

"It essentially gives these people carte blanche to commit such crimes," he said of the law, a local version of which is already in place in Russia's second city of St Petersburg.

The number of documented cases of violence against gays in Russia is low. Rights group Sova, which tracks extremist violence, says violence against gays has risen sharply - but from only three recorded attacks in 2011 to 12 in 2012.

But there are no official figures on anti-gay crime in Russia, and gay rights campaigners say the numbers available mask the true number of attacks on gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people. Most go unreported, or are not classified as such by the police.

"Such crimes are committed around Russia every day," Alexeyev said. "As a rule, all these crimes are categorized as something ordinary - they argued over a bottle of vodka, or there was 'personal animosity'. The real motive of hate is not mentioned."

Lawyer Maria Kozlovskaya, who works with the LGBT community, points to an internet poll late last year that found 15 percent of about 900 LGBT people surveyed in Russia said they had been physically attacked at least once in the previous 10 months.

THE MUZHIK RULES

Gay activists say the government's conservative policies offer "unspoken support" for violence. This, they say, could even have made the suspects in the Volgograd murder describe their victim as gay to win some sympathy.

"I think they may want to say, ‘Look, we killed a gay person and not a regular, normal person'," Alexeyev said.

Andrei Gapchenko, a senior investigator in Volgograd, said one of the suspects had admitted torturing the victim.

"Four young people were drinking ... And one of them already knew, he'd heard from others, that he (the victim) was of an untraditional sexual orientation," he said by telephone.

"He asked him the question and the victim said yes .. After that, one of them hit him, he fell to the floor, and then they brutally beat him, set fire to the clothes he was wearing, slashed his anal area and then stuck three bottles in there, again beat him and then threw a 20-kg stone onto his head."

He said violent crime was not unusual in Volgograd, but that homophobic crime was.

Many Russian men like to be seen as a "muzhik" - which literally means "peasant" but now connotes a tough, single-minded man with conservative ideals who dominates his household.

Such men have been part of Putin's power base since he was first elected president in 2000. He has sought to rally their support since returning to the presidency a year ago, especially after protests against his return to the post after four years as premier, mainly by middle-class liberals in big cities.

As support for same-sex marriage and other forms of equality increases in the West, Russian gays say they face shrinking freedoms and rising violence.

"Since Putin's return to power it's got worse," said Igor Yasin, one of about 20 protesters who were attacked outside the Russian parliament in January when they tried to demonstrate against the planned bill on gay propaganda.

"Things were always difficult, but they only started getting dangerous about a year ago," said Yasin, a 32-year-old employee at a state-owned television station.

Yasin's face was bloodied after being punched by one of the black-clad men who called themselves Russian Orthodox activists. They pelted protesters with rotten eggs and ketchup, knocked men and women to the ground and called them demons and witches.

"They said they were doing God's will, and then they broke my nose," said Yasin.

Violence against activists has become so bad, he says, and police protection so meager, that four months ago he and nearly 20 other activists started their own martial arts classes at a gym in southern Moscow where they meet three times a week.

PRODUCING CHILDREN

Putin says Russia does not discriminate against gays, but opponents say he has fostered prejudice with public remarks that seem to set them apart as second-class citizens.

When Putin was greeted by hundreds of rainbow flag-waving protesters on a trip to the Netherlands in April, he said the law would be no threat to the LGBT community, but suggested it could help reverse a decline in Russia's population, which fell to 141.9 million in 2011 from 148.6 million in 2001.

"It is imperative to protect the rights of sexual minorities, but let's agree that same-sex marriage does not produce children," Putin said.

Last month he said Moscow might seek changes in an agreement regulating adoptions of Russian children by French parents, as a French law allowing same-sex marriage went against "the ethical, legislative and moral norms of Russia".

Lawmakers say those morals are reflected in the proposed law against gay "propaganda", which could ban the promotion of gay events, including gay rights marches, and impose fines of up 500,000 roubles ($16,600) on organizers.

"The spread of gay propaganda among minors violates their rights," said Elena Mizulina, a pro-Putin deputy who chairs the lower house's family issues committee. "Russian society is more conservative, so the passing of this law is justified."

Russian psychologist Igor Kon wrote that in medieval times, Russian attitudes towards gays were more tolerant than those in western Europe, but that changed during the Soviet era, when Josef Stalin made sodomy punishable by up to five years in jail.

Homosexuals were then often persecuted and intimidated, and sometimes denied membership of, or expelled from, the ruling Communist Party when membership was key to promotion at work.

Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1993, two years after the Soviet Union broke up, but the stigma remains strong, and activists say the community is often blamed for chronic problems.

"The ultra-right radicals decide immigrants are responsible for unemployment, and then they decide that LGBT is guilty for the fall in the birthrate, that morals are in decline, that AIDS is spreading. All those problems can be dumped on the gays; it's convenient," said Yasin.

A survey by independent pollster Levada last year found that nearly 50 percent of Russians believe homosexuals should be given medical or psychological treatment, and 5 percent said they should be "destroyed".

Such attitudes mean life is fraught with danger for gays in Russia, opera singer Slava Kagan-Paley said.

"It's very hard ... I know a lot of young guys who cannot tell the truth to their parents," he said, speaking on a gay-friendly night at a central Moscow club.

"It ends up that they get thrown out of their house, and they end up on the street and end up actually being a prostitute because they have no money to live on."

GAY SCENE

LGBT Russians fear the propaganda law will bring a broader crackdown.

Gay rights campaigners say the bill that won preliminary parliamentary approval in January contains no details on what is considered propaganda, and fear the possible proximity of children could be used to apply it to any gay rights rally or even displays of affection.

Holding hands or kissing a same-sex partner in public, they say, might be enough to be hit with a $170 fine.

"The fact is that any demonstration of their sexual orientation is considered to be propaganda," said Yevgeny Arkhipovy of the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights.

Some of the local laws against exposing minors to gay "propaganda" are packaged with bans on promoting pedophilia.

"While an adult can choose how to live and whom to involve in your intimate life, it is forbidden to impose on children preferences of a non-traditional nature that contradict (our) traditions," Sergei Zheleznyak, a United Russia lawmaker and vice-speaker of the State Duma, said last month.

In an interview with Interfax news agency on the January 6 Russian Orthodox Christmas eve, Patriarch Kirill, the church's leader, equated homosexuality with drug addiction, prostitution and adultery as the biggest threats facing Russia.

"Society has always suffered blights, but in our time, as in the decline of the Roman Empire and other civilizations, they were considered as socially acceptable. And as a result the institution of the traditional family breaks down," he said.

(Additional reporting by Sonia Elks and Ludmila Danilova, editing by Elizabeth Piper and Will Waterman)

[zwei]

Oh god... really glad singapore is a kiasi country...

[Guest shocked]

...latched on to family values...largely conservative society...

Gosh! They are one of the prolific countries to produce granny-grandson/mother-son porn vids! Family values indeed.

[Guest Guest]

There are many of these incidents that happened in London,Australia,etc too  ! 

[gstc82]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hIzZjBLnyX0

[groyn88]

Please share this video and encourage people to turn up on Saturday, 24 August 2013 at 6 pm at Hong Lim Park to show their solidarity with the Russian LGBT community whose members are being entrapped, tortured and killed after Putin's enactment of extremely homophobic laws:

 

[Guest Guest]

All idiotic gays and straights should be killed !

[Guest Guest]

Idiotic gays - stop correcting the typo error and pick up grammer as if you are the only perfect one here !

[ncikmelonpan]

Thanks for sharing this! I'll definitely go especially since it's right after my exams.

[gstc82]

All idiotic gays and straights should be killed !

You still living in the dark ages?

[iamziz]

[GachiMuchi]

Where Are They Now? 10 Famously Irresistible Kept Men

Calvin Klein’s boy toy Nick Gruber may think he’s the hottest model on the market right now, but he has to know he’s not the first cowboy at the rodeo.

Beautiful men have been hustling since the dawn of time, and whether they’re in it for the exposure or the Platinum card, they almost always wind up without. In honor of Nick’s brand new “image,” here are some of our favorite kept men of all time:

Scott Thorson

Easily the most noted of history’s kept boys, Scott Thorson was made famous by his May-December relationship with Liberace. He was hired as the pianist’s “personal companion” at 17 and was showered with money and gifts until the two split in 1982.

Where is he now? Thorson and Liberace’s romance was translated to film for HBO’s 2013 biopic, Under the Candelabra.

—

Nick Gruber

The modern-day Scott Thorson is currently famous for his on-again, off-again relationship with 70-year-old fashion designer Calvin Klein. Their tumultuous relationship is far too messy to summarize here.

Where is he now? Back together with Mr. Klein, and getting a fabulous image makeover to boot!

—

Casper Smart

Believe it or not, J Lo has been with her pretty boy toy for almost two years now! The pop star started dating Smart, her then backup dancer, a year after her divorce from Marc Anthony.

Where is he now? Cruising for blowjobs in New York City’s gay sex shops.

—

Rupert Everett

The English actor led a seedy life after running away from home when he was only 16. He told US Magazine in 1997 that he worked as a prostitute for drugs and lived with male suitors for as long as they’d have him.

Where is he now? Unhappy with his career at 54, Everett made headlines earlier this year for warning other gay actors not to come out of the closet.

—

Jesus Luz

The 26-year-old Brazilian model met Madonna during a Steven Klein photoshoot for W Magazine in 2008. The two had a high-profile romance for a year before a sudden split because—surprise!—Madonna said he was too young.

Where is he now? He’s still a model, but now also a DJ. We hope he’s still letting his inner thigh hair grow.

—

Harry Louis

This hunky Brazilian model made a name for himself in the porn industry before falling into Marc Jacobs’ lap of luxury. No one is really sure when they’re dating and when they’re not, but it’s safe to say they’re “back together” whenever a beach photo surfaces.

Where is he now? Making chocolates!

—

Ryan Nickulas

The A-List: New York star was one of the first to be cast for the show. He made the cut during the early stages when the show’s working title was “Kept”, and producers were searching for guys “dating extremely established, successful men.”

Where is he now? Who cares?!

—

Baptiste Giabiconi

This 23-year-old, 6’1″ model is said to be the world’s highest paid male model. He’s currently the face of Chanel, Fendi, and serves as legendary designer Karl Lagerfeld’s “muse.”

Where is he now? In Karl Lagerfeld’s bed! You would be too if you’ve felt what 10,000 thread count Egyptian cotton feels like.

—

Joey Stefano

The gay porn star was rumored to be the kept man of then-closeted music mogul David Geffen in the early ’90s. He had several other alleged romances before his untimely death in 1994.

Where is he now? The late star’s life is being turned into a feature-length film. Read Queerty’s exclusive interview with filmmaker Chad Darnell here.

—

Jess

Calvin Klein isn’t the only man with a Sean Cody boy toy! Director Bryan Singer was rumored to be dating a Sean Cody porn star by the name of Jess two years ago.

Where is he now? Still working for Sean Cody, but don’t act like you didn’t already know that.

[Guest Guest]

oh my...... :wub:

[Guest Guest]

Basically in Russia they are extremely Anti-Gay.

They are starting to form a Neo-Nazi Militant group to lure gay boys out from gay websites and while at it, torture them and brutally assault them physically and mentally. They will then make them confess their sexuality on tape while spray acrylic paints on them.

 

 

Here's a link to some information of it. Currently people are coming up with ideas to boycott the winter Olympics at Russia because of this.

 

http://www.thegailygrind.com/2013/08/06/gay-teenager-kidnapped-and-tortured-by-russian-neo-nazi-group-is-believed-to-have-died-from-his-injuries-video/

 

 

Please help to spread all these on your facebook or other social media! United Nation or some human right groups must get to know of such thing!

We are living in 2013! This is utterly unacceptable!

 

As rumour are saying Russia are not taking actions against all these cruelty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://youtu.be/59WCKaKqjKY&list=UUUxR7wL7jl8Ik5ZpxYkO6kQ

 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE KINDLY SPREAD. ALTHOUGH THIS IS SINGAPORE, BUT WE ARE ALL HUMANS TOO. JUST IMAGINE IF THE BOYS WERE US. 

 

 

[Guest Guest]

 Neo Nazi gang of self-proclaimed "pedophile fighters" who posted a fake personal ad from allegedly an older man (named "Uncle Dima"). This teen was forced to give out his full name, address, school name, parents names and etc. They laughed about his sexual preferences, bullied him, poured urine on him and kicked at the end. We would never know what occurred after the camera went out.

 

Naturally, all his personal details were released to the general public and viewed by millions in Russia. Infamous Russian ultranationalist and former skin head, Maxim Martsinkevich, known under the nickname "Cleaver" (or "Tesak" in Russian) spearheaded a country wide campaign against (primarily male) LGBT teens using a popular social network VK.com to capture, torture and ultimately out unsuspected male teen victims.

 

Over 500 online groups were created. As one can see, they operate under a broad day light. Bystanders either ignore or condone their actions. Police refuse to arrest them even though they are in violation of the existing criminal laws in Russia. Their excuse? They fight pedophiles ... but attacking pedophiles' victims. Certainly, they are selective and lure mostly gay male teens. Being outed in a small Russian city often equal death, torture, suicide. They track suicides publicly online and brag about those deeds.

[Guest Pudding]

Putin and his imperialistic ideals.

[groyn88]

Reminder: Gathering at Hong Lim Park tomorrow, Saturday, to protest the enactment of extremely homophobic laws in Russia which have given right wing thugs carte blanche to entrap, torture and kill LGBT people there:

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/630710160286375/?ref=22

 

[groyn88]

Thanks to everyone who turned up yesterday evening for the event.

This is the first part of the video recording of the event. It contains sped-up scenes of the pre-event petition-signing and photograph-taking with posters.

The first speaker is Rev. Yap Kim Hao, introduced by organiser and host, Jolovan Wham:

[Guest Guest]

Most Russians are rude , who cares if their straights or gays die , they are not very nice people ....

[Guest Derek]

Most Russians are rude , who cares if their straights or gays die , they are not very nice people ....

 

If thats the case....... none of my business then 

[slut]

 

 

 

 

WTF these freaking assholes are seriously taking it too far

I don't even care whether the victim's gay or not, he is obviously only a special needs kid  

[groyn88]

This second video segment features speakers Vanessa Ho, Leow Yangfa and Rev. Miak Siew:

 

Edited August 24, 2013 by groyn88

[groyn88]

The fourth and final video segment features poets Ng Yi-Sheng, Tania De Rosario and Deborah Emmanuel:

 

Edited August 24, 2013 by groyn88

[groyn88]

This is The Online Citizen's video report of the gathering at Hong Lim Park:

 

[groyn88]

A delegation from Singapore's LGBT community comprising Vincent Wijeysingha, Jolovan Wham and Leow Yangfa, plus straight ally, Zan Thang, paid a visit to the Russian Embassy on Friday, 30 August 2013 at 11am to present a petition calling for President Vladimir Putin to repeal anti-gay legislation in his country and hold the perpetrators of homophobic violence to account. The Russian embassy called the police and 14 of them in 8 cars arrived. The police took down the names of the representatives and left.

 

[escapelife]

Initially wanted to go Russia next year. But clearly its out of the picture as of now!

Anywho, ill be waiting to see how things turn out for Russia. 

What if Singapore were to pass such homophobic laws here?

[Guest Guest]

[azimuth]

I hope he wins. I am rooting for him. :-)

 

For too many years, a certain religion has affected the governance of a country. They probably don't quite understand that their realm is limited to their believers while the government has to take care of people in the entire country which may not be believers of the religion. Both cannot mix nor is it a subset of one another. 

[Guest Guest]

Will it ever happen here? A potential PM with the same mind set as Mr Rudd? I think we have to wait a very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very looooooooooonnnnggggg time.

[Guest Gas]

Will Yahoo Singapore post this video? Please.

[cvbv1987]

I might actually witness this happen here in Australia. woohoo!!!! 

 

Voting is today. Fingers crossed. 

[Guest Guest]

unconditional love prevails!!!!

[Bern]

[Guest dgbx]

 

All these talk of defending marriage equality is hot air , when 51% of Australians eventually will vote Tony Abbot of the Liberal and coalitions party members get into Parliament by todays Australian elections 2013.

 

Before the current elections Kevin Rudd voted against marriage equality meaning giving non straight heterosexual people the right to marry the one they love regardless of gender , why did he feel so ?

 

Because the vast majority of Australians are of white ancestry who are backwards, parochial , "religious " people of the roman kind , who are country bumpkin at heart, are of peasant or convict stock from back of gool ole england,

 

Kevin rudd would't want to antagonise their vote or risk the wrath of their anger for giving marriage equality to non straights heteros.

 

Now that his political survival, and the LAbour party is at 2-3% undecided swing votes he is trying to aapeal to LGBT commnunity for a life rope.

 

Polls are showing Labour party and Kevin Rudd are on the way out of parliament becuase bread and butter issues like the economy are more important matters to the man on the street rather than marriage equality, marriage equality can wait for five to twenty years,

 

because as it is now Gay, lesbian australians can already form civil unions, can find foreign partners and sponsor them to come on shore a de facto partners, and after one year of proof of on goinf genuine relationship , can apply PR for foreign partners, citizenship of foreign partner can be applied after 3 years, approval chances great after sustained 5 year relationship. Even NZ citizens living in australia can sponsor a foreign defacto gay lesbain partner into australia.

 

Theay already have it good in australia.

 

See why gay boys from Thailand, Phillipines , south east asian countries love to hook up with even CMI wrinkly dry skinned Australian grandfathers

[areef]

preach.

I think it a great movement ahead. :clap:

[cvbv1987]

well.... Tony Abbot won

[Guest tyue]

Tony abbot's victory is Australia's loss