A British man has been arrested in Morocco for committing “homosexual acts”.
A Hong Kong billionaire who had offered HK $500 million (£40 million) to any man that married his gay daughter has now said that he may double that figure to HK $1 billion (£80 million).
Former West Ham and Aston Villa football star Thomas Hitzlsperger has announced that he is gay, one of the world’s most high profile footballers to do so.
The US Supreme Court may have struck down the Defence of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional, and a number of states do offer equal rights, but in states without such equality, gay couples are starting to look at other ways to balance the scales. One gay couple in Pennsylvania have decided that if they can’t get married to avoid inheritance tax, then they would use adoption instead.
Exodus International, the world’s largest “ex-gay” organisation announced this week that it will shut down. Founded in the United States in 1976, for most of its life Exodus sought to help gay people become straight. Over 37 years Exodus grew into a global organisation with over 270 local branches worldwide including the UK.