homophobia

An underground railroad has emerged in Iraq since the start of the United States’ occupation, as Muslim fundamentalists torture, maim and murder LGBT people in that country, The Manchester Guardian’s Peter Tatchell reports.
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, homophobia and the terrorisation of LGBT people has got much worse. The western invasion of Iraq in [...]

The day before protests nationally and locally against Proposition 8, the California constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage, right-wing radio host Chris Baker took to the airwaves to call a transgender man a “mutilated lesbian.” KTLK’s Baker called Thomas Beattie, a trangendered man who’s pregnant, “a freak” on Nov. 14 as well. Baker’s contributions to [...]