US Navy backtracks over gay weddings on bases

The US Navy has reversed its plans to conduct gay weddings on bases, saying that officers need more time to look at the legal issues.This week, an April 13th memo from Navy head chaplain Rear Adm Mark Tidd was reported as saying that Navy chaplains would be able to perform the ceremonies on bases in states where gay marriage was legal.The memo said: “Regarding the use of base facilities for same-sex marriages, legal counsel has concluded that,...

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Foreign secretary William Hague says Britain is lobbying Uganda over anti-gay bill

Foreign secretary William Hague says that the UK is continuing to urge Uganda not to pass a bill that could see gay people executed.Responding to questions on Twitter, Mr Hague wrote: “We oppose this bill and will continue to raise our concerns with Ugandan government. We urge Ugandan MPs to reject it.”He continued: “Our embassy is lobbying Ugandan gov & the UK initiated a formal EU demarche [diplomatic move] to the Ugandan foreign minister...

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Civil partnership for gay Tory MP Nick Boles

Conservative MP Nick Boles has tied the knot with his partner.The 45-year-old had a “quiet” civil partnership ceremony with his partner Shay Meshulam in Camberwell in March, the Guido Fawkes blog reports.A source said the couple invited close friends and family but intend to have larger celebration in the summer once parliament breaks up.A spokeswoman for the MP said: “Mr Boles is very happy about it and that’s all we can say.”Other MPs to...

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California Senate approves equal benefits bill

The California Senate has narrowly approved a bill to encourage companies to give equal benefits to the spouses of gay employees.Democrat Senator Christine Kehoe’s bill says that state agency contracts will only be awarded to companies who offer the equal benefits.Ms Kehoe said the legislation would encourage equality. The bill applies to contracts over $100,000.The bill just got the majority it needed to pass, with 21-15 votes. It will now...

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Slim majority of Republicans support legal recognition of gay relationships

A poll says that just over half of Republicans support some form of legal recognition for gay couples.The Public Policy Polling survey asked 1,000 people who identified as Republicans about their views on marriage equality.Only 12 per cent said gay couples should be allowed to marry. Support for civil unions was higher, with 39 per cent agreeing with them.This meant that 51 per cent back either marriage equality or civil unions.But 48 per...

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New York governor begins tour to highlight gay marriage

Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, has kicked off a state tour to highlight his legislative agenda for 2011.Marriage equality is one of the priorities, along with a property tax and ethics reform.The Democrat governor hopes to press people to support his aims and pressure lawmakers about them.He said in a statement: “Our entire team is going to travel the state to speak directly to New Yorkers about the issues that can move this state forward,...

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Lady Gaga teams up with FarmVille creators to launch GagaVille

Lady Gaga has announced a partnership with social games giant Zynga to launch GagaVille, a take on the popular FarmVille and CityVille.Zynga, home to the most popular games on social network Facebook haspreviously launched projects with Snoop Dogg, Dreamworks and Niceklodeon.However, the company today said that the deal with Lady Gaga is its most significant to date.GagaVille will showcase the bisexual star’s style and themes together with themes...

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David Laws guilty of a series of expenses rule breaches

Former Cabinet minister David Laws has been found guilty of a series of breaches of parliamentary expenses rules.The Liberal Democrat MP was chief secretary to the Treasury for just days last May. He resigned when it was revealed he had paid £40,000 in expenses to his boyfriend who was also his landlord.According to the Evening Standard, Parliamentary Standards Commissioner John Lyon found him in breach of six areas of Commons rules.The Commons’...

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Civil partnership for gay Tory MP Nick Boles

Conservative MP Nick Boles has tied the knot with his partner.The 45-year-old had a “quiet” civil partnership ceremony with his partner Shay Meshulam in Camberwell in March, the Guido Fawkes blog reports.A source said the couple invited close friends and family but intend to have larger celebration in the summer once parliament breaks up.A spokeswoman for the MP said: “Mr Boles is very happy about it and that’s all we can say.”Other MPs to...

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Cambodians must join to oust Hun Sen

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com) May 11, 2011A. Gaffar Peang-MethPACIFIC DAILY NEWSThirty-two years ago, more than 100,000 Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia, smashed Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge guerrillas, took over Phnom Penh, installed a puppet regime in January 1979, and staffed the Hanoi-instituted Cambodian administrations with Vietnamese to oversee the puppet government's activities.Several thousand Cambodian...

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Police appeal over anti-gay attack in Woking

Ta Dambang Dek (Grandpa with an iron staff): A statue at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in front of which everybody had to take their oath Reach Sambath 10 May 2011Dith SokthyThe Phnom Penh Post (Khmer)Translated from Khmer by SoyPhnom Penh – Reach Sambath, director of the public relation office of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, is currently under medical care at Calmette Hospital. However, there is no official indication as to what his illness is. Doctors...

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Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy met with French MP Michel Issindou in Paris

Tuesday, May 10, 2011Today, opposition leader Sam Rainsy meet with Michel Issindou, French MP from Isere Province, at the French National Assembly in Paris, France. France's National Assembly in Paris...

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US Olympic official quits over gay marriage comments

Former Olympic gymnast Peter Vidmar has resigned as the chef du mission of the US 2012 team after anger over comments he made about gay marriage.In 2008, Mr Vidmar, a Mormon, joined the fight against California’s gay marriage law.As well as joining two rallies and donating $2,000, the gold medal winner was quoted at the time as saying: “It’s good for our society to have a traditional definition of marriage.”His comments resurfaced last week...

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Gay friend of Boy George speaks out after attack

A gay friend of Boy George has spoken out after he was attacked in central London.Philip Sallon, the socialite and event organiser, was badly injured in the April 2nd attack in Piccadilly.He suffered a brain haemorrhage and fractured skull after he was kicked and stamped on. He spent time in hospital but is now recovering at home.Speaking to the Evening Standard, he said: “It was a severe blow to the head. From leaving home I remember nothing. It...

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Girl, 13, is latest victim of South African ‘corrective rape’

A 13-year-old girl in South Africa has reportedly become the latest victim of the ‘corrective rape’ epidemic.The girl, who was attacked on Thursday in Pretoria, was said to be open about being a lesbian and it is believed she was targeted for this reason.The phenomenon of corrective rape involves the targeting of lesbians in order to ‘cure’ them. There have been high-profile cases in the country, including the recent rape and murder of gay rights...

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Chaz Bono ‘thrilled’ with results of transition

Chaz Bono, the son of singer Cher, has spoken candidly about his transition from female to male.Speaking ahead of a book and documentary about his journey, the star said he never had a moment’s doubt that he was supposed to be a man.Bono, 42, grew up as Chastity and was a lesbian activist for many years. He announced two years ago that he was transitioning and completed the process last year, albeit in the public eye.Speaking to TIME, he said he...

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Gay activists’ petition against Ugandan ‘kill gays’ bill

Gay rights campaigners hope to collect enough signatures to ask Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni to refuse to sign an anti-homosexuality bill.The legislation, in its current form, calls for harsher punishments for homosexuality. For “aggravated” case, such as those involving disabled people, those with HIV or minors, it calls for the death penalty.Landlords, teachers and family members could also be prosecuted for failing to report gay people to...

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Study finds gay men are more likely to have had cancer

A large US study has suggested that gay men are more likely to have had cancer than straight men.The research, from California, found that gay men were almost twice as likely as straight men to have been diagnosed with this disease. On average, diagnoses happened a decade earlier for gay men.It also found that lesbians and bisexual women are more likely than straight women to report poorer health after cancer.Researchers are unsure whether gay men...

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Gay MP Nigel Evans ‘in denial’ when he voted for Section 28

Gay Conservative MP Nigel Evans says he was in denial and going through a “neanderthal phase” when he voted for Section 28. The MP for Ribble Valley, who came out last year, backed the legislation to ban mention of homosexuality in schools and once voted against lowering the age of consent for gay men. Speaking to the Guardian, he said: “I was going through denial and what I would describe as my neanderthal phase. “I was just stupid, and clearly...

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Anti-gay pastor rejects Ugandan death penalty for gays

Anti-gay pastor Martin Ssempa has told a Ugandan parliamentary committee that he does not agree with the death penalty for gays and lesbians.The preacher told the committee that he supports controversial legislation for punishing homosexuality because it is “killing” society.But he reportedly stopped short of praising the bill’s harshest clause – the death sentence for “aggravated” homosexuality.The bill’s author, MP David Bahati, originally...

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Thai-Cambodian Border Dispute Fueled by Nationalism, Politics

From left, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva , center, sit during a trilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 8, 2011 (Photo: AP) Daniel Schearf, VOABangkok May 10, 2011 An ancient temple on the border between Thailand and Cambodia is at the heart of a deadly dispute between the two countries. Clashes along the border this year have...

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Myanmar Model Girl Photos: Christina's hot fashion pose

Myanmar Model Girl, ChristinaReal Name : Aye Myat Thu , Date of Birth : 6.9.1985 , Place of Birth : YangonBody Structure : 34, 24, 36, Height : 5' 4" , Religion : ChristrianRace : Mon + Myanma , Marital Status : SingleFavourite Color : Baby Pink & Many light colourContact : No;296, Room 11, Shwe Da Gon Street, Dagon Township Yangon....

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After Ban Ki-moon Said Stood Behind UN Rights Rep in Cambodia, His Leaving Draws No Reaction, like ECCC

Monday, May 09, 2011By Matthew Russell LeeInner City PressUNITED NATIONS, May 9 -- When UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited Cambodia last October, Prime Minister Hun Sen “ordered” him to remove the head of the UN human rights office in Phnom Penh, Christophe Peschoux. Inner City Press asked Ban's spokesman Martin Nesirky about it. Nesirky called it an “internal personnel matter,” then added that Ban stands behind the office and, by implication,...

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ECCC urged to quiz new suspects

9 May 2011 AFPThe international co-prosecutor at Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia on Monday called for the unnamed suspects in a politically sensitive new Khmer Rouge case to face questioning.In a written statement, Andrew Cayley urged the co-investigating judges to examine more crime sites and "summon and question the suspects", adding that he felt their alleged crimes "have not been fully investigated".In its landmark first...

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Indigenous Peoples Standup for Their Rights in Vietnam

Source:KKNVietnam has been recognized as one of the countries in Southeast Asia with the impressive progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations by 2015. However, more than half of the Indigenous Peoples in Vietnam currently still live below the poverty line. Instead of trying to improve the standard living for the Indigenous Peoples, the Vietnamese government confiscates their ancestral farm lands. When they...

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Opposition Plans Demonstration for Textile Workers

Sophea (left), 25, a former employee of the June Textiles company, speaks to reporters after being injured during a scuffle with police yesterday in Sen Sok district (Photo: Pha Lina, The Phnom Penh Post) Heng Reaksmey, VOA KhmerPhnom Penh Monday, 09 May 2011 Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says he plans to gather garment workers together in a demonstration, after about 2,000 gathered for a strike in front of the June Textiles factory outside...

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After Ban Ki-moon Said Stood Behind UN Rights Rep in Cambodia, His Leaving Draws No Reaction, like ECCC

Monday, May 09, 2011By Matthew Russell LeeInner City PressUNITED NATIONS, May 9 -- When UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited Cambodia last October, Prime Minister Hun Sen “ordered” him to remove the head of the UN human rights office in Phnom Penh, Christophe Peschoux. Inner City Press asked Ban's spokesman Martin Nesirky about it. Nesirky called it an “internal personnel matter,” then added that Ban stands behind the office and, by implication,...

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A laughable Kangaroo court with illiterate judges obeying to a Stalinist government

May 10, 2011A LAUGHABLE KANGAROO COURT WITH ILLITERATE JUDGES OBEYING TO A STALINIST GOVERNMENTToday the Phnom Penh Appeal Court postponed its awaited decision related to a ten-year imprisonment sentence handed down to me on September 23, 2010 for “forgery of a public document.”The accusation against me is related to a French-era 1:100,000 map posted on the Sam Rainsy Party website which allegedly has an “unusual” grid on it (see Map # 4 at...

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Proeur Heungsa Chea Nich - "Always resorting to violence": Poem in Khmer by Kaun Khmer

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Gay Couple, Fleetingly Famous for a Kiss, Separated by Tragedy

Two young men electrified a conservative South African town when a picture of them kissing prompted anger--mostly from area males--but also spoke to gays of passion, commitment... and normalcy. The photo, capturing a moment in time, is immortal--but a month after it was taken, one of the young men is dead, and the other in critical condition, following a car...

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Whitney Houston in Rehab for Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Whitney Houston is seeking help. The singer, 47, who has struggled with substance abuse in the past, has recently entered an out-patient treatment program."Whitney Houston is currently in an out-patient rehab program for drug and alcohol treatment," her rep tells PEOPLE in a statement. "Whitney voluntarily entered the program to support her long-standing recovery process." Full story he...

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Rugby Guys Gone Wild (NSFW)

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Khmer Girl Model Kim Lisa

Yet another question has come...Khmer model Kim Lisa, where does she get the beauty fr...

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Tribunal Prosecutor Supports Disclosure of Suspects’ Names

Manilene Ek, VOA KhmerMonday, 09 May 2011The international prosecutor for the Khmer Rouge tribunal on Monday urged judges at the UN-backed court to publicize the identities of suspects in a controversial case.So far the identities of suspects in cases 003 and 004 at the court have remained confidential, although likely suspects have been named by outside parties.Prosecutor Andrew Cayley said Monday that announcing the names of suspects...

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Man accused of murdering wife suffered metal toxicity, court told

Narin Sok is pictured on July 30, 2008, the day he was arrested by police and charged with the second-degree murder of his wife Deang Huon.Photograph by: Supplied, Edmonton Journal May 9, 2011By Ryan Cormier, Postmedia NewsEdmonton Jounal (Alberta, Canada)EDMONTON — In a rare move, Crown and defence lawyers have agreed that an Edmonton man charged with the second-degree murder of his wife is not criminally responsible due to a mental...

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