• Libya‘s come to its senses and has agreed to free the six health workers it sentenced to death for “infecting” children with HIV. Of the mix-up, Muammar al-Gaddafi‘s son Saif al-Islam said: “The case went in the wrong direction from the very beginning. There were many manipulations in the original files, many errors … This is why we should seek a compromise”. That means, of course, that Bulgaria’s prepared to cough up the ransom.
• An Indiana senate committee voted 7-4 to ban same-sex marriage today. Protesters singing “We Shall Overcome” were promptly ejected from the room. God bless America.
• Has Tennis great Bill Tilden been written out of sports history because he was gay? Pink New UK‘s Ben Leung seems to think so…
• Brandy already apologized for accidentally killing someone with her car. Now the family wants $50 million? What’s this world coming to?
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• The United Nations has finally released a report on the plight of Iraqi gays. Guess what? It’s not good.
• Ralph Fiennes love AIDS! Patients, that is. He’s in India spreading some good will.