You may recall a story back in September in which we highlighted Peter Tatchell's call for the UN to fight criminalization of homo-relations.

Well, now Tatchell's got a little help from a French man named Louis-George Tin. The founder of the International Day Against Homophobia, Tin (along with a laundry list of the planet's biggest names, including Desmond Tutu, Meryl Streep and Salman Rushdie) calling on the UN to require member states to revoke anti-gay laws. In an interview with The Advocate, Tin says:

...[T]here is already U.N. jurisprudence in our favor. In 1994, Mr. Toonen, a citizen of Tasmania, who had been condemned for same-sex relationships, won his case in what was then the U.N. Commission on Human Rights—it said his arrest was a breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the right of privacy. So we just ask the U.N. to extend this jurisprudence to other countries—75 in the world!—where same-sex relationships are still forbidden.

Tin's campaign has two primary elements: a media blitz to raise awareness and a battle within the UN Council on Human Rights.

In light of the recent execution in Iran, we hope the UN's receptive. We don't really like to see the homos hang. Well, not from their necks, at least...