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‘Enlightened’ Senegalese President sparks an online petition calling for a halt to homophobia in his West African country

Barry Duke

WHEN Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a polygamous Muslim with two wives, was elected President in 2024, an outfit called the Africa Christian Professionals Forum (ACPF) poured honey in Faye’s ears, saying, “We are all hopeful that under your enlightened leadership, Senegal … Continue reading ‘Enlightened’ Senegalese President sparks an online petition calling for a halt to homophobia in his West African country

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Huge turnout at Budapest’s weekend Pride event does not signal a retreat from Hungary’s Christian nationalist agenda

Barry Duke

IN blistering heat today — there were almost as many handheld electronic fans as there were flags among the estimated 200,000 who attended the event that took place following the ousting earlier this year of the monstrous Viktor Orbán, inset, … Continue reading Huge turnout at Budapest’s weekend Pride event does not signal a retreat from Hungary’s Christian nationalist agenda

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Ghana’s LGBTQ+ communities and their supporters face long prison terms if a draconian bill, sponsored by a Christian lawmaker and cleric, is ratified

Barry Duke

AFTER Ghana failed, amid legal challenges, to get an anti-LGBTQ+ bill ratified by the the country’s then President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2024, the Rev John Ntim Fordjour, MP, above, sponsored a similar bill — the Human Sexual Rights and Family … Continue reading Ghana’s LGBTQ+ communities and their supporters face long prison terms if a draconian bill, sponsored by a Christian lawmaker and cleric, is ratified

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Reform UK threatens to cancel Sunderland Pride if it wins control of the local council

Barry Duke

HOMOPHOBIA within Nigel Farage’s far-right Reform UK party surfaced again when it declared in a recent social media post “Enjoy it while you can, when we take the Council next May we will be pulling all support for the event.” … Continue reading Reform UK threatens to cancel Sunderland Pride if it wins control of the local council

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Tyrannical Trump throws a hissy fit after a bishop urged him to be kinder to LGBT+ people and immigrants

Barry Duke

THE day after his vomit-inducing inauguration, laden with praise poured into the ears of the infantile President by sycophantic religious leaders, Donald “drill, baby, drill and fuck the environment” Trump was compelled to listen to a sermon that failed to … Continue reading Tyrannical Trump throws a hissy fit after a bishop urged him to be kinder to LGBT+ people and immigrants

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US companies have stopped importing textiles from Uganda in a move blamed on homosexuals

Barry Duke

UGANDA’s god-besotted, “born-again Christian” President Yoweri Museveni, above, has claimed that that several American companies have stopped importing textiles Uganda because of its draconian anti-homosexuality law. The homosexuals in the US are interfering with our export of textiles. Some of … Continue reading US companies have stopped importing textiles from Uganda in a move blamed on homosexuals

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‘Bible-believing’ councillor ‘cancelled’ by UK’s Conservative Party & others for labeling Pride event ‘sinful’

Barry Duke

AFTER learning via social media that nudity had been observed during a Pride event, King Lawal, above, tweeted his displeasure over “sinful” and “illegal” activity. As a consequence the 31-year-old got himself suspended earlier this month from his role of … Continue reading ‘Bible-believing’ councillor ‘cancelled’ by UK’s Conservative Party & others for labeling Pride event ‘sinful’

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British Virgin Islanders told to ‘obey God’ when voting in a referendum on same-sex marriage

Barry Duke

https://www.facebook.com/Pinktriangletrust/ THE advice came earlier this year from Vice President of the BVI Christian Council, Rosemarie Flax, inset above, as the BVI—a British Overseas Territory—prepares to hold a vote to decide whether or not to legalise same-sex marriage. She said: … Continue reading British Virgin Islanders told to ‘obey God’ when voting in a referendum on same-sex marriage