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Hello, Im Mahalia and here are todays headlines from Pinksixty.
An anti gay bus campaign planned in London by a religious group, in response to a Stonewall
campaign, has been banned.
The mayor Boris Johnson intervened saying, 'It is clearly offensive to suggest that being
gay is an illness'.
In Dubai, two men, from Britain and the Seychelles, have been sentenced for three years in jail
for having *** in public.
Homosexuality is illegal in Dubai and the law imposes imprisonment of up to 10 years
for consensual ***.
A policy in the US barring workplace discrimination against LGBT people has failed to get the
support of Barack Obama
Gay rights campaigners said, 'The unfortunate truth is that Americans can be fired simply
for being gay or transgender.
Dissent at the Miss Universe pageant continues after a policy change allows transgender contestants
to take part.
Miss Filipino has contested the decision, saying 'transgenders should be banned, because
they are not real women.'
And finally, UK singer Jessie J has expressed that being bisexual makes her happy and she
doesn't want to hide it.
She said 'I want it to be less about sexuality and more about being comfortable in who you
fall in love with.'
That's all from us today. Join us again tomorrow.
