Shadowy underground origins of Italian ‘tombola’ bingo still alive in Naples
In a cavernous room of the Tombola Vajassa bar, located down a narrow flight of stone stairs off a side street in Naples, 30 or so mostly women sit crammed …
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Pope Francis says priests can bless same-sex couples, under certain conditions
Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and …
Cary Grant’s daughter Jennifer Grant slams rumors he was gay
The only child of the late Hollywood legend Cary Grant is putting to rest rumors that her father was gay. “I suppose the [misconception about my father] that comes to …
After Russian Supreme Court labels LGBTQ movement ‘extremist’, Moscow police raid gay bars
Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as …
Russian top court rules LGBT activists should be labelled ‘extremists’
Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions. …
Malaysian state’s gay ‘rehab’ centre plan ‘amounts to torture’, LGBTQ activists say
“This rehabilitation centre is established … for them to get back on the right path,” Mohd Fared told the assembly. A worshipper at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur. The constitution …
Timothée Chalamet flashes butt on ‘SNL’ as Troye Sivan
Look at those dunes! “Saturday Night Live” host Timothée Chalamet, 27, revealed his buttocks in a sketch Saturday while portraying openly gay Australian pop star Troye Sivan, 28. Cast member …
This doctor treated HIV/AIDS patients when no one else would. His advocacy continued as he prepared to die
A Winnipeg doctor hopes his legacy of providing health care to LGBTQ patients — one of only a few local physicians doing so at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis …
This U.S. town is considering a ban on all public art
There’s a town in the northern United States now considering a most unusual idea: Banning art. Specifically, banning any kind of artwork, in any public space. If this were to …
76 arrested at party in Nigeria in what rights groups call an LGBTQ ‘witch hunt’
As It Happens6:3076 arrested at party in Nigeria in what rights groups call an LGBTQ ‘witch hunt’ Dozens of young people in Nigeria were paraded in front of news cameras and …