Yesterday, a gunman in Las Vegas killed 59 people and injured another 527 in the most deadly mass shooting in US history. Armed with 16 guns, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel, shooting at those attending an open-air music festival.
New official figures released by Public Health England (PHE) show a decline in the number of new diagnoses of HIV in gay and bisexual men in the UK. PHE’s figures for 2016 show a 21% decline in the number of gay and bisexual men in the UK being newly diagnosed with HIV, falling from 3,570 new cases in 2015 to 2,810 new cases last year.
Penn’s LGBT Center celebrates its 35th anniversary this fall with events including a rededication of the Carriage House, noon-1 p.m. on Saturday, October 14 (free), in honor of its founding director, Bob Schoenberg, upon his retirement; followed by an Anniversary Celebration at Houston Hall. Register at LGBT35.com or call (215) 898-5044. Cost of admission is $35 per person or $10 for students.
Walking through San Francisco’s Castro district with Armistead Maupin today is like taking a stroll with the patron saint of the gays — which in many ways he is. The Castro was the epicenter of gay life in America in the late 1970s, when Maupin introduced his newspaper column, Tales of the City, set in and around these streets and chronicling gay (as well as lesbian and transgender) life for a mainstream audience.
In 19th century, during California’s Gold Rush, San Francisco was a place heavily populated by men who hoped to become successful out West. ‘The transition to San Francisco as a major port city through the end of the 19th century solidified it as a place that was flexible and tolerant, which allowed for same-sex desire to be displayed in certain spaces and in nuanced ways,’ writes Elliot Owen for Outword Magazine.
Businesses in Mississippi will have the right to refuse services to same-sex couples around the state starting Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the request for a rehearing with the full panel of the Fifth Circuit to plaintiffs in Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant III Friday, September 29.
The prosecution at the session held in the Azbakia Misdemeanour Court in Cairo on Sunday said the 17 had been arrested while engaging in homosexuality inside an apartment. They have been accused of promoting homosexuality and inciting debauchery. All denied the charges. The court adjourned until October 29, when it is expected to deliver a verdict.
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