Pinksixty News SUNDAY 06 NOVEMBER 2011
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 04/11/2011

The Malaysian Deputy-inspector General of police has declared a blanket ban on all events related to this month's 'Queer Without Fear' festival. The ban comes as a result of pressure by extreme Muslim groups in the country.

The Ghanaian president John Atta Mills has responded to Britain's demand that Commonwealth countries must legalise homosexuality. He said, "I, as president, will never initiate or support any attempt to legalise homosexuality in Ghana."

Churches in England and Wales can now opt-in to hold civil partnership ceremonies on religious property according to Equalities Minister, Lynne Featherstone. But the Church of England said it had 'no intention' of blessing gay couples.

A gay man in Reno Texas has been brutally attacked while attending a party at the weekend. Burke Burnett received treatment for deep cuts, bruising and severe burns after being stabbed with a broken bottle and thrown onto a lit fire.

And finally, Danish gay rights campaigner  Axel Axgil has died aged 96. Axel and his partner fought for legal partnership recognition and were the first gay couple in the world to tie the knot in 1989. A memorial is being held by LGBT Danmark in Aarhus today.