Pinksixty News WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 2011-09-14

A barrister has described his lesbian client's case as "extraordinary" after she was put in the same cell as her partner, despite being told she couldn't see her following a breach of bail conditions.


A young lesbian student was encouraged to leave her Christian high school for being open about her homosexuality, it emerged this week. Rachel Aviles was one of the most popular kids at The Master's School, a K-12 Christian school in Connecticut's West Simsbury.


Gay people in the UK over the age of 55 are more likely to live alone and have less contact with family members than their straight counterparts, a recent survey commissioned by Stonewall has revealed.
 

The Pope was forced to cut short an anti-gay speech when a severe thunderstorm hit Madrid on Saturday night. According to reports by Agence France-Presse, strong winds and rain hit the air base where Pope Benedict XVI was speaking, blowing off his skullcap.


And finally: A man who accused X Factor judge Louis Walsh of sexual assault has been charged with making false claims. Leonard Watters, of Navan, initially claimed that 58-year-old Walsh had groped him at the Krystle nightclub in Dublin after a Westlife concert in June.