Pinksixty News WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2011
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 30/11/2011

Nigeria has passed a bill which punishes gay people who attempt to marry with 14 years jail or death by stoning. The bill still needs to be signed off by the President to become law.

Estonia is attempting to become the first ex-Soviet nation to recognise same-sex unions. The Reform Party and the opposition, Social Democrats support the move, but the conservative government, opposes it.

A new official coat of arms, commissioned by the British Parliament for the Speaker of the House, John Bercow carries rainbow flags and the phrase 'All Are Equal'. Mr Berkow is renowned for his support of gay issues and is Honorary President of gay charity kaleidoscope.

A US couple have been abused by United Airlines employees as they travelled home after Thanksgiving. Staff were generally rude with one calling them 'faggots'. United Airlines said they are looking into the complaint and will reach out to the pair directly.

And finally, today marks 111 years since the death of Oscar Wilde. One of Ireland's greatest writers and a martyr to institutional homophobia, we remember Oscar as a brilliant, courageous and defiant gay man.