Pinksixty News THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2011
Channel: Colin Fallesen
Date: 17/11/2011

Lawmakers in the Russian city of St Petersburg have provisionally passed a law which fines anyone who discusses or displays anything to do with gay lifestyles in front of minors. The law equates homosexuality with paedophilia and has been described as medieval by gay activists.

A man has been arrested in Colorado for the murder of a Harlem Globetrotters trainer, whom he met on the men for men dating section of Craigs List. Thomas Bashline was found dead by his girlfriend. The murder comes at the same time as another Craigs List killer was sentenced earlier this week.

A British study has shown a correlation between the attitudes of people with HIV and their experiences of the epidemic. People diagnosed before treatments became available in 1996 had a more optimistic view of their own future.

Soccer player, Hope Akpan has been fined £1,200 after admitting bringing the game into disrepute over a Twitter which said he was 'fully homophobic'.  He maintains the message was posted by a family member but had no choice but to accept the Football Association's decision and pay the fine.

And finally, two 37 year old swimmers have become some of the oldest people to ever qualify for the Olympic swim trials in the USA. Brian Jacobsen qualified at the Minnesota Grand Prix Swim Meet this month and Jeff Commings qualified last summer.