First, a little good news—maybe—from Britain…

Woman jailed for gay couple abuse

A mother has been jailed and her daughter given a community order after being found guilty of harassing a gay couple in Kent. Karen Reeves, 44, was sentenced to 150 days in prison and Christie Myles, 22, was given a 24-month supervision order…. They called the men names and Reeves drove her car at one of them.

I say “maybe” because I don’t think people should be locked up for calling other people names. Ahem. But if this all rose to the level of malicious harassment, and it sounds like it did (particular being threatened with a car), then I say lock the crazy lady up.

Now, the bad news—and it’s very, very bad news for any effeminate little boy unlucky enough to be growing up in Bahrain. The Persian Gulf Kingdom is cracking down on homosexuality—sigh—and persecuting grownup homos apparently isn’t good enough. So…

The committee is also demanding that the Education Ministry carefully monitor students and punishes those veering towards homosexuality. MPs urged the ministry to raise awareness amongst students, possibly through lectures given by visiting health specialists, psychiatrists, or sociologists.

When I was growing up gay kids—the ones that couldn’t pass—were punished for “veering towards homosexuality” by being picked last for sports teams, called names, and bashed. I expect that Bahrain’s Education Ministry has something much, much worse in mind for any unfortunate gay kid in Bahrain who can’t pass for straight.