Day: August 18, 2016

The new board of GLBT counselling service OUTLine are eager to hear community feedback as they put initiatives and plans in place for the coming year. OUTLine have announced a short online survey and an open discussion workshop focusing on the current services available from the organisation, with a chance to express ideas and experiences to better […]

The Tāhine Aotearoa Trans-Pacifica Charitable Trust has announced the postponement of the Auckland Transgender Ball until 2017 due to sluggish government services.  The event was set to take place during on Saturday 15 October 2016 but was forced into postponement following logistical issues dealing with government services. The Transgender Ball “needed to be postponed due to some logistical issues we […]

Indian filmmaker and activist Sridhar Rangayan made a call for greater collaboration between India and Canada to end discrimination during the Montreal Pride Parade on Sunday 14 August. The Montreal Pride Parade was attended by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has also attended two previous parades and has made history as the first Canadian Prime Minister […]

Amr Ramadan, Egypt’s ambassador to the UNHRC, refused to participate in the selection process of the UN’s new monitor of anti-gay violence. A five member human rights committee announced that Thai law professor Vitit Muntarbhorn will become the UN’s first monitor against anti-gay violence, however this choice was made without the help of the Egyptian diplomat. Ramadan said that […]

In a recent speech to military troops at Camp Lapu-Lapu in Cebu City, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte called the US ambassador to his country a “gay son of a bitch”, prompting US diplomats to raise the issue with their Filipino counterparts in Washington. Rodrigo Détente’s frequent inflammatory comments have seen him dubbed as “the Donald […]