Day: May 4, 2020

Tunisia has NOT become the first Arab nation to legalise same-sex marriage. The North African nation of Tunisia says it has not become the first Arab country to recognise same-sex marriage, despite the civil union of two gay men being celebrated by a prominent LGBTQ organisation. Minister of Local Affairs Lotfi Zitoun publicly denied Tunisian […]

 “Kissing will be banned!” A “dummy run” of stage 2 COVID 19 restrictions at a Viaduct nightclub may give Auckland’s LGBT+ community a sign of what the new rules may be at the likes of Family bar, once public venues are allowed to reopen. While New Zealand remains at stage 3, the government has an […]

A Kenyan court has refused to end the ban on the internationally acclaimed lesbian movie Rafiki, saying the producers failed to produce evidence that banning the film infringed on freedom of expression. Rafiki, based on the award-winning short story Jambula Tree by Monica Arac de Nyeko, is a coming of age story about two Kenyan […]

Two men have reportedly been arrested in relation to the murders of transgender women whose burned bodies were found in Puerto Rico on April 22. The Puerto Rican authorities made the arrests of Juan Carlos Pagán Bonilla, 21, and Sean Díaz de León, 19 on April 29, but they have yet to face official charges, […]

New laws have come into effect in the Australian state of Victoria that now allow trans and gender diverse Victorians to alter the sex recorded on their birth certificate without having to undergo surgery. Due to the new laws an applicant still needs to sign a statutory declaration stating they believe their sex is the […]

A brutal and disturbing hate crime has been captured on video, with a transgender woman in Namibia being tied to a chair and whipped. LGBT+ activists in Namibia have condemned the attack captured by mobile phone of community leader and politician Frans Migub ǀGoagoseb who is seen attacking the helpless 21-year-old woman who is tied […]