Tag: homophobia
A newly installed rainbow crosswalk at Palmer Secondary in Vancouver, Canada, has fallen victim to repeated acts of homophobic vandalism. This comes when Pride Week is being celebrated across the city.
Images provided to the Richmond News reveal extensive defacement at every corner of the vibrant crosswalk on Wednesday. A...
David Pressman, the openly gay US ambassador to Hungary, is making a powerful statement against homophobia by organising a grand Pride party at his official residence.
Pressman revealed that the US embassy has been overwhelmed by the interest and support shown by LGBTQ+ families, who feel increasingly marginalised due to...
A Georgian pride festival in the nation's capital city, Tbilisi, was abruptly cancelled on Saturday, the 8th of July, as 2,000 anti-LGBTQ+ protesters stormed the event, leading to clashes with police and the burning of rainbow flags.
The protesters, which included members of the Orthodox Christian clergy, overwhelmed security measures...
Michael Stevens examines the headlines made by Phillip Schofield’s affair and sees the homophobia and ageism adding up.
Phillip Schofield was vaguely on the periphery of my radar as a former Kiwi, now English, TV personality who had recently come out in his late 50s.
His career is now shattered because...
In May 2022, Jake Daniels, a player for Blackpool FC, made history by becoming the first active male professional footballer in Britain to publicly come out since Justin Fashanu in 1990.
At the age of 17, Daniels shared his sexuality in a candid interview with Sky Sports. Recently, Daniels opened...
Justin Bieber's father, Jeremy Bieber, has found himself embroiled in controversy after making an anti-LGBTQ+ comment on social media.
On Friday morning, Jeremy took to Twitter in an effort to provide context for a previous post, which read, "Don't forget to thank a straight person this month for your...
In a significant move, Russian authorities have imposed a fine on a local streaming platform for the first time under the country's law prohibiting "Gay propaganda."
According to reports by The federal media regulator Trikolor Kino i TV, based in St. Petersburg, was fined 1.2 million rublesNZD 28,1000 ) by...
Following his re-election as president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wasted no time targeting the LGBTQ+ community with his divisive rhetoric.
Erdoğan, who has held the presidency since 2014, secured another five-year term after the votes were counted, giving him a clear victory over his opponent, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader...
