Tag: homophobia
Russian citizens will now be subjected to stricter restrictions and discrimination following President Vladimir Putin’s signing of a bill to expand on the so-called ‘gay propaganda law.'
The so-called ‘gay propaganda law,’ was originally signed in 2013 and banned media from ‘promoting’ “non-traditional values,” including same-sex relationships and gender diversity,...
Two men who were serving in the Indonesian military have been kicked out of the army and jailed for seven months after being convicted of conducting same-sex sexual relations.
Despite same-sex sexual relations being legal in most parts of Indonesia - with the exception of the province of Aceh, the...
Garmany’s Football Association (DFB) has spoken out about FIFA’s moves to persuade teams to ditch the donning of pro-LGBTQ+ armbands at Qatar’s World Cup, saying the organisation used “extreme blackmail.”
The controversy erupted after captains of several European teams, including Germany, England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland, decided...
BBC Sports Presenter Jack Murley has called out FIFA after the Football governing body threatened to sanction any sports team who wore pro-LGBTQ+ “OneLove” armbands at the Qatar World Cup while describing England and Wales’ decision not to wear them as a “cop-out.”
Murley, who is the presenter of the...
Yulia Alyoshina - Russia’s first trans politician, has announced that she will be stepping down from politics, explaining her “difficult decision” to retire was due to the nation’s expansion of its “LGBT propaganda” law.
Alyoshina, who is a member of the Civic Initiative party made the announcement at her party’s...
LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was arrested in Qatar while staging a one-man protest against Qatar’s criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people – just 26 days before the start of the football World Cup.
Tatchell’s protest, which was the first-ever public LGBTQ+ protest in Qatar, took place outside the National...
Qatar continues to face global condemnation from LGBTQ+ rights groups for their treatment of LGBTQ+ people ahead of the nation hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
According to a new Human Rights Watch report, security police in Qatar has continued to arrest and harass individuals because of their sexuality and...
Kevin Spacey has spoken out about his struggles growing up gay and his fear of coming out publicly due to his father, who Spacey describes as a “white supremacist” and a “neo-Nazi”.
Spacey made the comments while testifying in a New York court on Monday, October 17, as a part...
