Category: Around the World
As Saudi Arabia strives to boost tourism, the country’s authorities seem to be targeting a particularly affluent demographic: LGBTQ+ travellers, with the Saudi Tourism Authority (STA), now stating that gay visitors are welcome in the kingdom. Updating its Q&A section on the STA website, the answer to the FAQ query, “Are LGBT visitors welcome to […]
South Korea’s largest LGBTQ pride celebration, which usually takes place in Seoul Plaza, has been denied access to the venue, which will host a Christian youth concert instead. Usually drawing crowds of colourful performers and participants in rainbow attire, organisers of the Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) say the decision was an act of discrimination. It […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has recommenced his re-election campaign by delivering an anti-LGBTQ+ speech during a rally in the city of Izmir. Erdoğan made the comments on Saturday, the 29th of April, following a brief pause in his campaign while he recovered from a stomach infection. According to reports by The Times, Erdoğan addressed […]
A senior executive in Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Toshiaki Endo, announced plans to push for the passage of a law promoting LGBTQ+ rights before the nation hosts the G7 summit in less than a month. Endo, the head of the LDP’s general affairs council, has expressed his plans to have the ruling coalition submit […]
Bud Light’s recent collaboration with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has led to a significant backlash and a decline in sales, causing some to question the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in the United States and the beer brand’s marketing strategy, including the CEO of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative. Stacy Lentz, CEO of the LGBTQ […]
The UK government has been found to be providing financial support to a staunchly homophobic religious group in Uganda, according to a report by the Institute for Journalism and Social Change (IJSC). The organisation, known as the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU), and its leaders supported a proposed law that would criminalise any individuals identifying […]
LGBTQ+ activist and “gay prince” Manavendrasinh Gohil has called on the Indian government to legalise same-sex marriage in the country. Speaking at a press conference in Rajkot, Gohil, known as the “gay prince” due to his royal background, emphasised the need for LGBTQ+ couples to have equal rights and legal recognition. “We want to be […]
The European Parliament has hit out at the recent rhetoric from the Italian government, likening Italy and its anti-LGBTQ+ stance to other nations such as Poland and Hungary. In a recently adopted resolution, the Parliament condemned the dissemination of anti-rights, anti-gender, and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric by influential political leaders and governments within the EU, specifically citing […]