Category: Around the World
Due to a possible breach of its “hateful conduct policy,” Twitch has deleted the ‘gender-critical’ LGB Alliance. After introducing its option for raising money for charities, the widely used streaming service faced intense criticism for adding the nonprofit organisation to its roster of approved organisations. However, after viewers discovered that the LGB Alliance and the […]
Anderson Lee Aldrich, the individual charged with taking the lives of five people in the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, is facing a total of 305 charges and is likely to spend the rest of their life in prison without parole. 22-year-old Aldrich was formally charged for the shooting in court by Colorado’s Fourth […]
The brother of U.S. sports journalist and LGBTQ+ ally Grant Wahl has spoken out about his sibling’s sudden death while covering the Qatar World Cup, claiming that he was murdered. Wahl, a correspondent for Meadowlark Media, died shortly after the match between Argentina and the Netherlands on Friday, the 9th of December, in Doha, Qatar, […]
U.S President Joe Biden has confirmed the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Russian penal colony following a prisoner swap with Russia. Griner, who was serving nine years in prison after being convicted on drug charges in August. Griner was reportedly found with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. The WNBA star told the […]
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has approved the use of a new form of injectable PrEP, giving a two-month HIV prevention option. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) announced the approval of the new form of PrEP on Friday, the 2nd of December, after World Aids Day. Known as Cabotegravir, the […]
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, to citizens under 18 years […]
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 nation’s military still bars its […]
The United States Senate has approved the historic legislation providing federal protections for same-sex marriages in a bipartisan vote. The bill, known as the Respect for Marriage Act, received support from both sides of the increasingly polarised political divide. Needing 60 votes to pass, the evenly divided upper chamber voted 61 to 36, with 12 Republicans joining […]