Category: Around the World
Following being outed by his family and trying to flee the country, a gay man in Afghanistan was beaten, raped by the Taliban. The man, whose identity has been kept secret for his protection was targeted by the extremist militant group while trying to find a path to safety. First reported by ITV News the […]
Catholic leaders in the US and the Vatican are reportedly “on edge” after a senior church official in the US was outed last month in a Grindr data breach. Catholic leaders are worried the recent outing of a senior Catholic in the US could be the tip of the iceberg for more priests to be […]
Valor Christian High School Volleyball coach, Inoke Tonga says he was forced to resign following demands from senior staff members to “denounce being gay.” Despite having been at the school since the 2020 season, and initially being asked to return to coaching the girls’ volleyball team for the 2021-2022 season, Tonga’s employment in the Denver, […]
Israel has beaten New Zealand in easing restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood. Israel has lifted restrictions on blood donations for gay and bisexual men. Previously males wishing to donate blood in Israel were asked whether they had same-sex relations in the past 12 months, if the answer was yes, a ban […]
The Moderna HIV vaccine is modelled on the same technology as their COVID vaccination. American pharmaceutical company Moderna will begin human trials of a new mRNA (Messenger RNA) HIV vaccine this week. The vaccine is a collaboration between Moderna, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Clinical Trials […]
Proposed anti-gay legislation that would have added to Uganda’s wide range of anti-LGBTQ+ laws has been rejected by President, Yoweri Museveni. The Sexual Offences Bill which includes the punishment of 10-years in prison for same-sex couples who perform acts against the “order of nature” or anal sex between people of any gender along with other […]
It’s time to ‘sissy that walk’ down Madame Tussauds Las Vegas’ Rainbow Runway. RuPaul revealed a new wax figure at the must-see attraction on the Las Vegas Strip. The all-new experience invites guests to ‘meet’ and take cues from the most commercially successful drag queen of all time, RuPaul. This is the second time RuPaul […]
Gold Medal-winning Olympian Tom Daley has revealed that he almost missed the Tokyo Olympics after undergoing surgery for an injury that left him unable to walk just weeks prior. The 27-year-old British diver who had been competing for Olympic gold since just 14 years of age says that he knew his opportunity at Tokyo was […]