Category: Around the World
Organisers of the EuroPride march are being forced to find an alternative route after Serbian police officially banned the original route following mass anti-LGBTQ+ protests. EuroPride, which is hosted in a different European city each year, was due to take place in Belgrade on Saturday, the 17th of September, as part of Serbia’s bid for […]
Sri Lanka’s Government has confirmed that they will not oppose a proposed bill aiming to decriminalise homosexuality. The announcement, made by the president of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on the 11th of September, marks a significant step forward for LGBTQ+ rights in the nation where Same-sex relationships are currently illegal. Proposed by MP Premnath C […]
US President Joe Biden has been urged to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people following findings of a “deliberate effort” to “roll back human rights” in the United States. Making the comments at a UN press conference, the independent UN expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz explained that “equality is not yet within reach and in many cases […]
The United States has reported its first death of a person diagnosed with the monkeypox virus, leaving officials scrambling to investigate if the virus played any role in the death. The death was announced on Tuesday, the 30th of August, by the Texas Department of State Health Services, stating that a “severely immunocompromised” monkeypox patient […]
With EuroPride set to take place in Belgrade, Serbia, thousands of Anti-LGBTQ+ Serbians have taken to the streets to protest the inclusive event. The protesters who oppose Belgrade’s plans to host EuroPride on the 17th of September held signs with Absurd religious and homophobic statements, often picturing religious figures. The protest, led by clergy from […]
Vietnam’s rainbow community is celebrating a significant step forward in LGBTQ+ rights after the nation’s health ministry finally declared that being LGBTQ+ is “not an illness.” The move by the nation’s ministry of health was announced in an official document stating that being LGBTQ+ is “entirely not an illness” and “cannot be ‘cured’ nor need[s] […]
Members of the Australian Defence Force will now be able to participate in LGBTQ+ events again after Australia’s deputy Prime Minister revoked a ban put in place by former Minister Peter Dutton. The ban, which was put in place by then Minister of Defence Peter Dutton, saw Australian Defence staff banned from organising and celebrating […]
Homosexuality has finally been legalised in the city-state Gay rights activists in Singapore are celebrating “a triumph of love over fear” as the city-state abolished a colonial-era law that made homosexuality illegal. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the decision on national TV, backtracking on the government’s previous position to keep 377A – which bans […]