Category: Around the World

Dec 15
UK Relax ‘Gay Blood’ Laws Further than New Zealand

Gay males in long term monogamous relationships will now be able to donate blood regardless of sexual activity in the UK but not in NZ. Blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men are being relaxed across the United Kingdom, hours after New Zealand changed its own.   There will now be a lift on […]

Dec 14
Homophobic US Lawmaker Who Resigned For Making Anti-Gay Slurs Is Re-Elected

John Mandt Jr, a lawmaker in the US state of West Virginia, has been re-elected despite his earlier resignation this year for allegedly saying “silly faggots, and dicks are for chicks!” 57-year-old John Mandt Jr withdrew after he reportedly commented on a Facebook group chat called “The Right Stuff,” (which included conservative state lawmakers and […]

Dec 10
Suspended For Wearing Nail Polish: US Teen Gains Support of Over 200,000 In Petition

A US teen has found himself being supported by over 200,000 people after he was suspended from his Texas school for wearing nail polish. 17-year-old Trevor Wilkinson, a senior at Clyde High School in Clyde, Texas, found himself at the centre of controversy after he returned from Thanksgiving break with his nails painted. Despite the school […]

Dec 03
Laverne Cox Victim of Transphobic Attack

The Orange Is the New Black star says, “You’re not safe if you are a trans person.”  Laverne Cox has taken to her Instagram to detail how she and her friend were both victims of a transphobic attack on the streets of Los Angeles. The Orange Is the New Black star says she was left […]

Dec 02
Biden Planning Rapid Unwind Of Anti-LGBT+ Trump Policy

President-elect Joe Biden has announced his plans to unwind anti-LGBT+ policy enacted by outgoing President Donald Trump. The incoming President who will take office in January is expected to use his executive powers to unwind many of the backwards steps taken by Trump in regards to LGBT+ rights including the ban on transgender military personnel […]

Nov 26
Over Half Of Trans People Experienced A Transphobic Attack In 2020 According To UK Report

A new report from the United Kingdom has shown that more than half of all trans people in the nation have experienced a transphobic attack in public over the past 12 months. Conducted by Galop, who is an LGBT+ anti-violence charity, the report has revealed the disturbing amount of violence, abuse, harassment and prejudice against […]

Nov 26
Victoria Set to Ban Cruel Conversion Practices For Good

Cruel and bigoted practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity will soon be stamped out across the Australian state of Victoria, thanks to new laws that have been introduced into Parliament. The Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020 will put in place new measures to protect […]

Nov 26
Washington D.C On Track To Ban ‘Panic Defence’

Legislation to remove so-called ‘panic defence’ has been unanimously approved in Washington D.C’s Judiciary and Public Safety Committee. The approval of the legislation now paved the way for the proposed legislation to be enacted by the Council in December and means that attorneys will no longer be able to use of the so-called gay and […]