Category: Around the World
The first Pride Train staffed by an all LGBTQ+ crew has had its maiden journey today in the UK countryside. Launched by train company Avanti West Coast, who run routes across the UK, have unveiled the train just two months after the end of Pride Month. Its first voyage on Tuesday saw it travel from […]
A father in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to 18 months jail after forcing his 15-year-old son to strip and mercilessly whipped him after finding out he was on Grindr. The father in his 40s, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his son, pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm […]
Los Angeles police have arrested two of the three men accused of carrying out a transphobic attack on transgender women on Hollywood Boulevard on August 17. Eden the Doll, who has a large following on Instagram, was waiting for a cab alongside her friends Joslyn Flawless and Jaslene White Rose when the trio said they […]
Police are investigating a bizarre attack in a Tel Aviv public swimming pool where a gay couple subjected to a homophobic attack for having “too narrow swimming trunks and an earring in the ear.” According to victims that have spoken to the Israeli Our Cafe Newspaper, they were attacked by young people of Arab origin, […]
A broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team has apologised for using a homophobic slur on a hot mic during a game against the Kansas City Royals. Play-by-play baseball announcer Thom Brennaman could be heard saying on the Fox Sports Ohio broadcast, “One of the f*g capitals of the world,” before then resuming his on-air […]
A Missouri couple, best known for pointing firearms at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home have been confirmed as speakers at the upcoming Republican Party convention. The duo who are both personal injury lawyers, Mark and Patricia McCloskey made headlines around the world following an incident in which they were filmed pointing guns at […]
Three trans women were beaten, robbed, and humiliated in a brutal attack by a pack of men in LA, while onlookers simply ignored the crime. Jaslene White Rose, Eden the Doll, and Joslyn Flawless who are at victims at the centre of the incident found themselves attacked on the busy Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. […]
In a sign of the Chinese Government’s increasing clampdown on civil society and the LGBT community, China’s longest-running and most well-known Pride events have been unexpectantly shut down. Organisers announced that Shanghai Pride would be suspending its work after 11 years without giving a reason via their Facebook page last week. Titled “the end of […]