Category: Around the World
The Norwegian Government has changed its guidelines to allow LGBT+ refugees to be prioritised in the country’s refugee intake. The Norwegian Department of Integration has decided to give priority to LGBTQ+ refugees when transferring from third countries. The Integration Secretariat has announced the modification of its directives and has instructed officials to deal with these […]
A United Nations (UN) expert has called for a global ban on conversion therapy, telling the Human Rights Council that the practice inflicts severe pain and suffering on LGBT+ people often resulting in long-lasting psychological and physical damage. Across the period of several months the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on […]
While stopping short of marriage equality, the bill will make Thailand’s one of the most LGBT-friendly places in Asia. Thailand is set to legalise same-sex civil unions, with the nation’s cabinet approving draft legalisation, set to be introduced to the nation’s parliament in coming weeks. While the bill is still pending, the biggest hurdle has […]
Mr Duda claims “LGBT ideology” is “more destructive than communist indoctrination” and promises to ban same-sex marriage. Polish President Andrzej Duda has been returned to office, winning a narrow victory over the liberal mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski. With 99.97 per cent of results now in, Mr Duda has 51.2% of the vote to Mr […]
More news confirming homophobia is running rampant in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has mocked the American embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag during global pride month. Putin made the comments in response to a post on the embassy’s official Instagram account which read “today we conclude the celebration of the Month of […]
Turkey’s President has launched an attack on members of the LGBT+ community in a public speech where he defended homophobic comments by the leader of the Turkish version of the Red Cross. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused LGBT+ people in his country of “sneaking up on our national and spiritual values again” and claimed queer […]
After becoming the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage, Taiwan holds a pride parade for the entire planet’s LGBTQ population. Taiwan staged a pride parade for the entire planet as one of the few countries (including New Zealand) that can lay claim to having successfully contained COVID 19. Over 200 people gathered in Liberty […]
The attack is now being treated as an act of terrorism. As police in the United Kingdom treat Sunday’s (NZ time) stabbing spree in the town of Reading as a terror act, The Guardian has now reported that all three victims were gay men. David Wails, a scientist, Joe Ritchie-Bennett, and history teacher James Furlong […]