Category: Around the World
You can view the trailer for Pixar’s new gay short film OUT here. Pixar has introduced its first-ever gay lead character in the short film Out. Out debuted on digital streaming platform Disney+, as part of the SparkShorts series, over the weekend. The short film tells the story of Greg who has yet to tell his parents he […]
Nineteen gay men and trans women who were arrested in a raid on an LGBT+ shelter in Uganda in March are finally free after charges against them were dropped. The director of public prosecutions officially withdrew all charges against the traumatised individuals who’d been refused bail and access to their lawyers for 49 days. In […]
Next year’s Olympics host nation may be about to become more LGBT+ inclusive. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is being called upon by Japanese LGBT+ activist groups to introduce a law which would protect LGBT Japanese against discrimination. 96 Human Rights and LGBT+ groups have signed and sent a letter to the prime minister after […]
Albania has now joined the list of nations (that still excluded New Zealand) to officially ban the dangerous practice known as ‘conversion therapy’. The decision to outlaw the practice was made by the nation’s Order of Psychologists who declared ‘conversation therapy’ was harmful and removed it from the list of permitted treatments in the country. […]
A disgusting and shocking video showing a homophobic babysitter slapping a young boy for dancing “gay” has gone viral on social media leaving viewers shocked and angry. The video of the young boy facing homophobic abuse was initially posted to Instagram Stories and has since been viewed on twitter more than 8 million times. […]
The results of a new study from France have shown that hate crimes against the french LGBT+ community have risen 36% in 2019. The figures which were released by the nation’s interior ministry highlight that GBT+ men in France were more likely to be victims of hate crimes with the data also showing higher rates […]
In a show of support for the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHOBIT), the US Embassy in Kazakhstan has displayed the rainbow flag on the side of the embassy in Nur Saltan. Same-sex sexual conduct was decriminalised in 1998 and the right to change your legal gender was allowed in 2003, but all other LGBTIQ rights […]
Disruptions in healthcare services due to the coronavirus pandemic could lead to an extra 500,000 AIDS-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa by next year, more than doubling the death toll in 2018. A modelling group convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS have suggested that six months of interrupted antiretroviral therapy could exacerbate suffering […]