Category: Around the World
The BBC in the United Kingdom has found itself in hot water following a segment which gave pro conversion therapy groups a platform to promote their harmful and discredited views. The report, which aired on Monday, August 10 on BBC News at Six, featured Gareth, a survivor of conversion therapy, who opened up about the […]
A new study by Behemoth Nielsen has suggested that approximately 10% of all video game players are LGBT+. In an industry which has always been reticent to identify levels of LGBT+ consumers in the past, the results from Nielsen’s annual games 360 survey also breaks down the 10% of queer gamers suggesting 50% are bisexual, […]
Poland’s President has said his country’s LGBT community ‘are not people, it’s an ideology.’ Polish opposition MPs formed a rainbow with their outfits at President Andrzej Duda’s swearing-in. The members of the Polish Parliament said they are taking a stand against the rhetoric from Mr Duda who ran a homophobic re-election campaign and were standing […]
An appeal by two men in Tunisia who were sent to jail for homosexuality has been upheld by an appeals court in the north African country. In a decision made by the court of appeals, the men had originally been sentenced to two years in jail in June, but the appeals court reduced their sentence […]
The Republican Party in the US state of North Dakota has found itself being condemned by both Democrats and Republicans following the publishing of absurd and offensive remarks about the rainbow community. The remarks which were made in the party’s extended policy platform, claim that LGBT+ people “recruit children” and “prey” on women. The policy document […]
A disturbing report has highlighted the widespread oppression and discrimination faced by LGBT+ Syrians at the hands of both the government and ISIS. Interviewing 40+ LGBT+ people, three heterosexual men, as well as various caseworkers and humanitarian organisation representatives, the Human Rights Watch report found that LGBT+ citizens are being subjected to extreme acts of […]
Five-time British trampoline champion and World Championship medallist Luke Strong has come out as bisexual. After a number of injuries in the last two years which has seen the athlete reflect on his career and life, Strong, 27, has made the announcement publicly on a BBC podcast interview. “I have never hidden anything, and I […]
Jamel Young a 33-Year-old Black transgender army veteran is suing the New York Police Department following the “dehumanising” treatment he received at a routine traffic stop. Young who had made the journey to New York from Atlanta with his Girlfriend in March 2019 says that he was made to feel “worthless” by police who had […]