Category: Around the World
Late in 2019 Germany’s government approved legislation that would ban the dangerous practice of conversion therapy being used on LGBTQ+ minors. On the run-up to 2020, the German Cabinet approved the draft bill that will make it illegal to advertise or apply “treatments” that aim to change the sexual or gender identity of those who […]
Court’s new tirade comes just weeks before the Australian Open and sparks new debate over the naming of the Margaret Court Arena. Tennis great Margaret Court has launched a new attack on the LGBT community while claiming Tennis Australia were trying to silence her from talking about transgender athletes. In a sermon at her Perth […]
Sir Elton joins Olivia Newtown John in receiving a New Year honour. Sir Elton John has received the highest acknowledgement in 2019’s new year honours list. The Tiny Dancer singer was awarded the Companion of Honour for a career spanning more than five decades which includes selling more than 300 million records. Sir Elton John already holds […]
The event was held as pressure mounts on the Cook Islands to stop criminalising homosexuality. Louisa Wall travelled to the Cook Islands to take part in an event for Cook Islands Pride which took place on 19 December. The event was hosted by the Te Tiare Association with Wall as the main guest speaker. […]
Hallmark continue to use adverts featuring heterosexual couples getting married. An advertisement featuring two brides kissing at the altar has been taken off US network Hallmark. The removal was a result of a campaign led by conservative group One Million Moms, which is part of the American Family Association. The group had lobbied the CEO […]
Openly gay Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe has joined several other public figures appearing in a video criticising the Australian Government’s current Religious Discrimination Bill. The financed political group that has morphed from pushing marriage equality during that debate to one that inserts themselves into any equality debate, Equality Australia, has released the video across social […]
Two men from Dallas, Texas, have pleaded guilty to a hate crime and other charges for using Grindr to target gay men and commit violence robberies. The men who were accused of forcing victims at gunpoint to withdraw money at ATMs pleaded guilty to one count of committing a hate crime under the Matthew Shepard […]
Social media company TikTok is facing criticism after it was accused of censoring LGBTI users. Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok who have since confirmed the allegations were accused by German digital blog Netzpolitik of censoring content produced by people with disabilities, body positivity advocates and LGBTI people as recently as this past September as a […]