Category: Around the World
Tony Abbott has been blasted a ‘homophobe’ and ‘misogynist,’ as his lesbian sister comes to the former Australian PM’s defence. The British government is under growing pressure to dump Mr Abbott as an advisor to the board of trade just a day after his appointment becomes official. When Health Secretary Matt Hancock was challenged on-air […]
Nine men have been arrested and put on public display after Indonesian police detained them in a raid on a gay party at a hotel in Jakarta. The United Nations Human Rights Council has called on Indonesian authorities to release the people detained after they were made to crouch in the back of station wagons […]
A storm is brewing on social media with homophobic Twitter users attacking openly gay South African YouTuber and reality TV star Lasizwe, after he tweeted that youth need to learn about “same-sex love.” Lasizwe who is best known as the first Black South African to have his own MTV reality show, caused the Twitter backlash […]
The polish gay couple, made famous earlier in the year by making and distributing rainbow coloured face masks, have gone one step further in their battle against the homophobic polish government and visited the Vatican to ask the Pope for help. Earlier this month, the two men arrived at the Holy See where they raised […]
The ACT joins Queensland in outlawing the dangerous practice, with punishments of up to 12 months in jail. The Australia Capital Territory has banned Gay Conversion Therapy. The territory’s legislative assembly passed into law the Sexuality and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Bill which will come into effect early next year and places a complete […]
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 […]