Category: Around the World
Following meeting with US President Joe Biden, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a promise to fight for the rights of his LGBTQ+ citizens. Ukraine, which has been slow at implementing LGBTQ+ rights leaving the nation’s rainbow community facing widespread discrimination including, no legal recognition of same-sex relationships and discrimination in the workplace with no […]
Finland’s parliament will now consider a total ban on the dangerous practise known as ‘conversion therapy,’ following overwhelming support from the public. The proposed ban which has been put to the parliament via a citizens’ initiative, which has since gained over 50,000 signatures, would outlaw efforts to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of […]
Following being outed by his family and trying to flee the country, a gay man in Afghanistan was beaten, raped by the Taliban. The man, whose identity has been kept secret for his protection was targeted by the extremist militant group while trying to find a path to safety. First reported by ITV News the […]
Catholic leaders in the US and the Vatican are reportedly “on edge” after a senior church official in the US was outed last month in a Grindr data breach. Catholic leaders are worried the recent outing of a senior Catholic in the US could be the tip of the iceberg for more priests to be […]
Valor Christian High School Volleyball coach, Inoke Tonga says he was forced to resign following demands from senior staff members to “denounce being gay.” Despite having been at the school since the 2020 season, and initially being asked to return to coaching the girls’ volleyball team for the 2021-2022 season, Tonga’s employment in the Denver, […]
Israel has beaten New Zealand in easing restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood. Israel has lifted restrictions on blood donations for gay and bisexual men. Previously males wishing to donate blood in Israel were asked whether they had same-sex relations in the past 12 months, if the answer was yes, a ban […]
The Moderna HIV vaccine is modelled on the same technology as their COVID vaccination. American pharmaceutical company Moderna will begin human trials of a new mRNA (Messenger RNA) HIV vaccine this week. The vaccine is a collaboration between Moderna, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Clinical Trials […]
Proposed anti-gay legislation that would have added to Uganda’s wide range of anti-LGBTQ+ laws has been rejected by President, Yoweri Museveni. The Sexual Offences Bill which includes the punishment of 10-years in prison for same-sex couples who perform acts against the “order of nature” or anal sex between people of any gender along with other […]