Category: Around the World
Pride organisations across the globe unite to organise a ‘Global Pride’ event on 27 June. While June and July are traditionally marked by pride celebrations in the northern hemisphere, this year’s COVID -19 outbreak means the usual mass gatherings will have to be scrapped. San Francisco became the latest to cancel its Pride festival, which […]
The state of Virginia has signed several LGBTI+ rights bills into law, that includes a repeal of the states statutory same-sex marriage ban, and extensions to transgender rights. The new bills which were signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam will officially come into effect from the 1st of July, and will dramatically change the […]
As the death toll from Coronavirus continues to rise in the United Kingdom and around the world, a gay porn actor has offered workers on the frontline free access to his OnlyFans account to “relax” them. In a very unique way of contributing to the COVID-19 crisis, gay porn actor Josh Moore posted on twitter […]
An LGBTI+ organisation in the United Kingdom believes that LGBTI+ youth may be better off staying in the closet during the coronavirus crisis lockdown. With millions across the globe under a form of lockdown or isolation, Tim Sigsworth, CEO of the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT), has warned that the current situation could put those who […]
Under the cover of the Coronavirus pandemic, an LGBTI+ homeless shelter in Uganda has been raided by government security forces. The Children of the Sun Foundations shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth in the town of Kyengera was raided by residents and security forces on the morning of 29 March, in a direct order from the […]
Hungary’s government has announced new plans to target the rights of transgender people with a new bill that aims to block individuals from being able to change their gender marker after birth. Submitted by Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén on 31 March (coinciding with International Transgender Day of Visibility), the bill proposes that “sex at […]
The Australian Government has removed Truvada from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), however, has confirmed that other generic options will still be included. Australians will no longer be able to access Truvada, which is used for HIV treatment as well as for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), however, the Australian Federation […]
Due to the unprecedented demand for blood supplies in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has announced a significant loosening of eligibility for blood donations from gay and bisexual men. The organisation is now suggesting that the time that men who have had sex with men should wait before they give blood, to […]