Category: Around the World
History has been made in Japan following the nation granting a refugee asylum on the grounds of sexual orientation for the first time. According to Japan’s Immigration Services Agency, the anonymous person had served two years in jail in their home country for consensual same-sex activity and was released on bail prior to travelling to […]
New data has shown a disturbing 81% rise in hate crimes against transgender people in England, Scotland, and Wales. First reported by the BBC, the data was obtained from 36 out of 44 police departments throughout Great Britain, and showed an increase to 1,944 reported hate crimes based on gender identity compared to 1,073 in […]
A new movement to boycott German personal care brand NIVEA is sweeping the globe following allegations of homophobia from the body-care giant. The proposed boycott follows a move by advertising agency FCB who advised their staff that they would not be renewing their contract with NIVEA after one of the company’s staff members allegedly asserted […]
In what’s being described as major progress towards finding a cure for HIV in people, scientists have announced the successful eradication of the virus from mice. The successful eradication which has made history, as the first time the virus has been eradicated in a living animal, was made by researchers at the Lewis Katz School […]
Turkish Police have used tear gas and Police dogs on participants in the annual Istanbul Pride march, in an attempt to disperse the officially banned event. The Istanbul Pride march, which has been banned by the Istanbul Governor’s Office since 2016, after authorities cited “security” and “safety concerns” following the 2014 march in which over […]
New data released by The Kirby Institute has revealed that Australia has recorded the lowest number of new HIV infections since 2001. The study found that in 2018 835 new cases of HIV were diagnosed, a decline of 23% over five years since 2013. Speaking about the new results, Professor Rebecca Guy, who heads the […]
Following becoming the first Asian nation to allow same-sex marriage, Taiwan has seen over one thousand same-sex weddings in just one month. Announcing the success of the new legislative change, Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior confirmed that in its first month of marriage equality, 790 female couples and 383 male couples (totalling 1,173) have since […]
More than 8,000 people were reported to have participated in the Kyiv Pride parade, with “no major incidents” being reported. The parade which is being hailed as a success, in general, was not without a few hiccups, with the Associated Press reporting that local police had to keep parade participants separate from LGBTI rights opponents who protested […]