Category: Around the World
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has finally decided to backtrack on one of its anti-LGBTI policies, that prevented the children of LGBTI Mormons being welcomed, accepted, or baptised by the church. The church which is also known as the Mormon Church announced its move to retract the 2015 policy on April 4 that deemed […]
Beyoncé has called for love, acceptance, and the removal of stigma towards the rainbow community in her impassioned acceptance speech at the GLAAD media awards. Along with her husband Jay-Z, the 37-year-old singer, songwriter, and actor were honoured by the LGBTI media advocacy organisation, receiving the Vanguard Award, which is presented to allies who have […]
Tech giant Google has finally made the decision to remove a Christian “conversion therapy” app that advises LGBTI youth to change their sexual orientation from its app store. Google’s move to remove the app, appears to be in response to global pressure from consumers and an intense four-month pressure campaign, led by the US-based organisation Truth […]
The Cayman Islands have officially legalised same-sex marriage, after a landmark ruling that saw a lesbian couple take on the nation’s definition of marriage. The couple at the heart of the victory, Chantelle Day, and her fiancée, Vickie Bodden Bush, were initially denied the right to wed, in April 2018 and took the matter to […]
The small Asian nation of Brunei will officially enforce new legislation today, that will see it join just a handful of other nations in punishing homosexuality with the death penalty. The new provisions of a draconian sharia law Penal Code will come into effect today (3 April 2019) and will include whipping, torture, and death […]
In yet another twist in the Jussie Smollett saga, prosecutors have now dropped all charges against the Empire star for reporting an alleged hoax hate-crime. The decision to drop all charges was announced in a statement after 36-year-old Smollett appeared in court on Tuesday. “After reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case, […]
A new resolution has been introduced to fight President Donald Trump’s purge of transgender people within the United States Military. The resolution which was introduced by U.S. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer. is set to be voted on next week, just days before the anti-transgender purge will take effect on April 12. House Majority Leader […]
In a move to provide LGBTI equality and protection to all US citizens across the nation no matter what state they reside in, a number of Representatives have introduced historic legislation known as the Equality Act into Congress. While pockets of states throughout the United States have some kind of LGBTI protections in place, 30 […]