Category: Around the World
The United Nations Human Rights Council has confirmed the extension mandating the LGBTI rights watchdog for another 3 years. The extension which passed by a 27-12 margin was supported by Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, […]
Amnesty International is urging the South Korean military to remove its outdated and backwards ban on consensual same-sex sexual activity between members of its Armed Forces. The ban which has remained in place despite homosexuality being legal in South Korea is inforced by Article 92-6 of the nation’s Military Criminal Act and punishes sexual relations […]
The United States House of Representatives has approved an amendment as part of major defence policy legislation will restore the rights of transgender people to serve in the military and prohibit the armed forces from discriminating against LGBTI service members. Known as the “Harry Truman” amendment (as it was modelled after the 1948 executive order […]
The Far-Right homophobic action group One Million Moms has set its sights on children’s film Toy Story 4, after accusing the film of blindsiding families with lesbian scenes. The action group who have a well-documented history of homophobia is now encouraging its members to boycott Pixar and Disney. According to the group’s new campaign, “Disney […]
Hundreds of Thousands of people attended events for Madrid Pride this year with estimates from organisers ranging up to one million participants across the festival. The festival which is promoted as being one of the biggest and best pride events in Europe and across the world saw police estimates of over 400,000 at Madrid’s Atocha […]
Botswana’s Government has announced its plans to overturn a groundbreaking ruling by the nation’s High Court that saw the decriminalisation of homosexuality. The historic ruling by the High Court found that Sections 164 and 167 of Botswana’s Penal Code, (which gave a seven-year prison sentence to those found guilty of “carnal knowledge of any person against the […]
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 […]