Category: Around the World
A French member of parliament has tabled a bill in parliament aimed at banning conversion therapies which are on the rise in France. The bill will see legislation created that will outlaw the practice with the possibility of three years prison and fines of up to €45,000 EUR ($70,000 NZD). MP Laurence Vanceunebrock said the […]
Popular gay dating app Grindr has announced its plan to remove the ethnicity filter in the app’s next release in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In a recent twitter post, Grindr issued its full support for the #BlackLivesMatter movement stating that the company will stand with “the hundreds of thousands of queer people […]
One of Turkmenistan’s most popular actors has found himself sentenced to two years in prison for the crime of homosexuality. While not being publically named, the actor, his partner, and around a dozen other men across the country were arrested by authorities in March 2020 following suspicions of homosexuality. Sadly in Turkmenistan, many LGBT+ people […]
Costa Rica has become the first country in Central America to legalise same-sex marriage and 28th in the world. On May 26, a court decision from the Supreme Court of Costa Rica came into force that officially legalises the marriage of same-sex couples. In August 2018, the Supreme Court had declared the ban on marriage […]
Australia’s first female Governor-General, Dame Quentin Bryce has lent her support towards the first LGBTI Domestic Violence Awareness Day which will be held on Thursday. Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate, so the inaugural day will shine a light on the staggeringly high levels of domestic violence being experienced within LGBTI relationships and seriously low levels of […]
JK Rowling is once again facing criticism after the Harry Potter Author liked anti-transgender tweets that targeted a trans woman facing online bullying. The Authors latest anti-trans controversy follows her December 2019 tweet in support of a woman who lost her job for anti-trans views and liking a tweet that described trans women and “men […]
A transgender man has made history in Vietnam after giving birth to his baby daughter on the 16th of May. The well-known transgender couple Minh Khang and Minh Anh welcomed their healthy 2.3kg baby daughter Thiên An into the world in Ho Chi Man City. The 24-year-old husband Khang, who was female at birth and […]
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, LGBT+ charities are warning of an “unfolding humanitarian crisis” in Commonwealth countries, particularly in South Africa. The Kaleidoscope Trust which represents LGBTI+ charities working in Commonwealth nations has said that the COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting response encouraging threats of inequality, exclusion, discrimination and poverty already pose to […]