Category: Around the World
A new petition has been launched in Australia with the aim of ending the nation’s current ban on gay men donating blood within 12 months of same-sex sexual activity. Ky Ruprecht who is a medical student from Canberra launched the petition titled #AllOurBlood on Change.org, highlighting the current restrictions put in place and upheld by […]
Protesters took to the streets in Paris to show their disapproval of proposed new legislation that will allow same-sex couples and single women the right to conceive children with medical help. The French bioethics law, which was fronted by President Emmanuel Macron, will essentially end discrimination over reproductive rights and enable lesbian couples and single women […]
Just a month after the Botswana High Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to outlaw homosexuality, the nation’s attorney general is appealing the decision, leaving the LGBTI community disappointed and calling foul. Following the ruling by the Botswana High Court which stated that provisions in the penal code outlawing homosexuality were unconstitutional, Attorney General Adv. Abraham M. Keetshabe has […]
60 years after first releasing Barbie, the American multinational toy manufacturing company, Mattel has launched a new line of gender-neutral dolls. The new line of gender-neutral dolls called Creatable World, enable children to create their own dolls, without the restraints of gender norms. Mattel who claim that their new range is designed “to keep labels out […]
New documents filed in the Melbourne Federal Circuit Court indicate that former Wallabies Star, Israel Folau is fighting a losing battle against Rugby Australia following his dismissal for posting homophobic and offensive material on his social media. The documents which show that Folau (who had already acknowledged wrongdoing for previous social media posts in 2018 […]
The president of the LGBTI+ rights group, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) says that President Donald Trump is to blame for the ongoing problem of violence against transgender people. Newly appointed, Alphonso David, made the remarks during an interview with the Washington Blade prior to the first-ever National Transgender March on Washington and the 23rd annual […]
Montego Bay Pride in Jamaica has been cancelled by organisers who say that security concerns prompted the cancellation. According to reports by the Jamaica Gleaner, organisers of the pride celebration scheduled to be held in the Jamaican resort city of Montego Bay say that the city’s Mayor Homer Davis and St. James Councilor Charles Sinclair banned […]
In a bid to make homosexuality legal in their homeland of Mauritius, four young activists have approached the nation’s Supreme Court and challenge the current laws constitutional standing. Currently in Mauritius – while prosecution is rare, Section 250 criminalises homosexuality by stating: “Any person who is guilty of the crime of sodomy … shall be […]