Category: Around the World
The Polish city of Bialystok has seen its inaugural Pride march attacked by right-wing radicals, resulting in multiple arrests, and injuries. According to reports, approximately 1,000 members of the LGBTI community and allies peacefully gathered while waving rainbow flags in the city centre for the city’s first-ever Pride, calling for LGBTI equality. Surrounded by police […]
Pop star Ricky Martin has joined in on protests and thrown his weight behind demands to see Puerto Rico’s homophobic governor to resign. Governor Ricardo Rosselló has found himself in hot water following a series of over 900 homophobic and disrespectful text messages between him and his top aides and cabinet members that had been […]
The Israeli Minister of Education has found himself under pressure to resign after it was revealed that the Minister and Orthodox rabbi believes that homosexuality can be “cured” through conversion therapy. Rafael Peretz, who is the nation’s Education Minister, a former military officer, Orthodox rabbi, and the head of the ultranationalist United Right party made the […]
Alan Turing, the gay British mathematics genius who helped defeat Nazi Germany in the Second World War, will once again make history as the first openly LGBTI person to be featured on a Banknote. The Bank of England made the announcement that Turing would become the face of the new £50 note, during a press conference in which the […]
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Amnesty International is urging the South Korean military to remove its outdated and backwards ban on consensual same-sex sexual activity between members of its Armed Forces.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 […]