Category: Around the World

May 26
India’s First Openly Lesbian Athlete Now Facing Rejection From Her Family

Dutee Chand who became India’s first openly LGBTI athlete has revealed that following coming-out her sister is threatening to expel her from their family. 23-year-old Chand, who broke ground by coming out as an LGBTI athlete following India’s historic recent decriminalisation of homosexuality, explained that she is in a relationship, however, her sexuality has not been accepted […]

May 23
Canada to Ban Advertising of Conversion Therapy to Youth

A new bill that would make it illegal to advertise conversion therapy to youth has been introduced in Canada’s Senate. The legislation (known as Bill S-260) which was tabled by Liberal Senator Serge Joyal plans to outlaw the promotion to the youth of so-called conversion therapy which claims to change the sexual orientation of LGBTI […]

May 20
Israel Folau Gone For Good? 

Rugby Australia (RA) have confirmed that Israel Folau is no longer an employee after he decided against lodging an appeal within the 72-hour deadline against the termination of his million dollar a year contract.    There is still the option for Folau to challenge the legality of the contract he originally signed with RA with […]

May 20
Taiwan Becomes First Country In Asia To Legalise Same-Sex Marriage

Taiwan has become the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage after the passing of a highly-contentious bill by the nation’s lawmakers. The historic bill which was passed by Taiwan’s parliament with a 66 to 27 majority, ultimately approves the legislation that was initially tabled by the government, in favour of watered-down rival bills […]

May 18
Israel Folau Formally Sacked – However This May Not Be The End Of The Saga

Folau’s rugby career in Australia is officially over – for now at least, with Rugby Australia announcing they have formally sacked controversial Wallabies player Israel Folau following his refusal to apologise or even remove his anti-gay Instagram post. An independent three-person panel on Friday found that his posts saying gay people would go to hell […]

May 14
Ireland Says No To Hate Banning Homophobic Preacher Steven Anderson

As the list of Nations who will allow entry to the notoriously homophobic preacher, Steven Anderson shrinks, the preacher has now become the first person to be banned from entering Ireland in over 20 years. Along with Ireland’s ban, Anderson who is also known for his anti-semitic views is now barred from entering other European […]

May 14
Transgender People Forced To Conduct Self-Surgery In China

A disturbing new report has shown that desperate transgender people in China have been resorting to purchasing unsafe hormone treatments on the black market and performing highly dangerous surgery on themselves. The new report which was released by Amnesty International has highlighted the issue noting that members of the Chinese transgender community have been forced […]

May 10
Australian Labor Party Use Grindr Ads in Fight Against Homophobic Opponent

The Australian Labor party are running ads on Grindr in its fight against an opponent who once linked same-sex marriage to paedophilia. In Australia, Labor is using the non-conventional campaign technique in the Victorian seat of Scullin, where the Liberal opponent Gurpal Singh once linked same-sex marriage to a paedophile. Gurpal Singh was a ‘No’ […]