Category: Around the World
The British government has confirmed that the practice of dangerous and harmful conversion therapy will soon be outlawed in the United Kingdom. The ban which is a direct result of a nationwide survey, that made 75 recommendations to the U.K. government with the aim of promoting equality, and fighting discrimination based on sexual orientation and […]
Angela Ponce has been chosen to represent Spain in the 67th annual Miss Universe pageant which will be held at the end of this year, making history for the trans community in Spain and across the world. The 27-year-old model who is officially the first transgender woman to win the Miss Universe Spain pageant since […]
Rubber bullets and pepper spray have been used by local police to shut-down and disperse defiant members of Turkey’s Rainbow community following the banning of Istanbul Pride. The pride event which was refused a permit due to local police claiming that they “could not take steps to secure their safety and did not find it […]
The Elton John stage musical Billy Elliot has been officially cancelled in Hungary following the release of a homophobic newspaper article accused the show of being “gay propaganda,” to turn children gay. The announcement of the show’s cancellation was made by The Hungarian State Opera last week, with the Budapest run production highlighting a collapse […]
Less than a month after the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of a homophobic baker, the Court has declined to revisit a case involving a florist who also refused to serve a same-sex couple. Curt Freed and Robert Ingersoll who was denied service by the flower shop, Arlene’s Flowers, while planning their 2013 […]
The Iris Angola Association (Associação Íris Angola) has become the first civil rights organisation, advocating for LGBT+ rights to be legally registered by the Angolan government. According to the association’s director, Carlos Fernandez, the newly formed organisation is apart of a larger organisation established in 2013, the Angolan National Coordination Mechanism for Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. “We […]
America’s Got talent judge Mel B has been brought to tears during an audition by transgender singer Brody Ray, who chose to sing a song that he felt related to his “struggles and battles.” Ray who also received a standing ovation for his performance, shared that he would be singing the song Stand in the […]
In what is being described as a world first, a Kenyan refugee camp has hosted its very own LGBTI pride parade, with over 200 attendees. Kakuma Refugee Camp, which hosted the event is believed to be the third largest of its kind in the world, housing over 180,000 refugees. Of those, approximately 200 openly identify as […]