Category: Around the World
The Indonesian Army has been ordered by the Mayor of Padang to round up gay people so they can be exorcised or “guided” into becoming straight. According to Indonesian news site Tirto, Mayor Mahyeldi Ansharullah called in the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to conduct a search to identify and arrest people suspected of being of the LGBT community. Speaking in […]
One of the United States’ most notorious proponents of conversion therapy has announced that he is, in fact, dating men, despite claiming to be a successfully converted ex-gay. David Matheson, who is best known as the Mormon co-creator of conversion therapy programmes such as Journey into Manhood and writer of the ‘ex-gay’ book, Becoming a Whole Man, has now revealed he’s “seeking […]
In a historic victory for LGBTI and human rights in Africa, Angola has officially repealed colonial-era legislation that banned same-sex sexuality. Angola which is now the first country to decriminalise homosexuality in 2019, adopted the new penal code that excludes the previous 1886 ban on “vices against nature,” which is widely understood to relate to […]
In a move that has shocked LGBTI rights groups around the world, the Supreme Court of Japan has upheld a 2003 law which prohibits transgender people from legally changing their gender unless they get sterilised first. According to SBS News, the panel of four justices ruled unanimously against the appeal which was filed by Takakito Usui, […]
Members of Pride Toronto have successfully voted against allowing police to participate in the annual Pride Parade with a slim 163 to 161 majority. The vote which was held at a special general meeting at Ryerson University means that should the results be binding no police will be allowed to participate while wearing uniform in the […]
In what’s being described as a backward move, the United States Supreme Court has given support for President Donald Trump’s controversial transgender military ban after attempts to challenge the ban failed. With two separate cases challenging the ban failing, including Karnoski v. Trump and Stockman v. Trump, the United States Supreme Court has issued stays, meaning the […]
At least two have been killed and dozens more arrested in what LGBTI activists in Chechnya have confirmed to be a renewed anti-LGBT crackdown in the Russian-influenced nation. The reports of the renewed crackdown first surfaced from Russia with speculation that both men and women were being targeted in the new wave of persecution. Further […]
Tech-giant Google is facing criticism for having an app that promotes the notion of gay conversion therapy available for download in its Google Play store. The app which is available for download via Google’s Play store is produced by the Texas-based Christian group Living Home Ministries, and reportedly describes transgender individuals as suffering from “gender confusion,” and […]