Category: Around the World
Photos of identical twins as children are being used in a controversial study by scientists at the University of Essex who are asking strangers to guess the sexual orientation of those in the photos, now adults. The study reinforces sexuality stereotypes and societal constructs of gender. Those who were asked to guess the sexuality of […]
The coroner has ruled that a man who fell to his death in New South Wales was likely to have been killed as the result of a homophobic attack. Scott Johnson, 27, from the United States, was found dead at the bottom of a 200-foot cliff in December 1988. Johnson was naked and it was […]
The Australian Senate has passed Dean Smith’s marriage bill, with 43 senators voting for the proposed legislation, and 12 voting against it. The bill will now be sent to the House of Representatives where it will be debated next week. If passed without amendment, it will then go on to the Governor-General for Royal Assent, […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has delivered a formal apology for historic injustices against LGBT+ people, including homosexual convictions. “This is the devastating story of people who were branded criminals by the government — people who lost their livelihoods, and in some cases, their lives,” said Trudeau. “These aren’t distant practices of governments long forgotten. […]
61.6% of people have voted YES in the Australian same-sex marriage postal survey, it has been announced this afternoon. This is compared to 38.4% of people who voted no. With over 12 million total votes posted across Australia, there was a 79.5% national turnout according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Nearly 80 percent of […]
A man has allegedly thrown an acid-like substance at six LGBT+ activists in Moscow. As the activists were leaving the Fourth LGBTIQ+ Family Conference, organised by LGBTI+ group, Resource, they were attacked by the man and Police and ambulance were called to the scene. The substance used is unclear but originally believed to be a […]
A man who posed as a surgeon, causing the death of a transgender woman, has been arrested in Thailand. Thanatpong Jittheerapirom, 29 is being charged of manslaughter in connection to the death of a trans women who underwent breast enhancement surgery at the Divine Clinic in Lampang reports the Bangkok Post. The clinic was operating […]
As the city experiences hazardous smog levels, hundreds of people filled the streets of New Delhi not only to celebrate their identity and communities but as a form of activism, protesting the criminalisation of homosexuality and demanding social responsibility for discrimination. Organisers of the 10th annual Queer Pride parade said in a statement “We march […]