Category: Around the World
“There is absolutely no support for the claim that the ongoing service of transgender people would have any negative effective on the military at all” Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au A US federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on trans people serving in the military. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the Federal District […]
Allegations of sexual harassment towards a minor have been made against Kevin Spacey and in response, the actor decided it was an appropriate time to come out. It was not. What usually would be a celebration of an accomplished actor coming out as gay after years of rumours is anything but. Instead, the news has […]
English singer Sam Smith has opened up about his gender, revealing that he doesn’t consider himself cis. Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au Smith discussed his gender in a recent interview, saying he feels as male as he does female, SBS News has reported. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter talked about being bullied in school for dressing in a feminine […]
A Scottish man who was sentenced to three years imprisonment for brushing the hip of another man in a bar has been cleared of the charges after intervention from the UAE’s prime minister. Jamie Harron, who was arrested for public indecency, has now been given his passport back and is free to return to the […]
A British man has been given a jail sentence in Dubai for touching another man’s hip in a bar, something he says he did to avoid spilling his drink. Jamie Harron, 27, will be jailed for three months after spending time stuck in the country since the incident on July 15. Legal advocates, Detained in […]
The World Health Organisation Director-General has backtracked on his appointment of Robert Mugabe as a ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ after international pressure. “I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns, and heard the different issues that they have raised,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “It is my aim to build a worldwide movement for […]
Model Ines Rau has become the first ever transgender Playboy Playmate. Rau, who has graced the pages of Vogue Italia, is featured as the November Playmate centrefold, three years after first celebrating her coming out with a nude photo in the magazine. Speaking to Playboy, she says while doing the shoot she was thinking about […]
Robert Mugabe, the anti-LGBT+ leader of Zimbabwe has been appointed as a ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ by the UN World Health Organisation’s director general and the move has been widely criticised. In his speech, Tedros Adhanom said “Today I am honoured to announce that President Mugabe has agreed to serve as a goodwill ambassador on NCDs [non-communicable […]