Category: Around the World
Bangladesh has added a third gender option to its electoral enrolment forms, four years after the gender diverse population received legal recognition. Acknowledging the Hijra population of Bangladesh, a term used in South Asia for gender diverse people, the change in law will give people the option of choosing male, female or Hijra on electoral […]
George Michael donated more than half a million dollars to an HIV charity it has been revealed. Los Angeles based organisation Project Angel Food was founded in 1989 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and received $25,000 a year from Michael, who wished to stay anonymous to avoid “fanfare”. Executive Director of Project Angel Food, […]
Chelsea Manning has announced she will be running for the US Senate. The activist and whisteblower is set to run for Senator in Maryland and will as a Democrat, just eight months after she was released from military prison. She will be challenging sitting senator Ben Cardin, who was first elected in 2007 and has […]
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has today confirmed that gay icon and pop superstar Cher will headline the official party this year, after weeks of speculation and rumour. Matthew Wade, StarObserver.com.au Described as the Goddess of Pop and one of the best-selling artists of all time, Cher’s exclusive Australian performance firmly places this year’s […]
A lesbian woman was found by Police in Washington, D.C in the boot of a car that was on fire, a few days after Christmas, on December 28. Kerrice Lewis, 23, had been shot and put in the boot of her car that was then set on fire. She died before medics arrived at the […]
As marriage equality came into law on December 9 in Australia, a number of same-sex couples tied the knot at midnight across the country. Australian athletes Luke Sullivan, 23, and Craig Burns, 29, were among the couples who celebrated their marriage shortly after midnight. “Equality, where we can get married, is a huge step forward […]
An Australian queer couple were on the receiving end of verbal abuse and discrimination while flying to visit family on New Year’s Eve. Travelling between Melbourne and Perth on New Year’s Eve, Cat Franke, 23 and Julz Evans, 26, say they feared for their lives after being “physically trapped with someone who wanted to hurt […]
The first openly gay prince in India has opened his palace to vulnerable members of the queer and gender diverse communities. Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil of Rajpipla in Gujarat plans to build on his property to house additional people and run the centre with his organisation The Lakshya Trust. The Trust strives to achieve sexual […]