Category: Around the World
Montego Bay Pride in Jamaica has been cancelled by organisers who say that security concerns prompted the cancellation. According to reports by the Jamaica Gleaner, organisers of the pride celebration scheduled to be held in the Jamaican resort city of Montego Bay say that the city’s Mayor Homer Davis and St. James Councilor Charles Sinclair banned […]
In a bid to make homosexuality legal in their homeland of Mauritius, four young activists have approached the nation’s Supreme Court and challenge the current laws constitutional standing. Currently in Mauritius – while prosecution is rare, Section 250 criminalises homosexuality by stating: “Any person who is guilty of the crime of sodomy … shall be […]
Serbian police and far-right protesters have clashed leading up to a pride parade in the capital city of Serbia, Belgrade. It is reported that approximately 150 anti-LGBTI protesters gathered in the hours leading up to the Pride march with the intention of impeding and stopping the event. Police have since indicated that at least five […]
The results of a new study have confirmed that individuals who undergo ‘conversion therapy’ to change one’s gender identity have a higher risk of attempting suicide. The latest research which was published in JAMA Psychiatry follows countless other studies by numerous organisations which have all come to the same conclusion that so-called ‘conversion therapy’ is dangerous and […]
The U.S. State Department is being sued by a gay couple, after their infant daughter, who was born via surrogacy in Canada, was denied birthright citizenship. Currently, birthright citizenship in the United States is extended to children born elsewhere in the world to U.S. citizens, however, Roee and Adiel Kiviti from Maryland say their daughter […]
The former British and Irish Lions captain has gone public about being HIV positive after having his status used in a blackmail attempt. Gareth Thomas has become the first major British sportsperson to reveal publicly that they are HIV positive. Thomas, who first came out as gay in 2009 says he didn’t want to keep […]
Religious leaders in Ethiopia have announced plans to ramp up conversion therapy in their nation citing an “escalating problem” of homosexuality. According to reports by AFP, a new religious association has been formed by Orthodox Christian priest Dereje Negash, with the sole intention of changing LGBTI people’s sexual orientation and gender expression. “The reason we’re holding this event […]
The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, has hosted its first-ever LGBTI pride parade, with over 2,000 people marching against homophobia and hate crimes directed at the community. The parade which was held on Sunday took place in the shadow of growing far-right aggression and views in the Baltic state. Leading the parade with […]