Category: Around the World
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 […]
Twelve men have been arrested in Tanzania for “promoting homosexuality” and may face anywhere between 30 years and life in prison. The men, who were arrested at a hotel in Dar es Salaam, are currently being questioned before going before a court of law according to head of the Dar es Salaam Police force, Lazaro […]
A popular gay men’s sauna in Jakarta has been raided by Indonesian Police, with at least 51 people arrested. While most were released the following days, five employees at the sauna are now facing charges relating to the violation of the Law on Pornography, passed in 2008, which prohibits sex parties and “deviant sexual acts” […]
He said that gay family members should be excluded from gatherings with “impressionable children”. Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au Cardinal Raymond Burke has spoken out against gay people, calling them “evil” and urging families to keep gay relatives away from gatherings with children. In an interview with right-wing website Life Site News, Burke was asked […]
Pope Francis has said that getting rid of “gender-associated behaviours” will render straight men and women infertile and condemned the idea of non-binary people. Speaking to the Vatican’s bioethics advisory board, which deals with issues like abortion, Francis rallied against people who promoted what he claimed was the “utopia of the neutral”, according to Pink News. […]
A historic decision to condemn the death penalty for same-sex relations has been made by the United Nations Human Rights Council. With six countries around the world still implementing the death penalty for consensual same-sex relations, and five technically allowing although not invoking the penalty, 27 States voted in favour of condemning the practice, supporting […]
Indonesia is set to ban all LGBT+ content from television, including reporting on Human Rights related issues. The House of Representatives has approved a Bill that bans LGBT+ “behaviours” from being broadcast. Television shows, news, documentary and advertising will all be impacted by the Bill. “We can’t allow LGBT behaviour on TV, it is against our […]
Germany has legalised same-sex marriage and the first couple has wed in a ceremony in Berlin. Karl Kreile and Bodo Mende are believed to be the first couple to same-sex couple to wed in the country and have been together for 38 years, after having campaigned for LGBT+ rights for most of this time. In […]