Category: Around the World
Chechnya has reportedly resumed arresting gay and bisexual men, according to latest news reports. The news comes from a Russian hotline. Enrique Torre Molina, a member of LGBT+ organisation All Out published a press release detailing the recent arrests. Molina wrote: People from Chechnya contacting the Russian LGBT+ Network hotline are reporting that arrests of […]
The Church of England’s governing body will be looking in to providing special services for transgender people. People who already support services similar said that the Church should offer the services as a welcome and to mark their transition. Chris Newlands, the vicar of Lancaster Priory Church, introduced the motion as a way that the […]
The Church of England bishops have supported a decision to ban conversion therapy for gay Christians – saying that being gay is not a sickness, nor a sin. Christian gay rights campaigner Jayne Ozanne motioned for the Church of England to endorse a statement would brand the conversion therapy “potentially harmful” with “no place in […]
One of the Pope’s advisors has taken a leave of absence after being charged with child sex offences, one of which allegedly includes one count of rape. Australian Cardinal George Pell has been ordered to leave the Vatican and fly to Melbourne to face court proceedings. “Court proceedings now offer me an opportunity to clear […]
Article written by Jess Jones. Starobserver.com Mark Latham has claimed there is no need for marriage equality in Australia because they don’t have enough gay couples. Drawing on the results of the 2016 census, the former Labor party leader made the comments in a new video on conservative media site Rebel Media, Out in Perth has reported. “The numbers […]
Organizers of a Pride Parade held in downtown Istanbul on Sunday 25 June in Turkey, have said that police are responsible for preventing LGBT+ activists from defying a ban by the local authorities. The government banned the march for public safety concerns, but organisers progressed, despite warnings from groups threatening to block the event. For […]
The Vatican police raided a cardinal’s apartment and found a homosexual orgy taking place, fuelled by drugs. The apartment was raided in June and was at the former palace of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Holy Office), located not too far from the Vatican City. The man who was living in the […]
An upcoming ceremony will celebrate the legalised union of three men and will be the first of its kind in Colombia – and possibly the world. Alejandro Rodriguez, Victor Hugo Prada and Manuel Bermudez are about to become the first three men in Colombia to have a legally recognized polyamorous relationship. In a legal sense […]