Category: Around the World
Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au The bill must now be debated in congress, a process that is likely to take some time and continue into the next presidential term. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signed a bill to allow same-sex marriage and adoption. The bill must now be debated in congress, a process that is likely […]
Article by Jess Jones, StarObserver.com.au A new report from the NSW Ministry of Health has shown the lowest rate of new HIV notifications since 1985. ACON, NSW’s leading HIV prevention and support organisation, has welcomed the release of the latest quarterly NSW HIV Data Report. The report showed 101 new HIV diagnoses in gay and […]
Three drag queens came to the rescue of a New Zealand man in Sydney who was caught up in a homophobic attack and feared for his life. Ivan Flinn was heading home from a night out on Oxford St and he stopped at a kebab shop on his way when a group of men started abusing […]
Montreal has apologised to the LGBT+ community for historic Police raids and institutional discrimination. As Montreal celebrates Pride, Mayor Denis Coderre and Police Chief Philippe Pichet have issued the apology after calls from the opposition and public to do so. More than 800 people were arrested in the raids that took place from the 1970s […]
A psychologist working in Californian prisons claims she was demoted and threatened by colleagues, including being locked in a room with prisoners, after she reported the mistreatment of LGBT+ inmates. Lori Jesperson has filed a lawsuit against the state of California and has worked for the corrections department for almost ten years, eight of these […]
The xx are returning to our shores and will be donating $1 from every ticket sold to local LGBT+ programmes. Fans have had to wait eight years, but the critically acclaimed band are heading our way to play an all-ages show in Auckland at the Trusts Arena on 11 January. Recalibrating the music world with […]
The Australian High Court is to hear two separate cases from marriage equality advocates challenging the same-sex marriage postal survey. The plebiscite is going ahead in the form of a non-binding postal survey, conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Due to its non-binding nature, the government are not referring to this as a vote […]
A Pakistani politician has introduced a new Bill that aims to protect the fundamental rights of transgender people. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, acknowledges that trans people “constitute one of the most marginalised and disadvantaged communities in the country. They face problems ranging from social exclusion to discrimination, lake of protection in their […]