Category: Around the World
An iconic Jerusalem city square will be renamed to honour a victim killed during 2015’s pride parade. Zion Square will become Tolerance Square in tribute to 16-year-old Shira Banki who was killed at the city’s GLBT rights celebration in July 2015. Banki was one of six participants stabbed when right wing religious extremist ishai […]
The passing of Antonin Scalia now allows US President Barack Obama to appoint a progressive judge to America’s highest court. Antonin Scalia was found dead age 79 at a Texas Ranch. Over the course of his thirty years on the bench, Scalia demonstrated an anti GLBT rights record, voting in favor of sodomy laws banning gay sex […]
The reimposed law means those believed to be gay can be arrested. The law first imposed in 2012 but was later placed “under review” by the Malawi government after western NGOs and states threatened to cut aid to the African nation as a resul – aid that Malawi is heavily reliant on. However Malawi24 now reports that […]
Portugal’s parliament has overturned President Anibal Cavaco Silva’s earlier veto of the adoption equality laws passed in late 2015. In vetoing the legislation, President Cavaco claimed same sex adoption doesn’t take into consideration “the child’s best interest” “It is important that such a big change on a sensitive social topic is not entered into force […]
Australia’s ABC children’s television program have put out a casting call for a child with two fathers. The program is also scouting ‘an adopted family, an extended family, a blended family, an Indigenous nuclear family’ as part of their ‘through the windows’ segments. The show hopes to bring it’s shared family stories into alignment with the […]
Since 1861, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code has declared homosexuality an “unnatural offence” and “an order against nature”. Those who are caught participating in gay sex are liable to suffer a 10-year prison sentence, and as a result of this governmental stature on homosexuality, it has remained one of the most taboo subjects in […]
Australia’s largest GLBT festival just around the corner! Happening from 19 February to 6 March, Sydney will play host once more to the 38th Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. The festival brings together over 50 events including the iconic parade, a range of parties, art exhibitions, concerts and family events. As a popular holiday spot for […]
KNOWN for his portrayal of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings series, Ian McKellen has weighed in to the debate over the lack of diversity at the Academy Awards, stating that racially diverse actors were not the only ones being snubbed. The debate started over allegations of racial prejudice after the nominations in the […]