Category: Around the World
Tasmania will become the first state in Australia to formally apologise over past convictions for consenting gay sex. The apology in state Parliament will help at least a handful of people still living with the stigma of conviction, and the surviving families of others, gay rights advocate Rodney Croome told The Sydney Morning Herald. “For […]
Voting has began in Slovenia on a referendum that could overturn the country’s recently passed marriage equality law. Slovenians have the right to appeal laws passed by the national parliament — as the Marriage and Family Relations Act was in March 2015. Activists collected more than 80,000 signatures to request a referendum on the law. The […]
A Miami man has been given an 11 year jail sentence for operating a gay sex slave ring. Andras Janos Vass recieved the jail sentence for his role in an operation that forced at least a half-dozen men to have sex with paying customers around the clock. The victims were lured from Hungary, where they […]
Malta is set to become the first country in Europe to ban conversion therapy. The country’s government has unveiled a ‘Affirmation of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression’ bill – which would outlaw so-called ‘conversion’ therapy. The practise of attempting to ‘cure’ someone’s sexuality is considered harmful by most experts – but is yet […]
The Mexican state of Tabasco has voted to ban gay men looking to have a child by surrogacy. The Gulf coast state of Tabasco is currently the only Mexican state that allows surrogacy, supposedly on a non-commercial basis. It has attracted many foreign and gay couples looking to have children. However, The Guardian now reports that the […]
The Church of England has banned a senior clergyman from taking services because he married his male partner. The Reverend Canon Jeremy Davies served as canon precentor at Salisbury Cathedral for 25 years. After marrying his partner of 30 years in 2014, he has now been told he can no longer preach within the diocese. The Church […]
The Christian University in Tennessee is now legally allowed to ban students whose “lifestyles” are considered as an affront to their Christian philosophy. Carson- Newman University was granted a Title IX waiver by the federal government to ban students who are gay. The waiver obtained by Carson-Newman University will also allow the university to ban students whose […]
The United Nations has launched an historic campaign to fight against GLBT discrimination. With Zachary Quinto narrating, the United Nations Human Rights office is offically recogniSing the impact of GLBT discrimination in a new video campaign. The video is highlights a number os statistics that show the intense discrimination the GLBT community faces on a […]