Category: Around the World
The move by the Queensland government will now put pressure on its federal counterpart to enact marriage equality. Queensland has re introduced civil unions for same sex couples. Civil Unions were first introduced in Queensland in 2009, before being scrapped in 2012 by the last Liberla/National government because they were seen as too closely mimicking marriage. […]
Five gay refugees have been rehoused in the Netherlands after being threatened by fellow refugees. The five men (three Syrian, one Iraqi, one Iranian) were physically attacked and spat on. The men were originally housed in the Parool, a refugee centre in Amsterdam, but were moved to housing owned by corporation the Rochdale, reports Dutch […]
Trent Zimmerman has won the North Sydney by-election, becoming Australia’s first ever out gay MP to be elected to the lower house. Zimmerman, from the ruling Liberal Party will replace former minister Joe Hockey in the safe Liberal seat, who won despite a 13% swing against the Liberals the since federal election in 2013. “I want […]
A new short film, ‘When AIDS Was Funny’ unearths never-before-heard audio reaction to the escalating AIDS crisis. A new documentary film offers a revealing look back at the early 1980s and American President Ronald Reagan’s initial reaction to the emerging AIDS crisis. Filmmaker Scott Calonico’s short documentary, “When AIDS Was Funny,” debuted on the Vanity […]
Bosnia’s gay community are hoping the country’s bid to be a part of the European Union will help bring an end to anti GLBT violence. Bosnia’s EU bid has brought the nation’s human rights record under greater scrutiny, with the European Commission releasing reform guidelines in November, which included a warning that the country’s approach to GLBT […]
From New Delhi to New York, the planet has marked World AIDS day. New York marked the occasion by lighting up the Empire State Building in red, thousands gathered in New Delhi for a candlelight memorial, while hundreds of school children gathered around a huge red ribbon made from scarves in Dexing City in China’s Jiangxi […]
Smartphone technology has increased the opportunities for casual sex and led to a spike in HIV infections among teenagers in Asia, a new United Nations released on World AIDS day reveals, The epidemic is fastest growing amongst men who have sex with men. Other groups include those who are sexually exploited by or engaged in […]
A majority of Japanese support the introduction of same sex marriage according to a new poll. Fifty-one percent of people polled by researchers from universities and the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research back same sex marriage, the Asahi newspaper reported. Support for same-sex marriage was much higher in younger age groups, with […]