Category: Around the World
123 couples said “I do” in a mass wedding held in Taipei. Despite same sex marriage not being legal in the country, 10 same-sex couples exchanged vows at the annual event for the first time. Over 16,000 couples have participated in mass wedding ceremonies hosted by the Taipei city government since 1973. For the first […]
Two Russian MPs have presented a draft bill calling for people who come out as gay to serve up to 15 days behind bars. Ivan Nikitchuk and Nikolai Arefyev are proposing a fine of up to 5,000 rubles ($110) for people who publicly say they are gay. The two communist MPs propose even harsher measures […]
Same sex relations is now punishable by up to 100 strokes of the cane in Indonesia’s Aceh provence. The law, passed in 2014 but only now being enforced, has faced opposition by rights groups. It applies to both locals and foreigners. The law “outlaws anal sex between men and ‘the rubbing of body parts between […]
Civil Unions have now come into effect in Chile. As Chile’s new civil unions law went into effect, dozens of same sex couples began arriving at civil registry offices early to officially validate their unions ABC news reports. The civil unions law was debated in Chile’s Congress for over a decade until it was passed […]
A German political party is seeking to ban the representation of GLBT people from schoolbooks, TV and radio. In a Russian-style ‘gay propaganda’ ban, the Baden-Württemberg chapter of Germany’s leading Eurosceptic party Alternative für Deutschland (AFD) is proposing a ban on GLBT representation in schoolbooks, television and radio. The party says it will push GLBT […]
A new report form a Indian GLBT NGO has found HIV transmission between gay men and homophobic abuse is on the rise in the country – two years after the nation’s Supreme Court recriminalised homosexuality. The report’s data was compiled from calls to the Naz foundation’s call centre and found that 38 per cent of […]
Canada has elected a new pro GLBT Prime Minister. Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party won the highly anticipated election, besting incumbent Stephen Harper, a member of the Conservative Party, and Tom Mulcair of the left wing New Democratic Party. The Liberal Party victory ends nine years of Conservative Party rule. Outgoing Conservative Prime Minister […]
Kenya’s leader says GLBT issues are not a priority for the African state. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta during an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria said his country has “more pressing issues” than GLBT rights. “This is not an issue that they are going to put at the center,” Kenyatta told Zakaria during the CNN interview […]