Category: Around the World
The disgruntled former journalist responsible for shooting dead two ex colleagues on live TV says he was a victim of homophobia at the television station he once worked at. Reports are now emerging that the man behind the shooting of television reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward was a former colleague who says he […]
The minister of education in the Australian state of New South Wales has banned the screening of Gayby, despite there being no complaints from parents. The NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, has banned every public school in the state from screening a documentary about children with gay parents during school hours, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Mr […]
The former Prime Minister announced her support of marriage equality while delivering the Michael Kirby lecture at the University of Melbourne Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced her support for same sex marriage, while also launching a passionate attack against Tony Abbott’s plan for a “people’s vote” on same sex marriage, saying the idea […]
The United Nations security council has held an historic meeting on GLBT rights. The United Nations Security Council has discussed attacks by the Islamic State (ISIS) on sexual minorities, in the first meeting by the organisation to be focused on gay rights. The United States and Chile co-sponsored the session, which focused in part on […]
Senegal has jailed seven men who have been found guilty of homosexuality. Seven men have been jailed for six months in Senegal, after they were found guilty of homosexuality. A court in Dakar heard police caught the men having sex during a raid. The men could have faced up to five years imprisonment under Senegalese […]
Caitlyn Jenner could be charged with vehicular manslaughter as early as next week in connection to a February crash in Malibu, California that killed a woman. The lead detective on the case told KABC that they plan to turn the results of the investigation over to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office next week, and […]
Meet Uganda’s GLBT inclusive basketball team. Vice Sports traveled to Kampala, Uganda to profile the team taking a stand for GLBT equality, the video chronicles the stories of those who play in the team and the persecution they have faced both on and off the court. Despite the threats of violence however, the Magic Stormers are […]
US President Barack Obama has made GLBT history yet again. US President Barack Obama has appointed the first transgender official to serve in the White House. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, previously a policy adviser at the National Center for Transgender Equality, will be the outreach and recruitment director for the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. In […]