Category: Around the World
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is currently making moves to declassify transgender identity as a mental disorder. The change is tentatively set to take place alongside the public health agency’s 2018 revised categorisation of mental and behavioural disorders, which is a part of the UN. A new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry this week […]
Supermodel Leandra Medeiros Cerezo cycled in the opening ceremony in Rio with Brazillian atheletes behind her. Her role in the opening ceremony made history as the first trans woman to participate in the opening ceremony. When it was announced in January this year that trans athletes can compete without undergoing gender surgery, the model said, […]
Muhammed Wisam Sankari’s body was found headless and mutilated on 25 July. It was identified later by his housemates. Muhammed arrived in Istanbul one year ago. His body was found in Yenikapi, a central district. Muhammed was trying to leave Turkey because according to him his life was in extreme danger. The friends of Muhammed told […]
The Grand Mufti of Egypt gave a positive statement about LGBT community but would never accept LGBT lifestyle. His comments are being appreciated by Muslims and non-Muslims. The grand Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam said, LGBT community should not be bashed and is unacceptable to hurt them even though homosexuality is not allowed in Islam. […]
The city council of Seattle has voted with majority to put an end to advertising or practicing gay conversion therapy. This therapy is considered to have severe psychological effects. It is banned in cities like Washington D.C., Cincinnati, Miami Beach, along with state bans in California, Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont. It is surprising to […]
Going through a traumatic event is hard but standing up after it is harder. But for Angel Colon the mass shooting he experienced in Pulse nightclub has made him even stronger. He was shot multiple times during the shooting and was rushed to the hospital. However, last week he performed on stage with 7,500 people […]
Whoever watches the TV series Transparent would know the stunning trans model Hari Nef. She is one lucky woman to sign a contract with IMG models. Known as the biggest modelling agency in the fashion world IMG models was first to sign a trans model earlier this year. Not only that, Hari Nef has become […]
Memories of the Pulse Orlando gay club shooting are still fresh in everyone’s minds. Forty nine rainbow people and allies were killed in an attack that President Obama described as “act of terror and act of hate.” Dabiq-magazine, an Islamic state magazine dedicated to reporting on ISIS, says the group celebrated the Orlando attack and it’s political aftermath. […]