Category: Around the World
Two major Australian television networks have refused to air an anti same sex marriage advert from ‘Marriage Alliance’. Channel Seven and Ten have both refused to air anti same sex marriage adverts from ‘traditional marriage’ group The Marriage Alliance. The group launched its national ad campaign this week which claims marriage equality is just the […]
Despite the risks, Uganda’s GLBT community is preparing to celebrate their very own pride festival. Uganda’s annual pride festival will begin this week, with a wide array on celebrations, but unlike other worldwide pride celebrations, GLBT Ugandans will mark the week in secret. The fourth annual Uganda Pride will include film screenings, a cocktail party, […]
The UK Labour leadership frontrunner has turned his attention to GLBT issues. UK Labour leadership frontrunner, Jeremy Corbyn has said he would impose economic and diplomatic consequences for countries opposed to equal rights for GLBT people. In an interview with Pink News, Corbyn spoke extensively about his commitment to GLBT rights, citing his long parliamentary […]
Caribbean nation’s pride festival makes history. Jamaica made history this week – holding its first ever GLBT pride festival. The Associate Press reports that the week long festival held in the Jamaican capital of Kingston included a flash mob gathering in a park, an art exhibit, a dance party and performances featuring songs and poems […]
Russian police have arrested over a dozen GLBT rights protestors in St Petersburg. Russian police in St. Petersburg have detained several GLBT activists, who held pickets in defence of equal rights on a Russian military holiday, Airborne Forces Day. The arrests occurred after the group of GLBT protestors were assailed by veterans of Russian Airborne Forces, who […]
A 16 year old girl who was stabbed in an attack at Jerusalem Pride has died. Shira Banki, a 16-year-old Israeli teen who was stabbed by an Ultra Orthodox Jewish man during the Jerusalem Pride parade has died of her injuries. Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that Banki was a high-school student from Jerusalem who was studying […]
Nike’s latest collection would be given the boot from Russia if one conservative lawmaker gets his way. Conservative St. Petersburg City Duma Deputy Vitaly Milonov is campaigning to have Nike’s Summer 2015 collection banned from Russia because it features rainbow-themed merchandise. The collection features rainbow-themed merchandise and according to Nike’s website “celebrates the LGBT community and […]
Dramatic images showed the assailant reaching inside his coat and raising a knife above his head. An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man has been arrested after six people were stabbed while they marched in the Jerusalem Pride parade. The suspect, Yishai Schlisse was convicted of attempted murder after stabbing three during 2005 Gay Pride Parade and has […]