Category: Around the World
A GLBT awards show in Scotland has come under fire for using models wearing Blackface to promote the event. The Icon Awards, an awards ceremony to celebrate the contribution of gay and lesbian people to Scottish life has been caught up in a race row after the organisers used models in black face to promote the […]
A new Human Rights Watch report has slammed Australia’s treatment of GLBT asylum seekers. A new Human Rights Watch report has heavily criticised the Australian government’s approach to dealing with asylum seekers and in particular GLBT asylum seekers. Compiled by the Human Rights Watch and the Human Rights Law Centre, the report was put together […]
Caitlyn Jenner gave an emotional speech while accepting the Arthur Ash Courage Award in Los Angeles. Caitlyn Jenner tearfully thanked her family on Wednesday while accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs in Los Angeles. The award is named after legendary tennis player Arthur Ashe who died of AIDS in 1993. When accepting the […]
A Kenyan school has sent home a total of nineteen students after it was alleged by fellow students that they were gay. Nineteen Kenyan students were sent home from school on the suspicion that they were gay. Nine students from St. Mary’s Kibabi Boys High School in Bungoma County have been sent home after being […]
Hundreds of people have taken to Taipei’s streets to call for the legalisation of same-sex marriage. GLBT activists have taken to Taipei’s streets to demand marriage equality in Taiwan. The march was largely peaceful, but ended in some activists throwing water balloons at the headquarters of the ruling party they believe is blocking a proposed amendment to […]
A Missouri college wrestler will spend the next three decades in prison after being found guilty for knowingly infecting another man with HIV and putting four other men at risk. A former Missouri college wrestler has been sentenced to 30 years behind bars for infecting a male sexual partner with HIV and putting four other […]
The German Chancellor has once again stated her opposition to marriage equality. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone on record once again saying she would be opposed to any moves to introduce same sex marriage to Germany. Merkel said that while she supports Germany’s current registered partnership laws, she believes that marriage is between “a man […]
The Boy Scouts of America’s executive committee has voted unanimously to end the ban on gay adults working as leaders. The Boy Scouts of America executive committee has unanimously approved a resolution to end the organisation’s ban on gay adults working as leaders the BBC reports. A vote of the full executive board is scheduled for July 27, at […]