Category: Around the World
Dick Smith has called on Tony Abbott to end the “pathetic political strutting” and pass laws to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia. Dick Smith, who today received a Queens Birthday honour has called on Australian politicians to legalise same sex marriage. Smith was awarded a companion of the Order of Australia ‘for eminent service to the […]
Acclaimed New Zealand performer Mika Haka has said that Brian Tamaki’s recent homophobic outburst is a wake up call for the GLBT community. Mika has responded to the controversy surrounding Brian Tamaki’s ‘gaypower’ comments at last weekend’s Destiny Church conference, where the self proclaimed bishop also warned his followers that an entire generation of children would […]
Organisers said they expected upwards of two million people to attend the event, the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. Tens of thousands of participants danced there way through the heart of San Paulo’s business metropolis, waving rainbow flags and carrying pro equality signs at the 19th Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) parade, whose […]
Opponents of the pride parade threw smoke bombs and tear gas injuring five police officers. A gay pride parade in Ukraine was attacked by protesters leaving a number of marchers and policemen injured. The BBC reports that a number unidentified people attacked the rally alongside the Dnipro river with smoke bombs and stones. Opponents of […]
The United Kingdom Independence party has been banned from participating in the London Pride parade. UKIP has been banned from one of Britain’s biggest gay pride parades, with organisers citing safety concerns as the reason the political party was refused entry. The ban follows the creation of a petition calling for the party to be […]
The Pacific island of Guam officially becomes the first U.S. territory to allow same sex marriage. Marriage equality has now reached the shores of Guam, following a decision by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood at the U.S. District Court on Guam. The decision by Chief Judge Tydingco-Gatewood was made following a lawsuit from Loretta M. Pangelinan and Kathleen […]
Police in South Korea’s capital Seoul have banned a pride march to appease a number of Christian groups opposed to the parade. Seoul’s capital police agency has banned an GLBT pride march scheduled for June 28th.The march was supposed to be the final event in an almost three-week-long Korean Queer Culture Festival, which kicks off […]
The new law is thought to be one of the most trans friendly in the world. Trans people in Ireland will no longer have to rely on testimony from psychiatrists or endocrinologists to have their gender recognised by the state. Instead, their self-declaration will be accepted, for the purpose of updating passports, driving licences, obtaining […]