Category: Around the World
The Luxembourg Prime Minister became the first EU leader tom enter into a same-sex union Xavier Bettel tied the knot with his partner Gauthier Destenay,who he has been in a civil partnership with since March 2010, on Friday at a private ceremony. The world’s only openly gay leader made use of the equal marriage laws introduced by […]
A monument celebrating the contribution of GLBT veterans in the United States will be unveiled in a national cemetery near Chicago on Memorial Day. The Guardian reports that the monument is a black granite slab flanked by two blocks of pale granite, that will feature the five seals of the military’s main branches – the army, […]
A Tongan church group have set up a protest outside an GLBT rights conference in the nation’s capitol, telling “evil” and “immoral” GLBT rights advocates to “go home.” Kaniva News reports that the Christian protestors have hung a banner on the Nuku’alofa waterfront telling GLBT activists across the road at a conference to “go home” as […]
A number of large corporations have come out in support of marriage equality in Ireland ahead of the referendum on May 22. Twitter has joined Google and EBay in lending its support to the ‘yes’ campaign in the Irish referendum campaign. Twitter announced it’s support of the ‘yes’ campaign and says allowing wedlock for two people of […]
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has threatened to slit the throats of gay men in a recent speech. Addressing an audience last week in the town of Farafeni as part of a nationwide tour, Jammeh said, “If you are a man and want to marry another man in this country and we catch you, no one […]
In an appointment which has baffled many, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed a Tory MP who voted against marriage equality as minister for equalities. Caroline Dinenage, the MP for Gosport, is set to become equalities minister. Pink News reported in 2013 that Dinenage had said in a letter to a constituent that the […]
Dozens of traffic lights in Vienna have been changed to show same sex couples crossing the road instead of a traditional lone figure. Vienna has changed the signal images at 120 pedestrian crossings, which also show heterosexual couples – in preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest later this month. Officials said the signals were a […]
Scotland has been named Europe’s best country for GLBT people. ILGA-Europe, an international human rights group, has announced the results of its 2015 Rainbow Europe Index, which ranks how well GLBT and intersexed people are protected in various European nations. After the legalization of same-sex marriage last year, Scotland met 92% of the report’s 48 […]