Category: Around the World
Original X Men Iceman is set to be outed as gay in the next issue of the popular Marvel comic. Original X-Men character – Iceman, the alter ego of teenager Bobby Drake – will reveal to his peers that he is gay in an upcoming issue of All-New X-Men. “There are thousands, if not millions, […]
A new study has revealed that finding doctors at US hospitals who consider themselves capable to care for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) patients may be difficult. The study found that few hospitals reported having ways to identify doctors knowledgeable about GLBT health, and only a few hospitals offered comprehensive GLBT competency training to their staff. GLBT […]
A new report says that it was during a ‘discreet’ 15-minute meeting with Laurent Stéfanini and Pope Francis, that the Pontiff told him the Vatican could not accept his appointment as French ambassador. The Guardian reports that during a meeting over the weekend, the pontiff allegedly cited his displeasure with a controversial 2013 gay marriage law […]
The UK Labour party has unveiled a manifesto aimed specially at addressing GLBT issues and has won the backing of Sir Ian McKellen. The UK Labour party has revealed a GLBT manifesto which pledges to review gender identity law, tackle homophobic bullying and deliver ‘Turing’s Law.’ Labour’s GLBT manifesto will pledge five promises to the GLBT community to […]
The Vatican and France are still deadlocked over the appointment of an openly gay ambassador to the Vatican. Laurent Stefanini, a senior diplomat and advisor to President François Hollande, was nominated for the post on January 5. The Vatican has remained silent on the nomination ever since, and some have interpreted the stonewalling as an […]
The kingdom of Tonga is set to formally ban same sex marriage. Radio New Zealand reports that Chief executive of Internal Affairs Lopeti Senituli says the government is planning law changes to satisfy Tongan church leaders calling for a ban on same sex marriage. “Under our existing Deaths, Births and Marriages Registration Act there is […]
US Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has reiterated her support for equal marriage rights calling same sex marriage a “constitutional right.” With the United States Supreme court set to rule on the issue of marriage equality in June, Clinton, who has become the presumptive Democratic nominee for President has released a new statement calling ssame sex marriage a “constitutional […]
An Egyptian court has ruled that GLBT foreigners can be deported or banned from entering the country. The case in question involved an allegedly gay Libyan man who the interior ministry barred from returning to Egypt in 2008. It it understood that the unnamed graduate student appealed the decision in hope of continuing his studies […]