Category: Around the World
The Harbour Party will not be returning for 2016. In a statement, Sydney Mardi Gras said it would be axing the waterfront party for 2016. “This is a significant shift from our traditional approach,” Mardi Gras said, but a necessary one in a “tough commercial and licensing environment”. The news comes after a $336,000 loss as […]
Ukraine’s parliament has scuppered the country’s chances of visa-free travel to most EU nations by refusing to pass legislation that would have banned discrimination against gay workers. Passage of the legislation was a condition set by the EU that had to be met before Ukraine would be able to join the Schengen zone -a club of […]
Colombia’s constitutional court has legalised same sex adoption in a landmark ruling. Columbia’s highest court has instructed adoption agencies not to discriminate against gay men and lesbians, ruling gay couples could adopt just as heterosexual couples could, as long as all legal requirements were met BBC reports. “A person’s sexual orientation or gender are not […]
Houston voters have rejected a ordinance which would have outlawed anti GLBT discrimination. The measure failed by a vote of 61 percent to 39 percent. Conservative opponents of the law allege that it would allow men dressed as women, including sexual predators, to enter women’s restrooms Proponents of the measure, including the city’s lesbian Mayor […]
France will remove the lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood. “Giving blood is an act of generosity, of civic responsibility, and the donor’s sexual orientation cannot be a condition,” Health Minister Marisol Touraine said in Paris. Lifting of the ban, introduced in 1983 to halt the spread of AIDS, amounted to “lifting […]
The International AIDS Society have announced the dates and theme for the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) The conference will take place next year between 18-22 July 2016 in Durban, South Africa, the second time Durban has hosted the conference. The theme of 2016’s conference is “Access Equity Rights Now. Organisers say the theme is […]
A ballot initiative that would establish non protections for gay and transgender people in Houston is set to be voted on in Houston, Texas. The Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) bans discrimination based on sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy and genetic information, as well as family, marital or military status, sexual orientation […]
The Church of Norway has voted in favour of allowing its clergy to perform same sex marriages. The General Synod of the Church of Norway, the largest Christian denomination in the Scandinavian country, has voted in favor of accepting same-sex marriage, and will be offering the service to gay couples in the near future. Church […]