Category: Around the World
Two brides have officially tied the knot in Russia despite the country’s ban on same-sex marriages, thanks to a legal loophole. Irina Shumilova and Alyona Fursova both wore traditional white wedding dresses as they tied the knot in front of family and friends at a registry office in St Petersburg. Despite same sex marriage being […]
2014 is the year Putin became the ‘single biggest threat to GLBT people in the world’ according to the United States’s oldest and largest GLBT magazine. Usually reserved for GLBT rights champions, the award for Person of the Year for 2014 has gone to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Advocate notes that ‘since winning a […]
The giant condom has been erected in Sydney’s Hyde Park as part of a campaign to promote safe sex among gay men. A 157-year-old heritage-listed obelisk in Hyde park has been covered for a week and packets of condoms have been strewn around the structure, bearing the message: “Test more + treat early + stay safe […]
Express’s Levi Joule examines the fortunes of the GLBT candidates in yesterday’s US midterm elections. Yesterday’s midterm elections in the United States proved to be a pretty mixed bag for GLBT candidates. With Republican majorities in both the senate and the house of representatives however, the next congress is unlikely to pass any GLBT friendly legislation. […]
Citing the need to abide by a law combating “gay propaganda,” a memorial to Apple founder Steve Jobs has been dismantled in the Russian city of St Petersburg after he successor as CEO, Tim Cook, came out as gay. The memorial to Steve Jobs was constructed by a group of Russian companies called ZEFS. “In Russia, […]
The result may come as a surprise. Google has just released data showing which of the world’s countries search for the most gay porn online. The list is made up of individual Google searches for “gay sex pics” and “gay porn pics” which were made between over a 10 year period between 2004 and 2014. Top […]
Members of Montenegro’s GLBT community have marched in Podgorica, Montenegro, Sunday, protected by hundreds of riot police. Unlike in previous years when police fought right-wing extremists and gay activists had to be evacuated, there were no reported incidents this year. “I am the happiest man in the world today!” said organizer Daniel Kalezic. “This year […]
The eight Egyptian men who appeared in a ‘gay wedding video’ have been sentenced to 3 years behind bars for ‘spreading indecent images and inciting debauchery.’ The video at the center of the case was filmed in April on board a Nile riverboat, and appeared to show a pair of men exchanging rings and kisses as […]