Category: Around the World
Australian Labor leader Bill Shorten says that he “cannot stand silent” when religion is used to discriminate against GLBT people. In a speech delivered to the Australian Christian Lobby national conference in Canberra, Bill Shorten has come out swinging against religious belief being used as a means to justify discrimination against GLBT Australians. “Condemning anyone, discriminating […]
The Australian state of New Wales has just passed a bill to extinguish historic gay sex convictions. The Criminal Records Amendment (Historical Homosexual Offences) Bill 2014 was passed unanimously through the NSW Parliament today. The NSW bill establishes a scheme enabling people convicted of consensual homosexual conduct, prior to decriminalisation in 1984, to have their […]
British drugs group GlaxoSmithKline is planning to create a new £15bn FTSE 100 company by spinning out a subsidiary focused on treating HIV. Viiv Healthcare is expected to attract a “significant” capitalisation due to its rapid growth according to chief executive Sir Andrew Witty. ViiV’s newest HIV medicines, Trumeq and Tivicay, have debuted in the last […]
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people in Jamaica face “intolerable levels of violence and cannot rely on the police” for protection, according to a new Human Rights Watch. Jamaica has long had a reputation as being of intolerance towards GLBT people, but a recent report by the New York based Human Rights Watch reveals […]
Grindr is reportedly being monitored by the Egyptian government to catch those in breach of the nation’s harsh anti gay laws. The move comes after recent crack downs on other social media sites, where the government has boasted of monitoring Facebook, Twitter, and Skype for any signs of homosexual activity. Last month, six men were […]
A gay couple were allegedly kicked off a London bus by the drier after he saw the pair kissing. A London couple were allegedly kicked off a London bus after they were seen sharing a kiss. The couple were then hit with a barrage of homophobic abuse by the driver who shouted “Oi you two don’t […]
British man, Ray Cole who spent 19 days in a Moroccan jail for being gay has described his experience as ‘hell on earth.’ 69-year-old Ray Cole fell victim to Morocco’s harsh anti gay laws when he was arrested alongside his partner, Jamal a local man whom Cole had struck up a relationship with. The arrest […]
Murder charges have been filed against a US Marine stationed in the Philippines in connection to the death of a transgender Filipino he met in a bar outside the former US naval base of Subic Bay. Copies of an autopsy report saying the death was due to asphyxia by drowning were taken by police and family […]