Category: Around the World
TURKEY — A new umbrella organization has been established to fight homophobia and transphobia in Turkey, the Islamic country that straddles Europe and Asia, reports GayAsiaNews.com In existence less than two months, Turkey LGBTI Union was created in order to ensure unity and solidarity among LGBTI groups, LGBTI Web sites and LGBTI organizations, Burçin Bordanacı […]
Supporters of murdered trans-woman Mayang Preseto took acceptation to the Courier Mails printing ‘she-male’ on its front cover. Mayang Praseto was reportedly murdered and then boiled by her chef husband Marcus Volke, some of her remains were found on the stovetop of a brisbane apartment on Saturday, when police arrived to investigate a foul smell. Volke fled […]
Nationwide same-sex marriage has taken a large step closer to becoming reality in the US. In a decision many legal experts had expected would be drawn out with delays, the US Supreme Court has agreed in favour of decisions made by five smaller ‘Appeals’ courts to legalise same sex marriage in their states. This decision […]
Scientist believe they have pinpointed the origins of the HIV virus. 1920’s Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is thought to be the birth place of HIV. The transmission from primates to humans, substantial urban growth, strong railway links during Belgian colonial rule, and changes to the sex trade between […]
Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has been appointed as a UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador. The pop star turned fashion designer skipped the opening of her new London store to instead talk at a press conference held at the United Nations headquarters in New York city last week. Beckham who claims to have had a, “life changing experience,” […]
Transparent – an American web series produced by net giant Amazon has been heralded as the best new show of the season by television critics. Written and directed by Jill Soloway who is the daughter of a trans parent the series follows Mort (Arrested Development star Jeffrey Tambor) a father of three self-absorbed adult children, […]
School students at a Brazilian high school both male and female arrived dressed in skirts to support a fellow trans* student who had been reprimanded by school officials for wearing a dress herself. A group of class mates staged protest at São Cristóvão do Colégio Pedro II in support of Maria Muniz, who, nine days previously had been […]
A Bill has been signed into Victorian Parliament the enables those convicted of Homosexual Acts pre-1981 reform, can apply to have their convictions expunged. Homosexual acts were decriminalised in 1981 by Premier Rupert Hamer at a time where gay rights activistism was at its peak. New legislation introduced by Attorney General Robert Clark now allows those […]