Category: Around the World
With just one week left to go before the Victoria state election, the Victoria Labor party has pledged a number of significant reforms for the Victorian GLBT community including the introduction of a gender and sexuality commissioner in an effort to tackle discrimination and homophobia if it wins next Saturday’s poll. A Daniel Andrews Labor Government […]
Benjy, the Irish bull was facing slaughter after a vet decided that his sexual orientation was the reason he wouldn’t breed. However, Sam Simon has now stepped in, teaming up with animal rights activist groups PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and ARAN (Animal Rights Action Network) to stop the killing. £5,000 to buy Benjy […]
Leslie Feinberg, the author of the seminal transgender novel Stone Butch Blues, has died at home in Syracuse, New York, at the age of 65 following complications from a number of tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease. According to The Guardian, Feinberg’s last words were: “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.” An obituary written by Feinberg’s wife, […]
US Agency for International Development (USAID) has strengthened it’s commitment to the global GLBT community following the recent Global Conference on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Rights and Inclusive Development where a new study has found a link and relationship between GLBT inclusion and economic development in emerging economies. At the Global Conference on Gay, Lesbian, […]
Since the start of the campaign to save Benjy the gay bull from slaughter, 165 backers have so far come forward pledging over £2,000. ‘We are really blown away by the support for Benjy at this very early stage in the campaign’, said Graham Davies from TheGayUK. ‘Donations have been coming in from as far […]
Colin Farrell has made a sincere plea to his fellow countryfolk, asking them to vote in favour of legalising same sex marriage in his native country Ireland. Farrell writes about the experience of his brother Eamon who is gay: My brother Eamon didn’t choose to be gay. Yes, he chose to wear eyeliner to school and that […]
US President Barack Obama delivered a wide ranging speech at the University of Queensland yesterday with his brief mention of gay and lesbians sparking emphatic applause from the Brisbane crowd. “We’ll advice human dignity by standing up for the rights of minorities,” he told around 1,000 students during the G20 summit of world leaders in […]
As Cuba emerges from decades under the repressive regime of Fidel Castro, the nation’s embrace of diversity is beutifully captured in photographer Mariette Pathy Allen’s new book, TransCuba. Mariette Pathy Allen’s TransCuba is both an intimate peek into the everyday lives of Cuba’s trans female population as it is a visual record of the country’s […]