Category: Around the World
FIFA has started disciplinary proceedings against Brazil and Mexico after the host country’s fans chanted “puto” at Mexico’s goalkeeper during their match. Mexican fans chanted the same jibe in their country’s match against Cameroon. “Puto” loosely translates to “male prostitute or faggot.” Russia and Croatia are also in trouble after their fans displayed racist and anti-semetic […]
The United States has imposed strict sanctions on Uganda because of their anti-gay laws. The US has imposed strict visa restrictions, which will prevent certain Ugandan officials, those involved in human rights abuses, from entering the country. Other sanctions include cancelling a military exercise in Uganda, diverting aid to other African countries and cutting funding […]
Opera Australia has released soprano Tamar Iveri from her contract and she will not be performing in its Sydney production of Otello in July and August. A statement posted on the singer’s Facebook page last year compared gays and lesbians to fecal matter. Opera Australia had been under intense public pressure to release the singer […]
The US Senate confirmed two out nominees to federal judgeships today. Judge Darrin Gayles, confirmed to the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, is the first openly gay African-American man to be confirmed as a lifetime-appointed federal judge. Staci Yandle, confirmed to the US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, […]
In 2011 King’s College honoured Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, by gifting him an Honorary Degree in Law. In April of this year the Sultan signed a new penal code into law, which amongst other punishments, decrees death by stoning for consensual same-sex sexual activity. Several organisations and celebrities have already announced boycotts […]
Yesterday was Father’s Day in the Northern hemisphere and US President, Barack Obama released a statement in recognition of all Dads. In the statement yesterday, the President wrote: “With encouragement and unconditional love, fathers guide their children and help them envision brighter futures. They are teachers and coaches, friends and role models. “They instill values […]
Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey has introduced a Bill in the US Senate, which if passed would create a new International envoy, whose job would be to promote, protect and defend LGBT rights.globally. “For he United States to hold true to our commitment to defending the Human Rights of all people around he world, we must […]
The digital global media organisation Vocativ has developed a Queer Index to rank Rainbow friendly cities in America. The index incorporates data from open databases, public sites and social networks. 16 “key lifestyle metrics” were measured and “specific factors” included the size of cities LGBT communities, number of “out” singles, openly gay and lesbian politicians, […]