Category: Around the World
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 […]
A global conference on GLBT rights is set to begin in Washington DC, hosted by the United States state department. The U.S. Department of State and USAID will host the third Conference to Advance the Human Rights of and Promote Inclusive Development for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Persons on November 12-14, in Washington, […]
The new legislation, the Prohibition of Unnatural Sexual Practices Bill of 2014, is harsher and even more extensive than the recently nullified Anti-Homosexuality Act. The Anti Homosexual Act (AHA) was passed by parliament last year and signed into law by Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni but was later declared null and void by the nation’s constitutional court due […]
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 […]