Category: Around the World
The AFL’s first openly gay player has announced he will run for parliament as a candidate for the Australian Greens. Jason Ball, the first openly gay Australian rules player, has announced he will stand as a Greens candidate in the federal Melbourne seat of Higgins at the next federal election, which is expected to be […]
A group of GLBT Ugandans bravely marched in their very own pride parade, despite the risk of imprisonment. At a secluded beach in Entebbe, on Lake Victoria just outside Uganda’s capital Kampala, a group of about 70 GLBT Ugandans, holding banners including “I have a relationship with Jesus and I’m gay”, marched a short distance […]
Two major Australian television networks have refused to air an anti same sex marriage advert from ‘Marriage Alliance’. Channel Seven and Ten have both refused to air anti same sex marriage adverts from ‘traditional marriage’ group The Marriage Alliance. The group launched its national ad campaign this week which claims marriage equality is just the […]
Despite the risks, Uganda’s GLBT community is preparing to celebrate their very own pride festival. Uganda’s annual pride festival will begin this week, with a wide array on celebrations, but unlike other worldwide pride celebrations, GLBT Ugandans will mark the week in secret. The fourth annual Uganda Pride will include film screenings, a cocktail party, […]
The UK Labour leadership frontrunner has turned his attention to GLBT issues. UK Labour leadership frontrunner, Jeremy Corbyn has said he would impose economic and diplomatic consequences for countries opposed to equal rights for GLBT people. In an interview with Pink News, Corbyn spoke extensively about his commitment to GLBT rights, citing his long parliamentary […]
Caribbean nation’s pride festival makes history. Jamaica made history this week – holding its first ever GLBT pride festival. The Associate Press reports that the week long festival held in the Jamaican capital of Kingston included a flash mob gathering in a park, an art exhibit, a dance party and performances featuring songs and poems […]
Russian police have arrested over a dozen GLBT rights protestors in St Petersburg. Russian police in St. Petersburg have detained several GLBT activists, who held pickets in defence of equal rights on a Russian military holiday, Airborne Forces Day. The arrests occurred after the group of GLBT protestors were assailed by veterans of Russian Airborne Forces, who […]
A 16 year old girl who was stabbed in an attack at Jerusalem Pride has died. Shira Banki, a 16-year-old Israeli teen who was stabbed by an Ultra Orthodox Jewish man during the Jerusalem Pride parade has died of her injuries. Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that Banki was a high-school student from Jerusalem who was studying […]