Category: Around the World
A U.S. magistrate judge has ruled that LGBTQ+ veterans discharged under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy can move forward with their lawsuit against the Department of Defense (DOD). The lawsuit, initiated by five veterans, claims they faced discrimination due to receiving other-than-honorable discharges. The veterans are requesting the DOD to erase all mentions of […]
Thousands of Hungarians gathered for the annual Budapest Pride on Saturday, transforming the event into a protest against the government’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights. This year’s march drew significant attention due to mounting criticism of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s policies. Since coming to power in 2010, Orbán has enacted a series of Christian-conservative measures, including […]
Anderson Lee Aldrich, the Colorado Springs mass shooter, pleaded guilty to over 50 federal hate crimes on Tuesday and was sentenced to 55 life sentences in prison for attacking an LGBTQ+ club. Aldrich, already serving life sentences after pleading guilty to state charges, killed five people and injured 19 others at Club Q in November […]
Thailand has become the first nation in South-East Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, with the country’s Senate approving the landmark bill. The legislation’s approval was anticipated after it passed the House of Representatives with a near-unanimous vote in March. Despite Thailand’s vibrant LGBTQ+ scene featuring bustling gay bars and a prominent transgender community, local same-sex […]
A former New South Wales Police officer has been charged with allegedly raping a colleague and allegedly touching two other colleagues over a two-year period. Appearing in Manly local court on Monday, Matthew Cameron, 31, faced charges of one count of sexual intercourse without consent and seven counts of sexual touching without consent. Openly gay […]
A federal judge in the state of Louisiana has blocked the enforcement of a new rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that protects LGBTQ+ students from discrimination based on their gender identity in schools and colleges across four states. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty issued a preliminary injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Education from […]
Despite pouring rain, an ongoing war, and the need for heavy police protection, hundreds gathered under the protection of police in Kyiv for the Ukrainian capital’s first Pride march since the Russian invasion. Soon after the brief rally, which took place behind a police cordon, nationalist militants began a counter-demonstration through the streets of Kyiv, […]
Colonel Edward Thomas Ryan, a retired firefighter and decorated United State Army veteran, has come out as gay in his own obituary, expressing that he can “rest in peace” now that his “secret is known.” Ryan, who was in a relationship with a man for twenty-five years, revealed his sexuality in an obituary published on […]