Category: Around the World
In a recent turn of events, a selection of players from Toulouse Football Club were excused from their Ligue 1 fixture against Nantes, following their refusal to partake in a league-wide initiative against homophobia. Confirming the actions in a formal statement, the club said, “Certain members of our professional squad have voiced their opposition to […]
In Havana, approximately 200 individuals gathered on Saturday to march against homophobia and transphobia, commemorating the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Cuba last September. Accompanied by the lively sounds of traditional conga music, the demonstrators proudly chanted “Socialism yes, homophobia no” as they celebrated the island’s progressive stance on LGBTQ+ rights. Cuba’s new Family Code, […]
A former Victoria Police officer with 36 years of service is pleading for reinstatement after being dismissed due to his online anti-LGBTQI comments. 63-year-old Sergeant Bruno Staffieri attended a Police Registration and Services Board dismissal hearing on Friday, where he sought to regain his position, insisting that his intention was not to offend anyone but […]
Polish LGBTQ+ activists, who founded the “Atlas of Hate” project, have won a legal victory against Przasnysz county authorities after an appeals court in the Polish city of Białystok threw out a case against them. The activists who have faced multiple lawsuits for drawing international attention to Poland’s discriminatory “LGBT-Free Zones” have faced numerous lawsuits […]
Russian authorities have included the NC SOS Crisis Group, a human rights organisation defending LGBTQ+ individuals, in the country’s contentious ‘foreign agents’ registry. The concerning move, which was made on May 5th, also targeted Maria Pevchikh, the chair of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, and her associate Georgy Alburov, who was also added to the registry. The […]
The popular video-sharing app TikTok is facing scrutiny after it was revealed that the company had compiled a list of users who watched LGBTQ+ content on the platform. The practice was leaked by former employees, who disclosed that TikTok maintained a list that authorised staff could access, containing the IDs of users who engaged with […]
San Francisco has voted to repeal a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restricts abortion, voting and LGBTQ+ rights after determining that the boycott is doing more harm than good. The policy which was initially put in place in 2016, after the US Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage nationwide, and was […]
Dee Snider, the frontman of Twisted Sister, has affirmed his support for the LGBTQ+ community following his removal from this year’s San Francisco Pride event due to his endorsement of Paul Stanley’s controversial tweet regarding gender identity among children. Snider took to social media to express his disagreement with being labelled as transphobic, saying, “I […]