Category: News
Brighton, the popular UK seaside resort, experienced an extraordinary display of unity and celebration on Saturday, July 15th, as it hosted the 10th anniversary of Brighton Trans Pride, garnering the largest turnout ever seen. Despite initial concerns over extreme weather conditions, organisers originally anticipated between 5,000 and 10,000 attendees. However, the actual number surpassed expectations […]
Co-Chair of Intersex Aotearoa (IA), Dr Rogena Sterling, discusses the evolving goals of IA as the national organisation advocating for our Intersex community. For so many years, Intersex people have been invisible in society. Although they have existed since time immemorial, societies, especially Western ones based on binary, heteronormative structures, have had no room for […]
4 July 1975 The first major parliamentary attempt at homosexual law reform in New Zealand was defeated. National MP Venn Young had introduced the proposed legislation a year earlier. It aimed to decriminalise homosexual acts between consenting adults aged 21 and over. Just before the vote, Young told the House, “My amendment to the Crimes […]
Organisers of a Southeast Asian LGBTQ+ event in Indonesia have been forced to cancel the gathering due to security threats, highlighting the community’s mounting challenges as religious groups exert increasing influence in the country. Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, views homosexuality as a taboo subject, although it is not illegal except in the […]
A judge on the Florida Commission on Human Relations has declared that a clothing-optional Florida resort catering to gay and bisexual men must allow women in all areas. Although this decision overturns a previous ruling that stated the resort did not discriminate, it is not binding until the full commission reviews it. The resort in […]
An alarming outbreak of a “highly contagious” infection in Victoria has prompted health officials to issue an urgent alert. The state’s chief health officer has expressed concerns about the rapid spread of Shigellosis, a drug-resistant bacterial infection primarily affecting men who have sex with men. The situation has prompted contact-tracing efforts to contain the outbreak. […]
Leading figures from New Zealand’s film, art, and classical music industries wrote letters requesting leniency from the judge during the sentencing of sexual predator Sir James Wallace, according to information revealed by openDemocracy. Before his sentencing in May 2021, Wallace had reached out to over 100 individuals and organisations, soliciting letters of support to present […]
A Georgian pride festival in the nation’s capital city, Tbilisi, was abruptly cancelled on Saturday, the 8th of July, as 2,000 anti-LGBTQ+ protesters stormed the event, leading to clashes with police and the burning of rainbow flags. The protesters, which included members of the Orthodox Christian clergy, overwhelmed security measures and rushed the stage, causing […]