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The New Zealand National Party has confirmed that it will allow its MPs to vote with their conscience on the proposed ban on conversion therapy in Aotearoa. The move to allow a conscience vote by National MPs was made under the leadership of Christopher Luxon following the release of the select committee report on the […]
The nation of Iran has reportedly executed two men following six years of imprisonment after they were convicted under Iran’s anti-gay laws. According to the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA), Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi are said to have been executed in the Maragheh prison in northwestern Iran following their arrests over six years ago. […]
The popular dating app Grindr has been removed from multiple app stores in China following reports of a Government crackdown on online content. According to AFP, the app has been removed from Apple’s app store in China, and searches for Grindr on Android and similar platforms operated by Chinese firms are also producing no results. […]
Results from a new survey in the United Kingdom have shown that the majority of LGBTQ+ Christians don’t feel safe being themselves at church. Fearing “hostility and discrimination,” of the 750 LGBTQ+ Christians surveyed, just 31% felt they could “be themselves” at church. The report, organised by the Ozanne Foundation, in collaboration with eight LGBTQ+ […]
The U.S Army and Air Force are being sued after allegations that an openly lesbian member of the National Guard was pressured to “appear more feminine” by her boss. According to the Daily Beast, Kristin M Kingrey of the West Virginia Air National Guard (WVNG) has claimed that she was held back from promotion twice […]
Former U.S President Donald Trump has promised that his re-election would see transgender athletes banned from competing across the United States. Trump, who made history by becoming the first single-term president of the United States in almost 30 years, made his remarks during a ‘MAGA’ rally in Texas (his first in the state since 2019). […]
The United Kingdom is set to open its first-ever national LGBTQ+ museum in Kings Cross, London, later in 2022. The museum, which will be called Queer Britain, will explore stories, people and places that have been vital and central to the UK rainbow community. Organisers who have been working on the project since 2018 promise […]
Lawmakers in the U.S. State of Florida have passed a bill that will ban discussions of LGBTQ+ topics including, gender identity and sexuality, in classrooms. Known as the “Parental Rights in Education” bill, House Bill (HB 1557) would prevent schools from engaging in and encouraging classroom discussion about LGBTQ+ topics and people in “primary grade […]