Yulia Alyoshina – Russia’s first trans politician, has announced that she will be stepping down from politics, explaining her “difficult decision” to retire was due to the nation’s expansion of its “LGBT propaganda” law. Alyoshina, who is a member of the Civic Initiative party made the announcement at her party’s head office in the Altai […]
LGBTQ+ bars in the hometown of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer have banned costumes depicting the serial killer. Dahmer, who murdered at least 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, has come back into the public spotlight, recently following the release of the Netflix drama series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story – leaving many concerned […]
The anti LGBTQ+ incumbent lost to socialist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made a stunning return to the Brazilians Presidency just three years after being released from jail. With 100% of precidents reporting, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has beaten incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro 50.9% to 49.1% The President […]
Same-sex marriage in Mexico has officially been legalised, with the legislation being voted into law by all of the nation’s state parliaments. Tamaulipas became the final state to vote in favour of the law following the states of Durango, Guerrero, the State of Mexico, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán moving to allow equal marriage earlier in […]
Despite further community transmission, the vaccine which has already rolled out in Australia, America and the UK will not be available in NZ until December. The total number of confirmed monkeypox (MPX) cases in Aotearoa New Zealand has climbed to 28. Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand reported a new case in Auckland, classified as […]
The Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust has raised a whopping $57,000 for Queer communities across Aotearoa with their inaugural GiveOut Day. The Trust, who brought the GiveOUT Day fundraising platform to Aotearoa, New Zealand, hosted a fabulous GiveOUT Gala last Wednesday night, which raised $12,000 by auction of a wide range of items and experiences. […]
A group of LGBTQ+ climbers have conquered Vladimir Putin Peak while planting both a rainbow flag and a Ukraine flag to protest against Putin’s anti-LGBTQ+ and pro-war regime. The recent protest by the group known as ‘Gay Climbers’ follows two other Russian climbers’ protest in response to the outbreak of war in Ukraine, where the […]
LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was arrested in Qatar while staging a one-man protest against Qatar’s criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people – just 26 days before the start of the football World Cup. Tatchell’s protest, which was the first-ever public LGBTQ+ protest in Qatar, took place outside the National Museum of Qatar in […]