Category: News
With the death of RBG, attention now turns to Donald Trump who can cement an anti-LGBT majority on the United States Supreme Court. There are growing fears that United States President Donald Trump will seek to rush through an election year appointment to the Supreme Court cementing a solid conservative and probable anti-LGBT majority. The […]
Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden has announced his plans to repeal the Trump administrations anti-trans policy that bans transgender troops from serving in the United States Military. The former vice president’s promise was made on the 9 year anniversary of the repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, policy. His statement which was published in […]
Adoption law reform would be a significant win for many same-sex couples. Adoption law reform will be on the table if Labour is re-elected and National may support change also. Justice Minister Andrew Little has indicated that he wants to change the 1955 Adoption Act, which he calls a “highly moralistic piece of legislation”. Currently, […]
Bishops in Poland are calling for the opening of new conversion therapy clinics with the aim of forcing individuals to “regain their natural sexual orientation.” The disturbing idea was announced during a three-day Polish Episcopal Conference (KEP) in which the Bishops unveiled a new 24-page document that outlines their positions on rainbow issues. While the […]
Some of the school’s teenagers have called for a boycott of the Pride week. Wellington’s Scott’s College Pride Week celebrating the LGBT community has been overshadowed by a number of homophobic social media posts that have now been made public. Newshub reports that one Scots College student whose back was unwittingly covered in pride stickers […]
A new Russian law aiming to prohibit any change of marital status for trans people could have a retroactive effect and prevent straight couples from marrying. Russia’s proposed amendments to their Family Code legislation which is claimed to “strengthen the family institution” is also an additional opportunity for the executive to make the lives of […]
LGBT+ rights groups are crying foul as the President of the Philippines officially pardoned a U.S. Marine who was convicted of killing a transgender woman. According to The Philippine Star newspaper prosecutors’ attempts to block LCPL Joseph Pemberton’s early release from prison which prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to pardon him. Prosecuted in October 2014, Pemberton […]
The new guidelines are being called the “first meaningful change” since 2002. Sex education in New Zealand is set for a major overhaul, with schools across the country being told they must allow students the option of choosing their own gender identities and names. “Sexuality education” is out, to be replaced by “relationships and sexuality […]