Category: News
Amnesty International says the proposed legislation’s scrapping “sends a chilling message that the UK is a hostile place for trans people.” United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson had dumped his predecessor Theresa May’s proposed measures which would have allowed people to change their legal gender by “self-identifying” as a different sex. In news which will […]
The landmark ruling is a major defeat for President Donald Trump. In a historic 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court has delivered LGBT Americans the biggest legal victory since same-sex marriage was legalised in 2015. In a major blow to President Donald Trump, America’s highest court ruled LGBT Americans are protected under Title VII […]
The senior Queensland Police constable is aiming to raise awareness of the high level of domestic violence in the LGBT+ community by speaking of his own experience. A senior police officer from the Australian state of Queensland has decided to speak out on same-sex domestic violence in an effort to encourage more LGBT survivors to […]
The study finds “dudebros” are less supportive of LGBT+ rights and express their masculinity in “entitled, obnoxious, and toxic ways.” A surprising new study has found that older people are more supportive of LGBT+ communities than millennial men. Published in Sexuality Research and Social Policy, the study conducted by sociologist Dr Meredith G.F Worthen from the […]
A worldwide LGBTQIA+ Pride event has announced the first wave of speakers and artists appearing at the online event on June 27. They include Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of Costa Rica – which recently legalised equal marriage – Prime Ministers of Norway Erna Solberg and Luxembourg Xavier Bettel, and Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil of India. All were approached by […]
Widely considered as one of the best footballers in the world, Neymar has had a homophobic complaint made against him after he called his mother’s bisexual boyfriend a “little fag.” The coverage of the complaint follows the leaking of an audio recording of a private conversation between Neymar and several of his friends which were […]
LGBT+ rights groups have raised concerns around recently appointed White House liaison, Merritt Corrigan who has a long history of homophobic statements. The new member of Donald Trump’s administration who previously said that the United States is in the clutches of a “homo-empire” that pushes a “tyrannical LGBT+agenda,” is now the deputy White House liaison […]
Several of Aotearoa’s rainbow organisations have spoken out about the lack of specific funding dedicated to rainbow communities in the 2020 Rebuilding Together Budget. Representing a large body of advocates for the queer, gender diverse, takatāpui & (VSC)/intersex communities*, the Youth Sector Rainbow Collective (YSRC) comprises several organisations including RainbowYOUTH, InsideOUT Kōaro, Waikato Queer Youth, […]