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A group of transgender sex workers who have been struggling to survive amid the nationwide lockdown in Italy have been supported by a Vatican charity. According to reports by Italian LGBT+ media Gay.it the trans sex workers in Torvaianica, a coastal city outside of Rome, received money from the Vatican after approaching a parish priest […]
Germany has officially outlawed the dangerous practice known as ‘conversion therapy’ for people under the age of 18. The Nation’s parliament known as the Bundestag put the legislation into law banning the practice on Thursday the 7th of May and introduced new penalties for those who attempt to change the sexual orientation of minors. Along […]
LGBT+ discrimination protections have been removed in the U.S State of Florida following a decision made by the court of appeal amid the coronavirus pandemic. Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeals made the decision to disband the law, which protected the rainbow community’s right to public accommodation, employment and housing, on the 1st of May. […]
The President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro has attacked the World Health Organization (WHO) claiming that they should not be trusted because they encourage childhood homosexuality. President Jair Bolsonaro, already known for his homophobic comments, feels that the WHO should not be trusted with the coordination of the COVID-19 pandemic response because the organization encourages homosexuality […]
The former Pope, Benedict XVI has launched an attack on the rainbow community with homophobic rhetoric about same-sex marriage and ones religious freedom to discriminate. Speaking during a rare interview about the publication of a new biography, the ex-Pope reportedly vented about gay weddings and society’s treatment of homophobes. “100 years ago, everybody would have […]
Historian Gareth Watkins revisits significant dates in Aotearoa’s queer history. 26 May 1917 Dr Hjelmar von Dannevill was imprisoned for suspicious activity on Matiu Somes Island in Wellington Harbour. Dannevill had arrived in New Zealand in 1911 with little documentation. With the onset of World War I, Dannevill came to the attention of the authorities. […]
The Police Force in the United Kingdom has been hit with a scathing review by a former openly gay police officer. Kevin Maxwell, who has recently written a book titled Forced Out on his experience in the police force, has slammed the culture of the organisation and said that unfortunately, the attitudes are “too ingrained” […]
During a protest against government ‘negligence’ throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, a transgender woman has set herself on fire in the Capital City of Georgia, Tbilisi. The incident occurred as several Georgia transgender women gathered in front of Tbilisi City Hall to protest a lack of support from the government during the coronavirus outbreak. During the […]