Category: News
With 10 members of the rainbow community being murdered in the last 15-Months in Puerto Rico, the U.S. commonwealth’s government is now facing global criticism over its inaction. The criticism from multiple LGBT+ rights and advocacy groups from across the globe follows the recent murders of two trans women who now bring the total number […]
Governments around the world are being urged by UNAIDS to stop the targeting of the rainbow community amid the coronavirus pandemic. UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima made the comments in a recent press release that noted reports of governments and law enforcement officials targeting LGBT+ people. “HIV has taught us that violence, bullying and discrimination […]
An outspoken homophobe from South Africa who has been accused of inciting hate speech has been accused of living a double life and having a secret Grindr profile. Christiaan Otto who caused outrage on social media after multiple posts and videos in which he repeatedly enforced his view that homosexuality and same-sex marriage are sinful, […]
Puerto Rican authorities have confirmed that they are now investigating the murders of two transgender women. Reported by the Puerto Rican newspaper, Primera Hora, authorities found the bodies of Serena Angelique Velázquez and Layla Pelaez’s in a car under a bridge in the municipality of Humacao on the island’s southeast coast. It has also been […]
A police constable in Nigeria is reported to have been stripped naked and severely beaten by a group of youths following allegations that he was homosexual. Reported by The Nation, the constable along with another man was “caught red-handed” having sex in the city of Umueze located in the south-east of the country. With condoms […]
The Australian rainbow community are mourning the loss of Constable Glenn Humphris, who was one of the four Police officers killed in a horrific roadside car accident on a Melbourne Freeway on Wednesday. Constable Glenn Humphris was one of the four police tragically lost and the community has rallied around his partner Todd and family […]
Worldwide Roar, formerly Warwick Rowers, has defended an Instagram post that was attacked for not showing enough diversity, especially people of colour. The original post showed four images from their most recent photoshoot showing naked images of their athletes (with genitals covered) with text saying it was their “biggest & most diverse shoot to date” […]
Followers of Brian Tamaki took to the self-described Bishop’s Facebook to post death threats against the Prime Minister. A since-deleted Facebook post by self-appointed ‘Bishop’ and Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has drawn a number of death threats against Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern newshub reports. It was last Thursday when Tamaki shared a bizarre rant […]