Category: News
Serbian police and far-right protesters have clashed leading up to a pride parade in the capital city of Serbia, Belgrade. It is reported that approximately 150 anti-LGBTI protesters gathered in the hours leading up to the Pride march with the intention of impeding and stopping the event. Police have since indicated that at least five […]
The portrait is part of a new exhibition celebrating a trailblazing generation of transgender women in New Zealand. Poutokomanawa: The Carmen Rupe Generation will feature portraits of Carmen Rupe, Georgina Beyer, Dana de Milo and Chrissy Witoko, as well as work by transgender artists. The New Zealand National Gallery in Wellington unveiled the collection yesterday and is open to […]
The National Council of Women have voted to implement more trans-inclusive language and will not fight for the rights of women exclusively. In a major win for trans rights activists in New Zealand, the National Council of Women has moved to adopt more inclusive language in order to serve the interests of trans and non-binary […]
The results of a new study have confirmed that individuals who undergo ‘conversion therapy’ to change one’s gender identity have a higher risk of attempting suicide. The latest research which was published in JAMA Psychiatry follows countless other studies by numerous organisations which have all come to the same conclusion that so-called ‘conversion therapy’ is dangerous and […]
The U.S. State Department is being sued by a gay couple, after their infant daughter, who was born via surrogacy in Canada, was denied birthright citizenship. Currently, birthright citizenship in the United States is extended to children born elsewhere in the world to U.S. citizens, however, Roee and Adiel Kiviti from Maryland say their daughter […]
The former British and Irish Lions captain has gone public about being HIV positive after having his status used in a blackmail attempt. Gareth Thomas has become the first major British sportsperson to reveal publicly that they are HIV positive. Thomas, who first came out as gay in 2009 says he didn’t want to keep […]
Gay father delivers a petition to parliament calling for fairer adoption laws for same-sex parents and others. Christian Newman and Mark Edwards have taken their fight to change New Zealand’s adoption law to Wellington where they hope lawmakers will finally act to change the 64-year-old Adoption Act. Christian Newman has delivered a 30,000-signature petition […]
Religious leaders in Ethiopia have announced plans to ramp up conversion therapy in their nation citing an “escalating problem” of homosexuality. According to reports by AFP, a new religious association has been formed by Orthodox Christian priest Dereje Negash, with the sole intention of changing LGBTI people’s sexual orientation and gender expression. “The reason we’re holding this event […]