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Hundreds of Thousands of people attended events for Madrid Pride this year with estimates from organisers ranging up to one million participants across the festival. The festival which is promoted as being one of the biggest and best pride events in Europe and across the world saw police estimates of over 400,000 at Madrid’s Atocha […]
Botswana’s Government has announced its plans to overturn a groundbreaking ruling by the nation’s High Court that saw the decriminalisation of homosexuality. The historic ruling by the High Court found that Sections 164 and 167 of Botswana’s Penal Code, (which gave a seven-year prison sentence to those found guilty of “carnal knowledge of any person against the […]
History has been made in Japan following the nation granting a refugee asylum on the grounds of sexual orientation for the first time. According to Japan’s Immigration Services Agency, the anonymous person had served two years in jail in their home country for consensual same-sex activity and was released on bail prior to travelling to […]
New data has shown a disturbing 81% rise in hate crimes against transgender people in England, Scotland, and Wales. First reported by the BBC, the data was obtained from 36 out of 44 police departments throughout Great Britain, and showed an increase to 1,944 reported hate crimes based on gender identity compared to 1,073 in […]
A new movement to boycott German personal care brand NIVEA is sweeping the globe following allegations of homophobia from the body-care giant. The proposed boycott follows a move by advertising agency FCB who advised their staff that they would not be renewing their contract with NIVEA after one of the company’s staff members allegedly asserted […]
Gareth Watkins looks back at the events that shaped our rainbow community. 17 July 1867 Hon. John Richardson introduced the Offences Against the Person Bill in Parliament. Under the heading of Unnatural Offences, a person convicted of the “abominable crime of buggery” (e.g. sodomy) could be imprisoned for life. This related to the act being […]
In what’s being described as major progress towards finding a cure for HIV in people, scientists have announced the successful eradication of the virus from mice. The successful eradication which has made history, as the first time the virus has been eradicated in a living animal, was made by researchers at the Lewis Katz School […]
Turkish Police have used tear gas and Police dogs on participants in the annual Istanbul Pride march, in an attempt to disperse the officially banned event. The Istanbul Pride march, which has been banned by the Istanbul Governor’s Office since 2016, after authorities cited “security” and “safety concerns” following the 2014 march in which over […]