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A Bulgarian court has made history by ruling in favour of a same-sex couple and recognising their marriage, despite same-sex marriage being illegal in the country. Australian-born Cristina Palma has been granted the right to live and work in Bulgaria with her French wife Mariama Dialo, after the couple married in France after 15-years together […]
The owner of The White House in Wanaka says he doesn’t remember telling a couple to go to a ‘gay bar’ after refusing to make them cocktails. Glyn Barry and Gordy Watson say they left a recent visit to The White House in Wanaka feeling like they were victims of a “verbal assault” stuff reports. […]
Russia has been ordered to pay 42,500 euros in damages by the European Court of Human Rights to three LGBTI rights groups for discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. The Russian Government which reportedly denied applications for registration from Rainbow House, the Movement for Marriage Equality, and the Sochi Pride House in the years […]
The United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister once referred to gay men as ‘tank-topped bumboys.’ Former Mayor of London and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom defeating his Tory rival Jeremy Hunt after a seven-week long leadership campaign. As Britain prepares for a new Johnson administration, several LGBT media […]
The Polish city of Bialystok has seen its inaugural Pride march attacked by right-wing radicals, resulting in multiple arrests, and injuries. According to reports, approximately 1,000 members of the LGBTI community and allies peacefully gathered while waving rainbow flags in the city centre for the city’s first-ever Pride, calling for LGBTI equality. Surrounded by police […]
Pop star Ricky Martin has joined in on protests and thrown his weight behind demands to see Puerto Rico’s homophobic governor to resign. Governor Ricardo Rosselló has found himself in hot water following a series of over 900 homophobic and disrespectful text messages between him and his top aides and cabinet members that had been […]
The Israeli Minister of Education has found himself under pressure to resign after it was revealed that the Minister and Orthodox rabbi believes that homosexuality can be “cured” through conversion therapy. Rafael Peretz, who is the nation’s Education Minister, a former military officer, Orthodox rabbi, and the head of the ultranationalist United Right party made the […]
Alan Turing, the gay British mathematics genius who helped defeat Nazi Germany in the Second World War, will once again make history as the first openly LGBTI person to be featured on a Banknote. The Bank of England made the announcement that Turing would become the face of the new £50 note, during a press conference in which the […]