Category: News
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 […]
Tunisia has NOT become the first Arab nation to legalise same-sex marriage. The North African nation of Tunisia says it has not become the first Arab country to recognise same-sex marriage, despite the civil union of two gay men being celebrated by a prominent LGBTQ organisation. Minister of Local Affairs Lotfi Zitoun publicly denied Tunisian […]
“Kissing will be banned!” A “dummy run” of stage 2 COVID 19 restrictions at a Viaduct nightclub may give Auckland’s LGBT+ community a sign of what the new rules may be at the likes of Family bar, once public venues are allowed to reopen. While New Zealand remains at stage 3, the government has an […]
A Kenyan court has refused to end the ban on the internationally acclaimed lesbian movie Rafiki, saying the producers failed to produce evidence that banning the film infringed on freedom of expression. Rafiki, based on the award-winning short story Jambula Tree by Monica Arac de Nyeko, is a coming of age story about two Kenyan […]