Category: News
Just hours after officially taking office, Brazil’s new right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro has unveiled a new executive order, putting the rights of Brazil’s LGBTI community at risk. According to reports by AP, Bolsonaro announced that the human rights ministry would no longer deal with issues facing the nation’s LGBTI community, and has also moved to restrict the […]
Express talks to House of Drag winner Hugo Grrrl. Hugo, how does it feel to have won House of Drag? It’s so surreal! Going into it I never considered I’d be here. It’s been a very overwhelming but very wonderful few days. When you first met the other contestants, who did your gut tell you […]
Lexie Matheson talks to express about her nomination for Senior New Zealander of the Year and her take on Auckland Pride. It would be fair to say Lexie Matheson’s nomination as Senior New Zealander of Year couldn’t have come at a better time for the veteran Trans activist. Matheson, who last year resigned from the […]
Raymond Mashamba, a football referee from Zimbabwe who first made headlines after becoming the first referee to use a green card during the London CONIFA World Cup, has been granted Asylum in the UK. The 30-year-old referee who was given the historic green card, found himself being outed as gay to his family and blackmailed as […]
The Royal Canadian Mint has announced plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Canada, by minting a special $1 coin. The new design which was approved by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 14, aims to commemorate the 1969 amendments to the nations Criminal Code, which saw consensual Same-sex sexual activity between adults was […]
Tennis great and Lesbian sporting hero, Martina Navratilova, has found herself facing criticism, after saying Transgender athletes have an unfair advantage when competing in women’s sports. Martina Navratilova’s comments sparked outrage after suggesting that women who were born male should not be allowed to compete in women’s sports events. The former Wimbledon champion and LGBT […]
11 women have reportedly been arrested in the northern Nigerian city of Kano for allegedly planning a lesbian wedding. According to reports by AFP, the women where arrested by local ‘Morality police’ (Hisbah) who are responsible for upholding and enforcing Islamic law in the nation. The women who were arrested following a tip-off from a member of […]
A new comprehensive report has highlighted and warned that Russia’s so-called “gay propaganda” legislation is having a negative impact, and putting LGBTI youth at risk. The new report which was conducted by LGBTI Rights group, Human Rights Watch, confirmed through an extensive range of interviews of Russian LGBTI youth and health professionals, the legislation was, in fact, […]