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Russia has banned a famous charity calendar featuring naked rowers. Raising funds for Sports Allies, an organisation working to combat homophobia in sport, the calendar features naked rowers from England’s Warwick University Rowing Club and is distributed worldwide. Copies on their way to Russia however, were intercepted by customs officials and sent back to the […]
A man has allegedly been deported from Australia because PrEP and sex toys were found in his luggage at the border. The German man had left Australia to holiday in Japan for a week and was flying back into Cairns in order to extend his tourist visa when he was detained overnight and deported yesterday. […]
Police in Uganda shut down Uganda’s only LGBT+ film festival after receiving a tip about its secret location. This year’s Queer Kampala International Film Festival (QueerKIFF) was only the second time it has been held and was due to run over the course of a weekend. Organisers received a warning shortly before 2 pm on […]
A top Swiss football referee has come out as gay and says it’s worth it if it helps just one footballer or another referee. Pascal Erlachner came out in an interview with Swiss newspaper Blick and is thought to be the first openly gay man in Swiss professional football. Having refereed 73 Super League games […]
The Law Commission is currently reviewing the rules for how to divide property when a relationship breaks up and are seeking feedback from people from LGBT+ communities. The Property (Relationships) Act 1976 applies to three types of relationships: marriages, civil unions and de facto relationships, with the same rules applying for all. The Law Commission […]
Compensation for men with historic homosexuality convictions is being called for during public submissions on a proposed BIll. Three people making submissions to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee regarding a proposed Bill to expunge convictions, raised the subject of compensation. At the time of the Bill’s introduction in July, former Justice Minister Amy Adams […]
To honour the upcoming International Human Rights Day, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is hosting a special LGBT+ documentary film screening on Saturday. We speak to Ambassador Rob Zaagman about the importance of recognising LGBT+ rights around the world. “Human rights are not about special rights for some, it’s about equal rights for […]
Austria’s highest court has overturned a ban on marriage equality, with same-sex couples set to be able to marry starting in 2019. The often conservative country will not immediately make marriage equality legal, unless parliament votes to change the law before December 31, 2018. A lesbian couple, alongside four other couples, who were denied the […]