Category: News
Auckland Pride co-chair Vinnie Sykes has resigned. The resignation will take effect from March 2016. Sykes says he made the decision to leave in order to spend more time with his husband who is recovering from a brain tumour. Sykes is required to give three months notice, which means that he will continue in his […]
The Church of England has banned a senior clergyman from taking services because he married his male partner. The Reverend Canon Jeremy Davies served as canon precentor at Salisbury Cathedral for 25 years. After marrying his partner of 30 years in 2014, he has now been told he can no longer preach within the diocese. The Church […]
Fran Wilde says she will leave her position on the Greater Wellington Council before the next local body elections are held in October 2016. Ms Wilde stepped down from her position as chairwoman of GWRC after the Wellington super-city plan was scrapped in June, and has since secured a new role as chair of the […]
The Christian University in Tennessee is now legally allowed to ban students whose “lifestyles” are considered as an affront to their Christian philosophy. Carson- Newman University was granted a Title IX waiver by the federal government to ban students who are gay. The waiver obtained by Carson-Newman University will also allow the university to ban students whose […]
The United Nations has launched an historic campaign to fight against GLBT discrimination. With Zachary Quinto narrating, the United Nations Human Rights office is offically recogniSing the impact of GLBT discrimination in a new video campaign. The video is highlights a number os statistics that show the intense discrimination the GLBT community faces on a […]
Same-sex couples will now be able adopt children in the Australian state of Victoria. Victoria will now allow same sex couples the right to adopt children, after the final passage of the state government’s bill, which delivers on an election promise made by Premier Daniel Andrews in 2014. Despite passage of the new law, some […]
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed that GLBT refugees fleeing Syria will be accepted and settled in the UK. The UK Home Office said it would look at ‘vulnerable criteria’ when looking at refugee cases and will take into account sexual orientation and gender identity. Other vulnerability criteria will include ‘violence and/or torture; refugees […]
A Jamaican lawyer has filed a claim in the Supreme Court of Judicature, challenging the constitutionality of his country’s laws criminalising consensual sex between men. Maurice Tomlinson, who launched the legal challenge is being supported by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. A senior policy analyst at the Legal Network, Tomlinson highlights the deadly consequences of such […]