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The Pacific island of Guam officially becomes the first U.S. territory to allow same sex marriage. Marriage equality has now reached the shores of Guam, following a decision by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood at the U.S. District Court on Guam. The decision by Chief Judge Tydingco-Gatewood was made following a lawsuit from Loretta M. Pangelinan and Kathleen […]
Police in South Korea’s capital Seoul have banned a pride march to appease a number of Christian groups opposed to the parade. Seoul’s capital police agency has banned an GLBT pride march scheduled for June 28th.The march was supposed to be the final event in an almost three-week-long Korean Queer Culture Festival, which kicks off […]
A transgender woman in Wellington was sentenced to 21 months in prison yesterday for stabbing a man who stalked her. Jade Follett was sentenced to 21 months in jail yesterday at the Wellington District Court for stabbing a man who stalked and threatened her after they met through a dating website. The NZ Herald reports that […]
The new law is thought to be one of the most trans friendly in the world. Trans people in Ireland will no longer have to rely on testimony from psychiatrists or endocrinologists to have their gender recognised by the state. Instead, their self-declaration will be accepted, for the purpose of updating passports, driving licences, obtaining […]
Shocking new images have emerged of ISIS executing more gay men, which appears to have the tacit approval of many locals in the ISIS controlled areas according to one University of Auckland academic. Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Iraq have brutally murdered three gay men by throwing them from the top of a high building […]
Dr Peter Saxton from the Gay Mens Sexual Health group says more research is needed in New Zealand to better understand HIV. The rise in diagnoses means research to better understand HIV transmission in this country is even more urgent says Dr Peter Saxton from the University of Auckland’s Gay Mens Sexual Health research group. […]
The Republican Presidential hopeful made the shocking comments on transgender rights at the National Religious Broadcasting Convention. Speaking about transgender rights, Huckabee said “We are now in city after city watching ordinances say that your seven-year-old daughter, if she goes into the restroom, cannot be offended and you can’t be offended if she’s greeted there by a 42-year-old […]
The number of gay and bisexual men infected with HIV has increased with 86 new cases being reported in 2014 according to results released today. 2014’s annual HIV results have been released by the AIDS Epidemiology Group, based at the University of Otago which reveal that 217 people were newly reported with HIV – higher than […]