Jewish Press Editor-in-chief, Caught on Film Storming the U.S. Capitol, Is Fired
Nearly five months after joining a violent mob in storming the U.S. Capitol building in a failed bid to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, the controversial editor of one of the United States’ largest Jewish newspapers has been removed from his position. Last month, Elliot Resnick, the editor-in-chief of the Jewish Press, […]
Tijuana city candidate accused of posing as gay to gain favor with voters
A lawsuit has been filed against a candidate running for Tijuana’s city council for pretending to be a member of the LGBT community. The legal action was presented by Teresita Díaz Estrada, a representative for a Tijuana LGBT association. “We know this person said in a meeting that he didn’t realize that he had signed […]
Dior chooses Chinese transgender star as an ambassador for its new fragrance campaign
Dior, the French house owned by LVMH, the largest luxury group in the world, is collaborating with China’s transgender celebrity Jin Xing for a campaign centred on the brand’s J’adore fragrance. Dior announced the news on its Weibo account with a video in which Jin Xing talks about women’s empowerment. Jin Xing is a former […]
Number of over-65s identifying as gay, lesbian or bisexual rises for first time
The number of older people identifying as gay, lesbian or bisexual (LGB) has increased for the first time, figures show. Proportions of people aged 65 and over in the UK who classed themselves as LGB increased from 0.7% in 2018 to 1% in 2019, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). However, the general […]
Major donors urge Ghana to respect LGBT+ rights amid crackdown
Major foreign aid donors called on Ghana on Tuesday to respect LGBT+ rights following a crackdown including arrests of people from sexual minorities and an increase in homophobic persecution. In the latest incident, police in the West African country arrested 21 people last week for promoting LGBT+ rights during a training workshop at a hotel […]
Cops raid Bangkok gay sauna party, nab 62
Police raided a gay sauna in Wang Thonglang district of the capital yesterday before dawn after a tip-off that a party of drugs and debauchery would be held, arresting 62 men. The sauna called Faros 2 is on Ramkhamhaeng Road. The raid was conducted by 30 police after neighbours suggested a group sex activity may […]
World’s largest gaming service Twitch adds ‘transgender’ tag
The world’s largest game streaming service Twitch has said that players will be able to add a transgender label to their videos – a move the company said would aid inclusion among its 30 million daily gamers. Twitch, which lets users broadcast themselves playing video games, introduced “transgender”, “bisexual”, “Black”, and “disabled” among more than […]
Americans Strongly Support Trans Rights — In Some Cases
Americans strongly support trans service members being in the military — even as they say trans athletes should compete in sports according to the sex listed on their birth certificates, according to a new Gallup survey. In the survey, 66% of respondents said they’re in favor of openly transgender men and women serving in the […]
Lithuania parliament votes against debating same-sex partnership bill
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday voted narrowly against debating a bill legalising same-sex civil partnerships, but supporters said they would adjust the proposal and eventually resubmit it to the assembly. In a razor-thin vote, 63 lawmakers voted in favour and 65 against accepting the measure for discussion, with some opponents declaring same-sex partnerships to be a […]
LGBT Groups Join Hydropower Protest, Ask Leaders to Condemn Homophobic Violence
Two key local LGBT rights groups, the Tbilisi Pride and the Equality Movement reiterated their support for the protest against Namakhvani Hydropower Plant, now held in the capital city Tbilisi, but called on the protest leaders to explicitly denounce “acts of violence” against LGBT persons by far-right individuals in attendance at the May 23-24 rallies. […]
Japan: New Momentum to Reform Transgender Law
Transgender people in Japan face continuing barriers to changing their legally recognized gender, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Japanese government should heed increasing calls from activists and experts to revise its abusive and outdated transgender recognition law. The 43-page report, “‘The Law Undermines Dignity’: Momentum to Revise Japan’s Legal Gender […]
Gay activists in Ghana demand release of 21 people arrested at LGBTQI conference
Ghana’s LGBTQ community has called for the release of 21 people, who were arrested by security forces last week while attending a conference in the southeastern city of Ho. An online campaign with the hashtag #ReleaseThe21 has gone viral on social media platform Twitter, as people demanded the immediate release of the detainees. At least […]
No safe haven: gay and transgender Africans fleeing persecution at home attacked in refugee camps
When Bijoux Ferrazza realised she was transgender, she took a good look around her. Transgender women are nowhere to be seen in Cameroon. Every once in a while, they make headlines, but it was usually because they have been arrested, beaten up or murdered. Bijoux weighed her options and concluded she only had one: if […]
Members of the LGBTQ community share reality of being queer in South Korea
“I went to this bar and they were doing this competition. And then I was like ‘Oh shit! It exists here, that’s so cool. I have been watching [Rupaul’s] Drag Race and things on YouTube ever since I was young, and it was my first time seeing it in person.” Eric Chai had just witnessed […]
Hong Kong’s Transgender Community Speaks Out Against Stigma
In Hong Kong, transgender people are far from accepted. Members of the community spoke out against discrimination after a survey published ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia revealed the massive scope of society’s marginalization of transgender people. More than three-quarters of transgender people in Hong Kong have contemplated suicide and over […]
Japanese politicians refuse to pass LGBTQ rights bill as Olympics approach
Advocates around the world are calling foul on Japan, worrying that the country won’t meet their pledge to pass a LGBTQ rights law before hosting the Olympics in August. The concern follows the country’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the majority party in control of both chambers of the legislature, the National Diet, refused to get […]
SENEGALESE RALLY TO CRIMINALISE HOMOSEXUALITY
Several hundred protesters rallied Sunday in Dakar to demand that homosexuality be made a crime in Senegal, according to AFP journalists. It is not illegal to identify as gay in the deeply conservative Muslim nation, but same-sex activity is already punishable by up to five years in prison. Religious leaders and civil society figures addressed […]
SOUTH AFRICA HIT BY A WAVE OF GAY AND TRANS HATE MURDERS
A wave of brutal murders of gay men and trans women has hit South Africa. The death toll over the last three months has now reached at least ten known individuals. The latest victims were 23-year-old gay man, Lindokuhle Mapu and 27-year-old trans woman, Khulekani Gomazi. Police and government officials have been widely criticised for […]
Germany’s quiet Catholic rebellion on gay blessings and women preachers
The church bells fade away, the organ starts playing and Father Jan Korditschke walks up to the altar to say Mass. It all looks like a very ordinary Sunday Catholic service. But there’s a feeling of nervous anticipation in the air. Something very unusual is about to happen. Fr Korditschke says that anyone who would […]
Most Taiwanese support same-sex marriage two years after legalization: survey
A government survey released on Sunday shows that Taiwanese people’s acceptance of same-sex marriage has significantly increased to 60.4 percent in 2021 from 37.4 percent in 2018 before the country legalized same-sex marriage. The survey conducted by the Department of Gender Quality (DGE) under the Executive Yuan was released a day before the second anniversary […]
Japanese Lawmaker Says LGBT Rights Go Against Preservation of Species Amid Record-Low Birth Rates
Japanese lawmaker Kazuo Yana of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has said that LGBT rights go against the preservation of species amid record-low birth rates in the East Asian country. During a party meeting on Thursday local time, Yana, 42, a third-term member of the Japanese House of Representatives, reportedly told members that LGBT […]
Ghana LGBT: Police explain why dem arrest 21 suspected gay, Lesbians, Transgender & odas
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Ukraine march in support of more transgender rights
Scores of people rallied in Ukraine on Saturday in support of the Trangender and LGBT community. Crowds gathered in the capital Kyiv, waving flags and chanting as they called on the government to change legislation they see as discriminatory. In 2019 the World Health Organzation accepted new measures which gave greater rights to those wishing […]
Ted Cruz thinks US military are ’emasculated pansies’ for including LGBT+ folk in recruitment ad
Last week, the US Army released a saccharine new recruitment video that uses the tale of a queer family to tug at your heartstrings. Titled “The Calling”, the five-part animated series on the origin stories of real soldiers, explaining why they each answered the “call” to serve. While the video was mocked from across the […]
German authorities accused of revealing sexual orientation of asylum seekers
Lawyers working with the German Foreign Office have allegedly revealed the sexual identity of gay, lesbian and bisexual refugees to their home countries. The Lesbian and Gay Association of Germany (LSVD) referred to these instances as “human rights abuse” that has to be stopped immediately. The Lesbian and Gay Association of Germany (LSVD) has accused […]
Vietnam’s first openly gay candidate seeks change with parliament run
As an LGBTQ activist, legal whizz-kid and Vietnam’s first openly gay candidate running for a seat in its rubber-stamp parliament, Luong The Huy is determined to lead long-lasting change for the country’s marginalised communities. Huy, 32, is one of just nine independent candidates running for Vietnam’s National Assembly in elections to be held across the […]
Singapore Rebukes US Embassy Over LGBT Rights Event
Singapore’s government has told the U.S. Embassy “not to interfere” in local matters after it hosted a webinar with local LGBT advocates earlier this week. The invitation-only webinar, held to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia on Monday, was co-hosted by the embassy and the LGBT rights organization Oogachaga. In a terse statement […]
Outcast to icon: Peter Tatchell’s 50 years of LGBT+ activism
Driven by passion and motivated by justice, veteran activist Peter Tatchell says LGBT+ equality remains elusive despite his 50-year campaign for gay rights in Britain and beyond. In a Netflix documentary that premiered on Thursday, the maverick campaigner said fairness for LGBT+ people from Iran to Zimbabwe was a distant dream and the West had […]
GAY ACTIVIST SHOT, SET ABLAZE IN BRAZIL
The body of a 25-year-old teacher, Professor Lindolfo Kosmaski, who was active in his local LGBTQI community was found on April 30th, shot and burnt alive in his car in São João do Triunfo in the southern region of Brazil, in what locals suspect was a hate crime. The local police have arrested three suspects, […]
Serbia Mulls Sacking Ambassador for Supporting Poland’s LGBT community
Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic stated that the Belgrade government is considering the recall of its Warsaw Ambassador, Nikola Zurovac, who signed a letter of support to the Polish LGBT community without consulting the ministry or government. Selakovic said he was supposed to be in Poland now, but that Polish officials had now cancelled his […]