Pride Uganda Will Happen Despite COVID-19 and Homophobia
Outright International has shared a document that they believe will highlight Countries that either celebrate or have a semblance of Pride celebration around the world. According to a statement released by the organization, “Pride is the most visible symbol of the global movement for LGBTIQ equality, celebrating progress, affirming the existence of LGBTIQ people, and […]
South Korea: Lawmakers must seize chance to pass landmark anti-discrimination act
Responding to the introduction of yet another bill that seeks to forbid discrimination across South Korean society, including on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, Suki Chung, East Asia Campaigner at Amnesty International, said: “The introduction of this anti-discrimination bill, combined with existing draft laws on the matter, represents a historic opportunity for South […]
Dozens Protest Against Planned LGBT Event In Kazakhstan’s Aqtobe
AQTOBE, Kazakhstan — More than 100 people have protested in Kazakhstan’s northwestern city of Aqtobe against an event planned by LGBT activists. The protesters said at the August 8 rally that they would hand a petition to the local authorities requesting them “not to allow representatives of a movement that propagates values contradicting our traditions […]
US Census starts asking sexual orientation, gender identity questions
The U.S. Census Bureau announced Thursday that its Household Pulse Survey is now asking respondents their sexual orientation and gender identity in addition to their sex. The questions are part of Phase 3.2 of the survey, the latest update to an experimental data collection effort to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on American […]
Amsterdam substitutes ‘Pride Walk’ for canal parade in 25th anniversary of Gay Pride
Amsterdam capped a month of events commemorating the 25th anniversary of its first Gay Pride festival with a “Pride Walk” through the city’s historic centre on Saturday that drew around 10,000 participants carrying flags and an enormous rainbow banner. Usually one of the biggest events of the year in Amsterdam, the festival has traditionally ended […]
Argentina Goes Further To Protect LGBTQ Rights With New Law On Trans Employment
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to reporter Daniel Politi in Buenos Aires about new Argentine laws designed to help trans people find employment. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: For years, Argentina has been at the forefront of legislation protecting and expanding LGBTQ rights. It was the first country in Latin America to legalize both same-sex marriage and adoption. […]
Indonesia’s trans women pushed to the brink during COVID pandemic
After catching the coronavirus, Jenny Mikha was faced with a choice: go out on the streets to find food, and infect more people, or starve. Like many of Indonesia’s marginalised and stigmatised waria (transgender women), Ms Mikha didn’t have a family network to support her while she was sick last month. It was only thanks […]
‘Team LGBTQ’ earns 32 medals at Tokyo Olympics
As the torch goes out at Japan National Stadium in Meiji-Jingu Park, the end has arrived for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games— dubbed “the rainbow Olympics” by some for the record number of LGBTQ competitors. At least 182 out athletes from approximately 30 nations attended the Tokyo Games, more than three times the number of […]
US expands citizenship for children born abroad in win for same-sex couples
The US says children born abroad using assisted reproductive technology can now qualify for citizenship, in a move seen as a win for same-sex couples. To be eligible before, babies born overseas needed to be genetically related to the American parent. The change follows lawsuits from couples whose children were born using surrogates and other […]
British diver Tom Daley says sports has ‘a lot further to go’ on LGBTQ acceptance
British diver Tom Daley says he is proud to be able to inspire other people as an openly gay athlete, but he is quick to add that global sports still has a long way to go to achieve acceptance and embrace diversity. “Of course it’s come a long way, but there’s still a lot further […]
Along With COVID-19, EU Faces a More Fundamental Battle
Hungary’s growing list of European Union worries includes controversial LGBT legislation and potentially hacking the phones of journalists, rights activists and political opponents. Poland has rebuffed a ruling by the bloc’s highest court, claiming its own constitution has precedence over the EU laws it vowed to follow when it joined the club in 2004, although […]
How A Gay Community Helped The CDC Spot A COVID Outbreak — And Learn More About Delta
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a lot of ways to pick up on COVID-19 outbreaks, but those methods often take awhile to bear fruit. Not so with the Provincetown, Mass., cluster that started around July Fourth weekend. “We triggered the investigation as people were getting symptomatic,” says Demetre Daskalakis, a deputy incident […]
Amsterdam ‘stumbling stones’ commemorate gay victims of Nazis
More than 75 years after they were murdered in the gas chambers or shot, gay victims of Nazi persecution were remembered with “stumbling stones” laid in Amsterdam this week. The Netherlands has about 8,500 Stolpersteine, (stumbling stones), the brass memorial plaques embedded in the street that call on passers-by to remember individual victims of the […]
American Medical Association says sex should be removed from birth certificates
The American Medical Association (AMA) says that sex should be removed as a legal designation on the public part of birth certificates. The group says including the information can lead to stigmatization of transgender and nonbinary people when they register for school or sports, request or file government documents, get married, or apply for a […]
LGBTQ Family Featured in Grocery Store Advertisement Forced to Leave Russia Due to Hate
In July, Alina and her girlfriend, Ksyusha ,wanted to show that, like any other family, they have favorite dishes and cooking habits. Joined by Alina’s mom and sister, they appeared in an advertisement for Russian grocery store chain VkusVill (translates like TasteVille). They expected people to see them as family members who love one another, […]
IOC Investigates Anti-LGBT Slurs Against Olympic Athletes on Russian TV
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is investigating two Russian state-run TV channels over talk shows that disparaged the lifestyles of a transgender and a gay athlete as “perversion” and “abomination,” the BBC has reported. Two of Russia’s most popular channels, Rossiya and Channel One, dedicated several of their late-July talk shows to transgender New Zealand […]
Why it matters that Tucker Carlson is broadcasting from Hungary this week
This week, America’s most watched cable news host is broadcasting from an authoritarian state — not to criticize its leadership but to praise it. Fox’s Tucker Carlson is currently in Budapest, airing his show from Hungary’s capital city. In his Monday monologue, Carlson told his listeners that they should pay attention to Hungary “if you […]
Pride in London cancelled because of Covid restrictions
This year’s Pride in London parade has been cancelled because of social-distancing measures, organisers have announced. More than 35,000 people had been expected to attend the flagship LGBT+ event, which had been postponed from June to 11 September. Executive director Christopher Joell-Deshields said risk assessments had shown the parade could not be held while meeting […]
Chinese Social Media Nationalists Attack LGBTQ Film Festival Run By Foreign Consulates
Nationalist users on Chinese social media platform Weibo have attacked foreign consulates in the southern capital of Guangzhou for seeking to “bring down China” with an LGBTQ film festival jointly hosted by 17 foreign governments. Such users say they have flooded the platform’s censors with reports that posts about the festival are politically problematic, seeking […]
LGBTQ rights: Sri Lanka still undecided, says govt in response to homophobic police video
The government of Sri Lanka is still undecided on LGBTQ rights, but the matter is under discussion and representations have been made by various quarters, a top minister said after a video circulated online of a counsellor openly making homophobic remarks at a police training in Kandy. The video, which surfaced on Twitter Monday (02) […]
‘Constantly pursued’: Ukraine’s LGBT+ activists attacked online and in the street
For days, death threats and homophobic insults have been pouring into Sofiia Lapina’s messaging inbox – a constant reminder of the hatred she often encounters as an LGBT+ rights activist in Ukraine. Members of a far-right channel on the Telegram messaging app published Lapina’s phone number last month, and – following a series of recent […]
Ghana’s LGBTQ Community Calls for Global Help Over Anti-Gay Bill
Ghanaian lawmakers are facing backlash over a bill before Ghana’s parliament that aims to make gay rights advocacy illegal. Eight lawmakers are sponsoring the bill, which was introduced in parliament Monday. The bill would impose a maximum 10-year prison sentence on people who support and advocate for same-sex and gay rights. Individuals or groups would […]
How This Florida Woman’s Case Impacts LGBTQ+ Workplace Discrimination
Christie Leonard’s at Gospel Crusade seemed secure. But when her unfulfilling marriage to a man she didn’t desire fell apart amid rumors she had grown too close to another woman in her church, the Florida woman found herself unemployed. “When I separated from my husband and was going to move in with a woman, who […]
HH PROMISES GAY MARRIAGES IN ZAMBIA – AMERICAN REPORTER
Lusaka ~ Mon, 2 Aug 2021 UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema, also known as HH, aims to turn around the historically negative attitude toward the Zambian LGBT community. Currently, Zambia’s legal standing on same-sex relationships and orientation is antiquated and deeply rooted in the laws and beliefs from the bygone time when the country was still […]
Hope that Qwelane judgement will pave way for Hate Crimes Bill
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola has welcomed the Jon Qwelane hate speech judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court. On Friday, the court found in a unanimous ruling that Qwelane’s 2008 article, Call me names, but gay is NOT okay, was indeed hate speech. The landmark decision, which follows a court battle […]
Joe Biden nominates lesbian rabbi for religious freedom position
President Joe Biden has nominated lesbian rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum to serve on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Under her position as commissioner, she will help monitor and evaluate religious freedoms around the world. Kleinbaum currently serves as the Chief Rabbi at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST). On Friday (30 July), the White House […]
Hundreds take part in Cayman’s first Gay Pride Parade
The first Gay Pride Parade was held in the Cayman Islands Saturday, when hundreds of people, many clad in rainbow colours, marched along West Bay Road. At the front of the parade, in a show of support for gay rights and diversity and all clad in Cayman LGBTQ Foundation T-shirts, were Premier Wayne Panton, Opposition […]
New film on gay Indo-Canadians explores the challenges they face
A new Vancouver-based production house, formed to tell stories of gay Indo-Canadians through the medium of cinema, will soon release its first documentary feature that explores the challenges they face when it comes to acceptance within the community. The unit Sher Films, spawned by Sher Vancouver, a pioneering gay-oriented charity focused on support and counselling […]
Poland attacks German justice system over fine for anti-gay article
Poland has accused Germany’s justice system of putting European standards at risk after a Cologne court fined a Polish theologian for an article describing gay people in the Catholic clergy as “parasites.” The court imposed the €4,800 penalty on Dariusz Oko, a conservative theology professor based in Krakow, for inciting hatred through his article in […]
Trans rights divides political rivals, young and old in the United States
Americans are deeply divided over transgender rights, data released on Tuesday showed, with experts accusing politicians of exploiting clear differences along party lines to foment a culture war over the issue in recent years. Seven Republican U.S. states have barred trans competitors from girls’ school sports since Democrat President Joe Biden expressed support for trans […]