Pakistan- Accused who tortured transgender person arrested in Nowshera
Nowshera Police have arrested an accused who attacked and injured a transgender person. Police said that transgender person Fayyaz alias Sunny came to Cantt Police Station with a complaint that a boy, Asad came to his residence in Siddique Plaza and indulged into argument with him. He alleged that the boy got furious during the […]
Israeli Right-Wing Parties Court Gay Votes
With Israel’s next election just three weeks away, the various parties are looking for new sources of votes in order to avoid the kind of political deadlock that has resulted in this being the fourth election in just two years. The Right will almost certainly win an overall majority in Knesset, but that won’t be […]
Russia hatches sinister plan to ban trans, bisexual, abortion and polyamorous ‘propaganda’
With Russia’s population expected to decline by 30 million over the next decade, the question of how to raise the birth rate dominated discussions on Thursday (4 March) at a conference of United Russia, the country’s ruling party. Among the many proposals floated under the “Strong Family” project was a ban on polyamorous and bisexual […]
In pictures: Thousands attend LGBT Mardi Gras in Sydney
Revellers usually line the city’s streets for a huge parade but plans were altered this year over Covid-19 concerns. Some 36,000 attended the stadium event instead – though a small protest march also took place on the usual parade route after an exemption was issued by health officials. Saturday’s main event was the 43rd Mardi […]
Tunisians protest for LGBT rights activist’s release
Hundreds of Tunisians demanded the release of an activist sentenced to six months in prison for allegedly insulting a police officer. The incident for which 26-year-old LGBT rights and pro-democracy campaigner Rania Amdouni was convicted on 4 March happened a few days earlier when she was trying to lodge a complaint against police intimidation. Amdouni […]
Confronting Jamaica’s hydra of deadly religious homophobia
Research by Jamaica’s most respected university found that religious homophobia is a major reason the country lags the rest of the western hemisphere in recognizing LGBT human rights. A pernicious brand of intolerant theology has infected all levels of Jamaican society, where almost everyone belongs to a conservative church. Similarly, in Ireland, fundamentalist Christian views […]
Italian politicians targeting LGBTQ people to divert attention away from the COVID economy, experts say
Two years ago, Francesco, then 18, became homeless overnight. His mother, an evangelical Christian, called the police to evict him from the family’s home in the southern Italian city of Naples, saying his relationship with his boyfriend was corrupting his younger sister. “I was literally kicked out on the street with no help from the […]
Hungary’s media authority takes legal action against TV channel due to an LGBTQ+ advert
Hungary’s media watchdog, the National Media and Infocommunications Authority have announced they will be taking legal action against the RTL Hungary media group. The legal action comes after the RTL aired an advert from the Háttér Society group. In the emotional commercial, LGBTQ+ couples were shown reacting to homophobic comments that they encountered online. The […]
Myanmar’s Pro-Democracy Protests Are Giving a Voice to LGBTQ+ People
Sue Sha Shin Thant, a transgender woman, has experienced a lifetime of discrimination and social exclusion in Myanmar, where LGBTQ+ people have no recognized rights or protections and the only words used to describe them in their own language are derogatory. Now, the Mandalay-based activist is among thousands of LGBTQ+ people marching under rainbow flags […]
Archbishop Welby condemns Nigerian Primate’s anti-gay language
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the “unacceptable” language that the Archbishop of Nigeria, the Most Revd Henry Ndukuba, used to describe gay people (News, 2 March). In response to a statement on the pastoral care of gay people issued by the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) in January, Archbishop Ndukuba wrote last week: […]
American Psychological Association opposes transgender conversion “therapy” in historic statement
The biggest professional psychologist organization in the U.S. has come out against transgender conversion therapy in a new statement, saying that the practice puts “individuals at significant risk of harm.” In a resolution adopted last month, the APA says that gender identity change efforts (GICE) “cause harm by reinforcing anti-transgender and anti-gender nonbinary stigma and […]
Europe’s nurses need more training to ‘reduce biases’ around LGBT+ issues
Calls have been made to ensure nurses across Europe are trained to be “compassionate and culturally aware” towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people, after new research found staff from strict religious backgrounds were more likely to have “negative attitudes” towards these patients. Researchers at Middlesex University have warned that health and care professionals […]
Mississippi governor to sign bill banning transgender student-athletes from female sports teams
Mississippi legislators have passed a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams in schools and universities — one of over two dozen similar measures proposed by state lawmakers nationwide this year. The state House voted 81-28 Wednesday to pass the so-called Mississippi Fairness Act. It passed the state Senate last […]
LGBT practice: Civil society, NGOs back FG’s stand
The nation’s Civil Society and some Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs) on Thursday added their voice against move by the USA and European to force the Federal Government to accept the practice of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) in the country. The civil society and NGOs at a briefing in Lagos kick against LGBT and the […]
South Korea’s first known transgender soldier found dead
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s first known transgender soldier, who protested the military’s decision last year to discharge her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery, was found dead at her home on Wednesday. Shin Jeong-hwan, a fire department official in the central city of Cheongju, said rescue workers visited the home of Byun Hui-su after […]
The growing calls for a boycott of the Qatar World Cup
In December, Danish caretaker Casper Fischer did something he had never done before. The 32 year old decided to petition Denmark’s parliament – the Folketing – to get the country’s national football team to boycott the World Cup finals being held in Qatar next year. Together with five co-sponsors, Mr Fischer, who lives close to […]
The Trailer: Why Republicans keep running against trans rights
In this edition: The GOP’s transgender politics, lessons from CPAC and a sit-down with a Republican running for Congress against Trump. We don’t have the Kraken anymore, but we’ll always have Paris. This is The Trailer. For most of his 90-minute CPAC speech, former president Donald Trump played the hits. Democrats favor “open borders.” President […]
Actor Idris Elba, Naomi Campbell call for Ghana to protect LGBT+ community
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Actor Idris Elba and model Naomi Campbell have joined 65 other British celebrities, designers and politicians in calling for Ghana’s president to engage with the country’s LGBT+ community in an open letter published on social media on Monday. A public outcry last week forced the country’s first LGBT+ community centre […]
Homosexuality can still be called a mental disorder in China, court rules
A court in China‘s eastern Jiangsu province has ruled in favour of a publisher that described homosexuality as a “psychological disorder” in a university textbook. The Suyu District Intermediate Court in the city of Suqian said the description of homosexuality under “common psychosexual disorders” – along with cross-dressing and fetishism – results from “perceptual differences” […]
Polish court acquits LGBT activists in rainbow Virgin Mary case
A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who were accused of desecration and offending religious sentiment for altering, producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic icon that included the LGBT rainbow. The posters used rainbows as halos in an image of the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus. Their aim was to […]
UK’s first LGBT+ retirement community given green light to open in 2021
Tonic Housing has been awarded a £5.7m loan from the mayor of London to purchase 19 properties in Vauxhall, Lambeth. This will become the UK‘s first provider of queer-affirming housing for older LGBT+ people. Sales for the property are due to start in the spring with residents expected to begin moving in this summer. Sadiq […]
IN A FIRST, SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGES LGBT RIGHTS
In probably a first for a South Asian head of state, Sri Lankan President in a post on Twitter acknowledged the rights of LGBTQI Sri Lankans. Human rights activists said the President’s message was significant as Sri Lanka is one of the 69 countries in the world that has laws that criminalise consensual same-sex acts. […]
United Methodist conservatives detail breakaway plans over gay inclusion
Conservative leaders within the United Methodist Church unveiled plans Monday to form a new denomination, the Global Methodist Church, with a doctrine that does not recognize same-sex marriage. The move could hasten the long-expected breakup of the UMC over differing approaches to LGBTQ inclusion. For now, the UMC is the largest mainline Protestant church in […]
Nigerian church to anti-gay Americans: You’re not anti-gay enough
Henry C. Ndukuba, archbishop of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, has declared there’s “no such thing as a ‘gay Christian’ “. In a statement, Ndukuba criticized the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), which broke away from the Episcopal Church over its acceptance of gay clergy. Ndukuba cited a recent pastoral statement from ACNA that […]
Crowd in Mexico stops gay couple from being arrested as they chant ‘I’m gay too’ at cops
A gay couple were handcuffed by armed police “for kissing” on a beach in Mexico. A series of videos of the incident, posted to Facebook, appear to show police ushering the couple into the back of a vehicle as a crowd of fellow beachgoers chant “I’m gay too” in solidarity. The two men are then […]
In Colombian port town, LGBTQ community faces increasing threats
A main Afro-Colombian port city on Colombia’s western coast, Buenaventura has long been considered one of the most violent places in the country. It was here the “casas de pique” (Spanish for chop houses) operated, where armed groups would dismember victims and dispose of their bodies in the adjacent Pacific Ocean. In 2019, Buenaventura held […]
Homosexuality can be called a mental disorder, Chinese court rules; LGBT community disappointed
A Chinese court has upheld a ruling that a textbook description of homosexuality as “a psychological disorder” was not a factual error but merely an “academic view”. The Chinese LGBT community, and the 24-year-old woman who filed the lawsuit, have expressed disappointment at the decision, handed down last week by the Suqian Intermediate People’s Court […]
LGBTQI office in Ghana: President Nana Akufo-Addo say he no go legalize same-sex marriage
“For same-sex marriage to dey legal for Ghana, e no go happun for my time as president” Akufo-Addo tok dis during di installation of di Second Archbishop of di Anglican Church of Ghana for St Micheals and All Angel’s Cathedral for Asante Mampong. “I tok am before, and make I stress am again, e no […]
BIHAR GOVT TO PATNA HIGH COURT : WILL SET UP SPECIAL TRANS POLICE UNITS IN EACH DISTRICT
In an affidavit submitted to the Patna High Court, Bihar Government has said that it is committed to “respectful representation” of transgender people in public employment, and will set up a separate unit of Transgender Police Personnel called Special Unit (Transgender) at each district under the District SP, LiveLaw has reported. The affidavit states: “The […]
Different fight, ‘same goal’: How the Black freedom movement inspired early gay activists
On April 25, 1965, three teenagers refused to leave Dewey’s Restaurant in Philadelphia after employees repeatedly denied service to “homosexuals and persons wearing nonconformist clothing,” according to Drum magazine, which was created by the Janus Society, an early gay rights group. The teens were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, and Janus Society members protested […]