ADDED ON: 12/07/2021
Banksy pledges work to help save ‘LGBT cultural heritage site’
A stencil used by artist Bansky to paint the side of a former jail – described as an ‘LGBT cultural heritage site’ – is to go up for sale, with proceeds supporting…
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ADDED ON: 12/07/2021
Church in Wales could elect UK’s first female and first out gay archbishop
Cherry Vann, the Bishop of Monmouth, is in the running to be elected the Church in Wales’ first lesbian archbishop. Following the retirement of John Davies, the election for a new archbishop…
ADDED ON: 12/05/2021
Lewis Hamilton condemns ‘terrifying’ LGBTQ+ laws before Saudi Arabian GP
Lewis Hamilton has said he is not comfortable competing in Saudi Arabia given its repressive laws regarding the LGBTQ+ community. Speaking before this weekend’s grand prix in Jeddah, Hamilton described the laws…
ADDED ON: 12/05/2021
Why Viktor Orbán is fighting a war against ‘LGBT ideology’
‘Do you support the unrestricted presentation of sexual media content that influences the development of underage children?’ In a national referendum likely to be held in the spring, Hungarians will be asked…
ADDED ON: 12/04/2021
Could Denmark be on the verge of having its first LGBT PM? The bookies certainly think so
It won’t be a big deal should Konservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen become this country’s first gay prime minister – or at least not by Nordic standards. Per-Kristian Foss was the first…
ADDED ON: 12/03/2021
Bisexual goddess and anti-Nazi fighter Josephine Baker given one of France’s highest honours
French-American cabaret star and civil rights activist Josephine Baker has become the first Black woman to enter the Panthéon, nearly 50 years after her death. The bisexual icon is the sixth woman…
ADDED ON: 12/02/2021
Hungary approves national referendum on Russia-style ‘gay propaganda’ law
Hungary will head to the polls to vote on LGBTQ+ rights in 2022 after its parliament approved a nationwide referendum on its controversial “gay propaganda” law. On Tuesday, Hungary’s National Assembly voted unanimously…
ADDED ON: 12/01/2021
Hungary’s parliament approves referendum on LGBT issues
Hungary's parliament authorized the government Tuesday to call a national referendum on LGBT issues, the latest in a series of steps by the country's nationalist leaders that critics say are intended to…
ADDED ON: 11/30/2021
Netherlands formally apologies for forced sterilization of trans, intersex people
The Dutch government on Saturday formally apologized to transgender and intersex people who were forced to become sterile in order to legally change their gender. The Gender Change Act, which was also…
Tomas Diafas — Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival, Greece
Tomas Diafas is the founder of the Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival. This grassroots initiative aims to alter deeply entrenched misconceptions and prejudices toward the LGBTQ+ community through artistic and cultural practices. Here,…
Aritha Wickramasinghe — Equality Director at iProbono, Sri Lanka
Aritha Wickramasinghe is the Equality Director at iProbono, a globally focused civil society organization that provides legal aid to marginalized individuals and advocates for social equity. Born in Sri Lanka, Aritha earned…
ADDED ON: 11/28/2021
Dutch government apologizes for discredited transgender law
The Dutch government made a public apology Saturday for a now discredited and scrapped law that required transgender people to undergo surgery and sterilization if they wanted to change their gender on…
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