ADDED ON: 01/06/2019
Raising awareness of LGBT issues in Asian community
Syeda Sarwat came to Britain as a student in 2010 in a bid to escape the violence, abuse and social isolation that she says she suffered as a Muslim lesbian in Pakistan,…
Europe
ADDED ON: 01/05/2019
Life of a gay migrant: Racism exists in the LGBT community too
Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte, but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to make it a welcoming place…
ADDED ON: 01/03/2019
Government ‘mishandling’ Trans Rights Reform by Failing to Tackles Health Inequalities, Former Tory Minister Says
A former Conservative cabinet minister has accused the government of “mishandling” reforms needed to improve the health and quality of life of transpeople. Maria Miller, the chair of the commons women and equalities committee – and equalities minister under David…
ADDED ON: 01/02/2019
LGBTI group lodges criminal complaint against newspaper for inciting hate
Dozens of LGBTI activists in Turkey held a protest in central Istanbul calling for justice after the brutal and gruesome murder of trans woman Hande Kader. The 23-year-old trans woman was found…
ADDED ON: 01/02/2019
Women marry at midnight to become first same-sex couple to marry in Austria
Two women tied the note just minutes after midnight in Austria making them the first same-sex couple to get married on the day it became legal. Nicole Kopaunik and Daniela Paier, both…
ADDED ON: 01/02/2019
Trump official plans to welcome anti-LGBT Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin
A senior Trump administration official has sparked concerns over a plan to waive sanctions against extremist Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin to allow him to visit the US. Politico reports that Jim Bridenstine, a former…
ADDED ON: 01/02/2019
Good news: conversion therapies CAN cure gay people … of religion!
Teddy Prout, above, Director of Community Services for Humanists UK, claims that faith-based therapies aimed ‘curing’ homosexuality can result in people turning their back on religion. Speaking here about research currently being conducted into what…
ADDED ON: 01/01/2019
Stanford scholar explores the history of gay rights in Germany
Less than 80 years after roughly 6,000 gay men perished in Nazi concentration camps, Germany has become one of the countries mostly widely accepting of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.…
ADDED ON: 12/31/2018
Tanzania dismisses travel advisory by US
Tanzania has reacted angrily to an advisory issued by the US to its citizens, against travelling to the East African country, terming the action malicious. Government spokesman Dr Hassan Abbas dismissed the…
ADDED ON: 12/29/2018
Students hijack Ofsted signs in bid for LGBT inclusive sex ed in 2019
A group of student activists have created banners in the style of those made by Ofsted, the UK schools regulator, in a bid to highlight the lack of LGBT+ inclusive sex and…
ADDED ON: 12/29/2018
Trans soldier Hannah Graf among those celebrated in New Year’s honors list
Trans soldier Hannah Graf has been celebrated in the New Year’s honors list among a whole host of exceptional people in the United Kingdom. The honors and bravery list gives out titles to people…
ADDED ON: 12/28/2018
Russian City Cancels K-Pop Film Amid Fear of ‘Korean Homosexuals’
A theater in the Russian city of Makhachkala canceled the premiere of the music documentary BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul after a social media campaign accused BTS, a K-Pop group whose members…
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