Culture Religion and Politics

Global News

Added on: 04/26/2020

We’re Still Picking up the Pieces of the Last Crisis

04/25/2020

At this point there can be only one priority: to overcome the public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As economist James Meadway has described, in…

Global News

Added on: 04/26/2020

Lesbian Indonesian singer bats away messages of hate to pen songs about acceptance of LGBT minority and respect for all

04/25/2020

Indonesian singer and songwriter Kai Mata realised, as a teenager in Jakarta, she liked women more than men – but her realisation was quickly followed by disillusionment….

Global News

Added on: 04/26/2020

Lockdown, religion, migrant, survival, and more

04/25/2020

The good thing about this Chinese virus is that it has knocked the stuffing out of religion. Where are monotheism, polytheism, in fact theism itself? What about…

Global News

Added on: 04/26/2020

Two transgender women found burned to death in Puerto Rico

04/25/2020

The bodies of two transgender women were found burned to death inside a vehicle this week in Puerto Rico, according to activists, raising alarm about the killings…

Global News

Added on: 04/25/2020

Brunei’s stoning for ‘gay-sex’ law flies under the radar

04/24/2020

In April 2019, the words ‘Sultan’, ‘Brunei’, ‘stoning’ and ‘gay-sex’ were trending globally. Condemnation of Brunei’s death by stoning law for proven acts of liwat — consensual…

Global News

Added on: 04/25/2020

No end in sight for Tanzania’s anti-LGBT crackdown

04/24/2020

When James Wandera Ouma is asked what gives him hope as a gay man living in the east African nation of Tanzania, he can’t think of anything….

Global News

Added on: 04/25/2020

Amid Pandemic, Trump is About to Roll Back Protections for LGBT Patients

04/24/2020

President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be just days away from rolling back an Obama-era policy prohibiting discrimination against LGBT patients. Politico reports: The health department is…

Global News

Added on: 04/24/2020

During COVID-19 this Catholic group wants to warn you about the ‘mass production’ of LGBT+ people

04/23/2020

Bill Donohue is an anti-LGBT+ extremist who heads the Catholic League, an American Catholic anti-defamation and civil rights organisation. His previous claims to fame include telling gay…

Global News

Added on: 04/24/2020

Lesbian Couple’s Custody Case Takes China Into Uncharted Legal Waters

04/23/2020

A Chinese lesbian couple’s landmark court battle over the custody of their two children has stirred debate over LGBT rights and put a spotlight on a legal…

Global News

Added on: 04/24/2020

Finland’s first same-sex adoptions confirmed

04/23/2020

The Rainbow Families Association Sateenkaariperheet confirms that Finland’s first two same-sex adoptions have taken place. It comes three years after the Marriage Act was reformed to allow…

Global News

Added on: 04/24/2020

Books with LGBT+ themes are ‘most challenged’ in U.S.

04/23/2020

Books with gay and transgender topics got a record number of objections at U.S. libraries and schools in 2019, said research on Monday showing growing protests over…

Global News

Added on: 04/23/2020

Israel Shows Us the Future of Protest

04/22/2020

Rabin Square in Tel Aviv has always been a popular site for demonstration. Israelis gathered on this expansive plaza to protest the Gaza War in 2014 and…

Global News

Added on: 04/23/2020

The danger of being transgender in Latin America in times of quarantine

04/22/2020

The trend started on April 1 in Panama, when President Laurentino Cortizo announced that men and women can only leave their homes on different days in an…

Global News

Added on: 04/23/2020

Towards an “LGBT-Free” Poland?

04/22/2020

In the years following the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the Third Polish Republic quickly rose as one of the most promising democracies…

Global News

Added on: 04/23/2020

Netflix’s ‘A Secret Love’ Traces Lesbian Couple’s Unlikely Romance Across 6 Decades

04/22/2020

After years of keeping their relationship under wraps, Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel are getting candid. A new Netflix documentary, “A Secret Love,” explores the couple’s powerful…

Global News

Added on: 04/22/2020

Meet the artists driving Russia’s new wave of queer music

04/21/2020

The city of Norilsk is located above the Arctic Circle in Russia’s north. With just under 200,000 inhabitants, it’s known as a harsh, industrial place, its history…

Global News

Added on: 04/22/2020

Court rules against Beersheba print shop that refused to serve LGBT group

04/21/2020

The Beersheba Magistrate’s Court ruled Tuesday that a local print shop must compensate an LGBT rights group after it refused to print its posters. The Aguda Association…

Global News

Added on: 04/22/2020

Texas attorney files complaint comparing judge’s pride flag to swastika

04/21/2020

An openly gay Texas judge says she was forced to take down her rainbow pride flag and other colorful materials after a local defense attorney filed a…

Global News

Added on: 04/22/2020

One of Turkmenistan’s top showmen and entertainers has been arrested for the crime of being gay

04/21/2020

A well-known actor has been arrested in Turkmenistan for the simple crime of being gay, local media reports claim. The man, who has not been named, was…

Global News

Added on: 04/21/2020

1 in 5 Russians Advocate ‘Eliminating’ LGBT Community – Poll

04/20/2020

Almost one in five Russians believe that LGBT people should be “eliminated,” according to the results of a new independent Levada Center poll. The figures showed 18%…

Global News

Added on: 04/21/2020

LGBT people in Japan worry getting coronavirus may result in outing

04/20/2020

A 34-year-old man who lives with his same-sex partner in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, has chosen not to be open about his sexual orientation at his office. But…

Global News

Added on: 04/21/2020

LGBTQ Orgs Say They’re in Deep Fundraising Trouble Because of Coronavirus

04/20/2020

Garden State Equality had its lowest month of fundraising in four years, and it couldn’t have come at a worse time. New Jersey’s largest LGBTQ organization has…

Global News

Added on: 04/21/2020

Third of UK lesbian mothers experience homophobia from other parents

04/20/2020

One in three lesbian mothers in Britain has experienced homophobia from other parents, while the same proportion have children who have been bullied for having two mums,…

Global News

Added on: 04/20/2020

LGBT+ community pays tribute to Lyra McKee on first anniversary of her murder

04/20/2020

On Saturday, April 18, the LGBT+ community paid tribute to writer Lyra McKee marking the first anniversary of the journalist’s death. Under the hashtag #WeStandWithLyra, the digital…

Global News

Added on: 04/20/2020

Helping others: Manado LGBT community raises funds for COVID-19 food aid

04/20/2020

The members of an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community in Manado, North Sulawesi, have joined hands to raise funds and distribute relief aid to those…

Global News

Added on: 04/20/2020

The Growing Threat of Accelorationists Worldwide

04/20/2020

As the world is paralyzed by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), some violent non-state actors have welcomed the global pandemic as an opportunity to push their…

Global News

Added on: 04/20/2020

Gay couple in Poland take on LGBT+ Free Zones with rainbow face masks

04/19/2020

Married YouTubers Jakub and Dawid Mycek-Kwiecinski handed out hundreds of rainbow face masks on the streets. It comes as Poland considers a new ‘Stop Pedophilia’ law. The…

Global News

Added on: 04/19/2020

Fauci guided US through AIDS crisis, too. Survivors say it’s a roadmap for coronavirus.

04/18/2020

The slight, bespectacled doctor speaking at a White House briefing on TV revived bleak, 30-year-old memories for Gary Cooper. Dr. Anthony Fauci’s reassuring voice guided Cooper and…

Global News

Added on: 04/19/2020

Colorado’s Jewish, LGBT Governor Rebukes Comparison Between His Stay-at-home Order and Nazism

04/18/2020

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis became emotional during a news briefing about the coronavirus crisis in his state when a reporter said that the public has compared his…

Global News

Added on: 04/19/2020

Gender Distancing: Some Latin American Countries Taking Radical Steps

04/18/2020

In a strong initiative to combat COVID-19, some of the Latin American nations have taken a step to promote social distancing, and that is to separate men…