Culture Religion and Politics

Global News

Added on: 11/20/2019

Vietnamese pop music’s exuberant take on LGBT

11/20/019

A slew of musical videos featuring LGBT characters have been released and become YouTube sensations in 2019. The most popular has been Truc Nhan’s song titled “Sang…

Global News

Added on: 11/20/2019

Malaysia’s LGBT community under siege as government ignores abuse

11/20/2019

Malaysia’s LGBT community is on high alert after its members have received rare jail terms, raising fears of increased persecution by religious authorities as the government steps…

Global News

Added on: 11/20/2019

American Medical Association announces support for U.S. ban on conversion therapy

11/19/2019

The U.S. physicians’ group the American Medical Association announced on Tuesday it would begin supporting a ban on so-called conversion therapy, as well as working toward more…

Global News

Added on: 11/20/2019

From ultra-Orthodox rabbi to openly transgender: Abby Stein shares her story

11/18/2019

Abby Stein discovered what the word “transgender” meant — and that the term accurately described her — when she snuck on the internet for the very first…

Global News

Added on: 11/19/2019

GAY SAUDI ARABIAN JOURNALISTS SPEAK OUT WHILE DETAINED IN AUSTRALIA

11/18/2019

Two gay Saudi Arabian journalists detained in Australia while attempting to seek asylum have spoken out about their ordeal, labelling their treatment “unconscionable”. Last week, The Guardian…

Global News

Added on: 11/19/2019

Brexit Party candidate declares ‘war’ on LGBT+ community and wants to turn ‘Christ-rejecting creatures’ into shoes and handbags

11/18/2019

Victor Farrell is the Brexit Party’s candidate for Glenrothes in Scotland. His bizarre social media rants against “perverts pushing sodomite rights” were revealed on Monday by SNP…

Global News

Added on: 11/18/2019

It’s ‘deviation’ and ‘mental disability’: Some Indonesian institutions put ban on LGBT applicants

11/18/2019

Adding to the long list of prejudices faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Indonesia, some government institutions are refusing to recruit those…

Global News

Added on: 11/18/2019

Only Three People Attended Dallas Straight Pride Event

11/17/2019

A Straight Pride event at Dallas City Hall plaza attracted three supporters on Saturday. The march was hosted by the anti-LGBTQ group Protecting Our Next Generations (PONG)….

Global News

Added on: 11/18/2019

Uganda: Stop Police Harassment of LGBT People

11/17/2019

The Ugandan authorities should drop charges against dozens of people arrested over the last month in Kampala, the capital, on the basis of their presumed sexual orientation…

Global News

Added on: 11/17/2019

The Secret Battle To Save LGBT People From ISIS — And Bring Their Persecutors To Justice

11/16/2019

One is the son of a communist who smuggled messages in kebabs for party members. The other is an army widow whose husband was killed by al-Qaeda….

Global News

Added on: 11/17/2019

Abomination: A DUP Opera review – an outstanding new work

11/16/2019

Driving over the hills into north Belfast, as fields give way to houses, the visitor is plunged into election fever. Images of Nigel Dodds, the Democratic Unionist…

Global News

Added on: 11/17/2019

National Transgender Group Sees Exodus of Workers in Clashes With Leaders

11/16/2019

A well-known national transgender policy group finds itself having to rebuild after a mass exodus of staff members amid discontent over its leadership, claims of retaliation for…

Global News

Added on: 11/17/2019

Thousands show up for pride parade on LGBT rights in Hong Kong, as some wear masks and chant anti-government protest slogans

11/16/2019

Thousands from Hong Kong’s LGBT community showed up at an annual pride rally on Saturday after police banned organisers’ application for a march for the first time…

Global News

Added on: 11/16/2019

Lebanon protests seen as an ‘opportunity’ for LGBT+ community

11/15/2019

Despite being seen as a bastion of relative freedom in the largely conservative Middle East, Lebanese society remains reluctant to extend rights to the LGBT+ community. Nationwide…

Global News

Added on: 11/16/2019

Pope compares politicians who rage against gays to Hitler

11/15/2019

Pope Francis said on Friday politicians who rage against homosexuals, gypsies and Jews remind him of Hitler. “It is not coincidental that at times there is a…

Global News

Added on: 11/16/2019

Pete Buttigieg is the top choice for the Democratic nomination in a crucial poll

11/15/2019

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has topped a new poll which could prove crucial to his campaign. Mayor Pete, as he is known to the residents of…

Global News

Added on: 11/16/2019

This is what it’s like to be an LGBTIQ+ asylum seeker in Australia

11/15/2019

LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum in Australia face a unique set of challenges and often find themselves isolated in a new country, say a support group working to…

Global News

Added on: 11/15/2019

Damning report reveals extent of brutality, violence and persecution LGBT+ people face in Myanmar

11/14/2019

A damning report has revealed the shocking extent of violence and persecution faced by LGBT+ people in Myanmar and has recommended urgent law reform. The report –…

Global News

Added on: 11/15/2019

LGBT+ delegates say sidelined at ‘inclusive’ global sexual health summit

11/14/2019

A global summit on sexual and reproductive health hailed by organisers as being an inclusive event failed to adequately hear the voices of sexual minorities, some LGBT+…

Global News

Added on: 11/15/2019

Suicide rates fall after gay marriage legalised in Sweden and Denmark

11/14/2019

Suicide rates among those in same-sex relationships have fallen significantly in both Denmark and Sweden since the legalisation of gay marriage, according to a study, although whatever…

Global News

Added on: 11/14/2019

India: PIL against insistence of sex-reassignment surgery proof for passport

11/13/2019

An LGBT activist has approached the Madras high court to declare a proviso in passport rules mandating submission of sex re-assignment surgery certificate for effecting change of…

Global News

Added on: 11/14/2019

Armenian Parliament Refuses To Hear Bill Banning Same-Sex Marriage

11/12/2019

Armenia’s parliament has rejected consideration of a bill seeking to expressly outlaw same-sex marriages in the Caucasus nation. A majority of lawmakers on November 12 dismissed consideration…

Global News

Added on: 11/14/2019

Saudi promo video labels feminism, atheism, homosexuality as extremist ideas

11/11/2019

A promotional video published by Saudi Arabia’s state security agency categorises feminism, homosexuality and atheism as extremist ideas, even as the conservative Muslim kingdom seeks to promote…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2019

LGBTQ acceptance grew globally over past four decades — but not everywhere

11/12/2019

The “most accepting” LGBTQ countries are becoming “more accepting,” while “the least accepting” are becoming “less accepting,” according to a recent report from The Williams Institute, a…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2019

Turkish judge refuses to throw out trial of student Pride marchers

11/12/2019

A Turkish court on Tuesday rejected calls to throw out the trial of 19 people for participating in an LGBT+ Pride march on a university campus. Most…

Global News

Added on: 11/12/2019

Catholic School Students Rally for Lesbian Harassed by Administration

11/11/2019

About 200 students at a Los Angeles-area Catholic high school walked out of class Friday in solidarity with a lesbian student after BuzzFeed News exposed how the…

Global News

Added on: 11/12/2019

Uganda Police Confirm Arrest of 120 LGBT People

11/11/2019

Ugandan police said Monday that in an operation around Kampala’s city center, they arrested 120 people suspected to have been using narcotics. However, members of the LGBT…

Global News

Added on: 11/12/2019

The West’s left-right battle lines run through Brazil

11/10/2019

“They did not jail a man,” declared the released prisoner. “They tried to kill an idea, and ideas don’t disappear.” The freed man was Luiz Inácio Lula…

Global News

Added on: 11/12/2019

Ireland: Majority of gay teenagers feel unsafe in school

11/11/2019

Almost three-quarters of gay or transgender teenagers feel unsafe in schools, according to the largest survey of LGBT young people in the Irish education system. A large…

Global News

Added on: 11/11/2019

Anti-LGBTQ and Anti-Choice World Congress of Families and Its Russian Backers Seek to Expand Influence in Africa

11/08/2019

The World Congress of Families, an international network of anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice activists, sponsored a regional conference in Accra, Ghana, last week. Organizers pitched it as an…