Recent News Headlines : Lgbt

WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING LGBT IN RUSSIA? SHARE YOUR STORIES


Hate crime against LGBT people in Russia has doubled in five years. If you're in the country, we'd like you to share your reaction and experiences... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 81

TRUMP LEAVES OUT LGBT COMMUNITY IN WORLD AIDS DAY SPEECH


President Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday to commemorate World AIDS Day -- and didn't mention the LGBT community a single time... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 618

TRUDEAU'S HISTORIC APOLOGY TO LGBT COMMUNITIES


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued a historic apology to members of the LGBT community... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 239

TRUDEAU'S HISTORIC APOLOGY TO LGBT COMMUNITIES


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued a historic apology to members of the LGBT community... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 239

TRUDEAU'S HISTORIC APOLOGY TO LGBT COMMUNITIES


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued a historic apology to members of the LGBT community... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 239

FIFA ADVISERS WARN GAY FANS OF 'DANGERS' AT RUSSIA WORLD CUP


Gay soccer fans heading to the Russia World Cup are warned displays of affection could be met with an aggressive response from locals... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 479

DISCRIMINATION IN CHINA IS HIGH, BUT GAYS FINALLY FEEL EMBOLDENED TO COMBAT HOMOPHOBIA


His 2014 lawsuit alleged that health clinics had defrauded consumers, arguing that homosexuality had been removed from China's official registry of mental disorders in 2001... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 1098

CHINA 'GAY CONVERSION': ACCOUNTS OF SHOCKS AND PILLS


All of those interviewed told Human Rights Watch that they were forcefully taken to conversion therapy... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 339

PRIDE AND JUBILATION WORLDWIDE AS AUSTRALIA BACKS SAME-SEX MARRIAGEA


Australia backs same-sex marriage in historic postal survey... READ MORE

15th November, 2017 429

CHINA URGED TO STOP USING ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY TO "CONVERT" LGBT PEOPLE


Human Rights Watch called on China to take immediate steps to stop medical facilities from offering conversion therapy... READ MORE

15th November, 2017 373

STALLED IN CONGRESS LGBT RIGHTS ADVANCE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL


Its seven-member city council voted unanimously on Oct. 17 to extend nondiscrimination protections to LGBT people... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 0

GAYDAR FOUNDER HENRY BADENHORST DIES IN SOUTH AFRICA


Mr Badenhorst and Mr Frisch split in 2005, but continued as business partners until the latter's death two years later... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 175

TRANSGENDER WOMAN WINS VIRGINIA HOUSE SEAT, MAKING HISTORY


AP -- A transgender candidate defeated an incumbent Virginia lawmaker who sponsored a bill that would have restricted which bathrooms she could use... READ MORE

8th November, 2017 27

'BYE BYE SPACEY': ACTOR SLAMMED DESPITE APOLOGY OVER TEEN SEXUAL CLAIM


'Bye, bye' Rapp said he squirmed free after a brief period of time and went into the bathroom, before leaving Spacey's apartment and went home... READ MORE

31st October, 2017 331

'HOUSE OF CARDS' CANCELED AS FALLOUT CONTINUES FOR KEVIN SPACEY


Spacey is the latest Hollywood man to be named in widening allegations of sexual harassment and abuse in entertainment, media and other industries... READ MORE

30th October, 2017 90

UK MAY DEPORT MAN FACING PERSECUTION IN MOROCCO FOR BEING GAY


Abderrahim described his situation in Morocco as a nightmare and said deporting him was like sending him back to darkness... READ MORE

27th October, 2017 1066

'I DIDN'T WANT MY MUM TO KNOW'


When police raided a gay nightspot in the back blocks of Lagos, the lives of 40 men and boys, some as young as 13, changed forever... READ MORE

24th October, 2017 1023

PROTESTERS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO HELP END LGBT PERSECUTION IN EGYPT


Amnesty international says at least 57 egyptians were arrested because of their sexual orientation... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 813

SO LONG AS MEN REMAIN COMPLICIT, WOMEN (AND GAY MEN LIKE ME) WILL KEEP SAYING "ME TOO"


So normalised has harassment and assault become that it often goes unspoken of... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 180

ANALYSIS | THERE'S A RISING GLOBAL TIDE OF CRACKDOWNS ON LGBT COMMUNITIES


In countries where homosexuality is taboo and driven underground, such comments may be the first thing a person has heard in public about LGBT people... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 2065

EGYPT'S LATEST CRACKDOWN ON GAYS CREATES FEAR IN LGBT COMMUNITY


Egypt's latest crackdown on gays creates fear in LGBT community... READ MORE

19th October, 2017 1693

MORE THAN 60 ARRESTED AS EGYPT CRACKS DOWN ON GAY COMMUNITY


Hussein Malla AP The sweeps have unfolded as international human rights activists have denounced the Egyptian government and urged an end to the arrests... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 3785

RUSSIAN MAN REVEALS HE'S A VICTIM OF CHECHNYA'S 'GAY PURGE'


Chechnya is part of the Russian Federation, but its authoritarian leader Ramzan Khadyrov wields a great deal of independence... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 1310

A MAN TORTURED IN CHECHNYA FOR BEING GAY DARES TO GO PUBLIC WITH HIS STORY


Many men have been spirited out of Chechnya to other regions in Russia, as well as abroad to Europe, the United States and Canada... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 7022

GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WELCOME NHS QUESTIONING OF PATIENTS OVER SEXUALITY


Gay rights campaigners have backed an NHS policy demanding that doctors and nurses start asking all patients from the age of 16 about their sexual orientation... READ MORE

15th October, 2017 3151

IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO BE GAY IN INDONESIA, BUT POLICE ARE CRACKING DOWN ANYWAY


Indonesian plainclothes policemen stand guard over men who were arrested in a raid at a sauna in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct. 9... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 454

COMING OUT STILL TABOO FOR PLAYERS, SAY ARSENAL'S GAY GOONERS


While Arsenal have taken a lead on inclusivity, Brighton have taken a different approach, according to Proud Seagulls founder Stuart Matthews... READ MORE

5th October, 2017 0

EGYPT 'HUNTING DOWN' GAY PEOPLE, CONDUCTING ANAL EXAMS, SAYS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL


Amnesty said the Forensic Medical Authority was due to subject the six men to anal examinations to determine whether they have had homosexual sex... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 105

HK GAY FILM FESTIVAL SEEKS EMOTIONAL APPEAL


Joe Lam, director of the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, talks movies... READ MORE

25th September, 2017 339

BRAZIL RULING THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS DISEASE TO BE APPEALED


Judge Waldemar Claudio de Carvalho ruled last week that homosexuality could be considered a disease that could be treated with sexual orientation conversion therapies... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 0

Trending News Headlines : Lgbt

SERBIA GETS ITS FIRST FEMALE - AND GAY - PRIME MINISTER


A gay woman has been appointed prime minister of Serbia in a double first for the EU-candidate state... READ MORE

15th June, 2017 88260

TRANSGENDER PEOPLE 'CAN'T SERVE' IN US MILITARY


US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in any capacity in the military... READ MORE

26th July, 2017 43882

GEORGE MICHAEL'S BOYFRIEND REVEALS HE DIED ALONE AT HOME AND 'BATTLED A SECRET HEROIN ADDICTION'


She said yesterday George Michael worked anonymously at a homeless shelter I was volunteering at... READ MORE

27th December, 2016 34721

SWEDEN FAR-RIGHT PLANS GAY PARADE IN MAINLY MUSLIM AREA


An unofficial gay Pride parade organised by a right-wing nationalist is planned for July 29 to run through a predominantly immigrant neighbourhood with a large Muslim population... READ MORE

24th June, 2017 29082

'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST' IS BACK


Russia urged to ban 'Beauty and the Beast'... READ MORE

6th March, 2017 15344

OLYMPIC MEDALLIST COLIN JACKSON ANNOUNCES HE IS GAY


Other athletes, such as the race walker Tom Bosworth, have come out while still competing... READ MORE

29th August, 2017 11858

GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW GAY MEN TO GIVE BLOOD THREE MONTHS AFTER SEX


Transgender people will also be able to choose their legal sex more easily as part of the shake-up announced by the education secretary, Justine Greening... READ MORE

23rd July, 2017 7711

DONALD TRUMP'S ARMY NOMINEE MARK GREEN WITHDRAWS OVER GAY COMMENTS


Green is the second Tennessean to withdraw his nomination for a position in Trump's administration... READ MORE

6th May, 2017 7202

'WHAT IS NEXT?' SENATOR GICHUHI LAYS OUT HER OPPOSITION TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE


How would it have played out for him now? Senator Gichuhi said pressure on the government to redefine marriage was not necessarily the majority view... READ MORE

4th August, 2017 6558

'MOVE BACK TO MEXICO': ARIZ. COUPLE GET HATE MAIL OVER FLAG


PHOENIX -- Susan Smiley Schramm's quiet Friday morning was interrupted by what she called a hateful and xenophobic letter found in the family's mailbox... READ MORE

3rd October, 2016 5137

TANZANIA SUSPENDS U.S.-FUNDED AIDS PROGRAMS IN A NEW CRACKDOWN ON GAYS


Last month, the minister of health announced that Tanzania will ban HIV AIDS outreach projects aimed at gay men, pending a review... READ MORE

24th November, 2016 4775

LONDON'S TUBE DRIVERS AREN'T ALLOWED TO SAY 'LADIES AND GENTLEMEN' ANYMORE


Challenor said she was shocked by the comment and later asked London Mayor Sadiq Khan to apologize... READ MORE

13th July, 2017 4509

DAVID CAMERON IS NO ALLY OF MINE. HE IS NO ALLY OF THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY


As Prime Minister, David Cameron cut sexual health services that are vital to the gay community... READ MORE

28th October, 2016 4223

JERUSALEM'S TOP RABBI SAYS 'HOMOSEXUALITY PUNISHABLE BY DEATH,' FACES BACKLASH


Jerusalem City Council member Laura Wharton addressed Amar directly, calling on him to retract on his anti-LGBT statements... READ MORE

19th November, 2016 4040

JUSTIN TRUDEAU TOOK PART IN TORONTO PRIDE WHILE WEARING SOCKS THAT SAY 'EID MUBARAK'


Trudeau wore Eid-themed socks to a pro-Pride church service... READ MORE

26th June, 2017 3835

SORRY: THE GAY RAGE AT TRUMP IS JUST RIDICULOUS


Possible Trump Action Specifically Targeting LGBTQ People, screamed the media folks at the Human Rights Commission, America's largest LGBT-rights group... READ MORE

2nd February, 2017 3155

QUEEN'S COUSIN LORD IVAR MOUNTBATTEN SPEAKS OF HIS DECISION TO COME OUT AS GAY AFTER FINDING LOVE


Lord Ivar Mountbatten, the great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria, has told of his happiness with his new partner, James Coyle, an airline cabin services director... READ MORE

19th September, 2016 3152

DETENTIONS AS POLICE BREAK UP ISTANBUL PRIDE PARADE


The Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week has been organised since 1993, ending with a march on Istiklal Street since 2003, according to its organisers... READ MORE

26th June, 2017 2913

LIFE ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC


After sporadic cases through the 1970s, the viral epidemic was first reported in New York City and California... READ MORE

29th November, 2016 2882

WORLD OUTGAMES UNRAVEL HOURS BEFORE THEY WERE SET TO BEGIN, LEAVING MANY CANADIAN ATHLETES SCRAMBLING


The Board and staff of World OutGames Miami 2017 thank you for supporting this event, it reads... READ MORE

27th May, 2017 2360

THE TRUMP/PENCE ADMINISTRATION WILL LIKELY SWITCH SIDES ON GLOBAL LGBT RIGHTS


Dai Kurokawa European Pressphoto Agency During the Obama administration, U.S. diplomatic pressure advanced LGBT human rights around the world quite a bit... READ MORE

28th November, 2016 2318

GAY INDIAN MAN THREATENED WITH 'CORRECTIVE RAPE' BY HIS OWN FAMILY


A young man in India has been beaten and threatened with rape after his family found out he was living with his gay partner... READ MORE

18th January, 2017 1992

PRIDE IN LONDON MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE DECRIMINALISATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY


The annual Pride festival will take place in London on Saturday, marking a half century since homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales... READ MORE

8th July, 2017 1943

CONSERVATIVE SERBIA JUST CHOSE A GAY WOMAN FOR PRIME MINISTER


This week, though, the country's president, Aleksander Vucic, made a historic decision naming Ana Brnabic prime minister... READ MORE

17th June, 2017 1851

A BACKLASH AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TESTS TAIWAN'S REPUTATION FOR GAY RIGHTS


Taiwan's gay rights movement was forged in the fight for democracy... READ MORE

20th April, 2017 1781

HUNGARY'S PRIME MINISTER WELCOMES US 'ANTI-LGBT HATE GROUP'


Hungary's government is welcoming a hate group that promotes a worldview demonising an entire class of people... READ MORE

26th May, 2017 1733

LGBT GROUPS DENOUNCE 'DANGEROUS' AI THAT USES YOUR FACE TO GUESS SEXUALITY


Kosinski and his co-author Yilun Wang acknowledged these limitations in the paper, claiming that they could not find sufficient numbers of non-white gay people... READ MORE

9th September, 2017 1612

LGBT ACTIVISTS DETAINED IN MOSCOW WHILE PETITIONING AGAINST CHECHEN PURGE


Last week Angela Merkel urged Vladimir Putin to investigate what was going on in Chechnya... READ MORE

12th May, 2017 1497

FIVE QUIRKS OF LIFE IN THE WORLDS BEST COUNTRY FOR EXPATS


All told, though, gay Singaporeans and expats can live their lives how they want... READ MORE

21st September, 2016 1495

SOUTH AFRICA BARS AMERICAN PASTOR WHO CALLS GAY PEOPLE 'PERVERTS'


After the outcry from the LGBT community, Anderson said he didn't plan to focus on the issue of homosexuality while in South Africa... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 1475


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