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MALAYSIA — (07-30-23) — British band The 1975 cancelled their shows in Liberal Taiwan and Muslim-majority Indonesia, after Malaysia stopped the group in the middle of their set after lead singer Matty Healy gave a passionate kiss to his male bandmate. In a statement released by the British Band on Sunday, the indie-rock group said, [...]
SEOUL, KR — (05-05-23) — In a blow to LGBTQ Rights in South Korea, the organizers of the country's biggest Pride parade, Seoul Queer Culture Festival, said they were denied their annual permit. The organization is vowing to press ahead with their event, even after the Seoul Metropolitan Government denied them permission to use the [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (04-06-23) — The U.S. Supreme Court voted to allow a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues. Justices Alito and Thomas of course, were the dissenters. In a shock to right wing conservatives, the U.S [...]
SEOUL, KR — (02-26-23) — South Korea' Supreme Court ruled in favor of LGBTQ+ couples in a landmark ruling that says spousal coverage under the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) should be applied equally to both LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ couples. “The plaintiff and his partner are both male, but they agreed to recognize each other [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA — (12-14-22) — The Barbados Supreme Court made history on Tuesday ruling the decriminalization of consensual gay sex relations. The written judgement will be handed down at a later date, according to the court. The Human Rights Campaign released the following statement: "Barbados becomes the third Eastern Caribbean country in 2022 to [...]
HEBRON, ISRAEL — (10-06-22) — A gay Palestinian man who fled the West Bank into Israel after his sexual orientation was outed, was kidnapped from an Israeli Safe House and brutally beheaded. Footage of the lifeless body of Ahmad Hacham Hamdi Abu Marakhia, 25, being carried in the Palestinian city emerged on social media late Wednesday [...]
AUSTIN, TX — (09-28-22) — A hardline Christian activist and an evangelical church in North Texas says that federal employment protections for LGBT workers do not apply to bisexuals. In a brief filed with the federal appeals court last week, lawyers for Braidwood Management, a business owned by anti-LGBT activist Steven Hotze and evangelical church [...]
BELGRADE — (09-10-22) — The international EuroPride parade and festival that was scheduled to be held in Belgrade this year, is still on being put on hold by Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic. The Serbian leader reiterated on Saturday that safety concerns are the reason for his decision. The security situation regarding the march of LGBTQ [...]
SEOUL, KR — (07-16-22) — Seoul Queer Culture Festival and Pride Parade attracted over 15,000 attendees, according to the Yonhap News Agency. The massive LGBT Pride Festival took place in downtown Seoul on Saturday, as Christian and conservative groups held a rally in protest across the street. The Pride Festival had over 72 booths that [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. – (06-12-22) – Vice President Kamala Harris called out Republican-led states that have passed dozens of hate laws targeting LGBTQ youth during a speech at the Capital Pride Festival in D.C. on Sunday. “No one should fear going to a nightclub for fear that a terrorist might try to take them down,” said [...]