Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty) More than 3,500 same-sex couples have tied the knot in Taiwan since marriage equality was legalised almost a year ago. Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage on May 17, 2019, which also happened to be International Day
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Security guards patrol the grounds at an immigration detention centre in Sydney, Australia in 2005. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images) A gay Pakistani couple who fled to Australia have been granted a temporary reprieve after asylum courts initially said their sexuality was “implausible”. Both asylum seekers appealed after their applications for permanent protection visas were rejected, and
Placard at a sex workers’ rights march in Stockholm. (Twitter/SWARM) Trans sex workers in Greece who don’t have legal gender recognition are being excluded from government support in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. In Greece, where sex work is legalised but heavily regulated, only Greek nationals with a female gender marker in their documents
Richard Grenell speaks at a press conference in January (Milos Miskov/Anadolu Agency/Getty) Donald Trump’s first openly gay cabinet member Richard Grenell wants the United States to stop sharing intelligence with countries where it’s illegal to be gay. Grenell told The New York Times that it will take more than just telling the leaders of these
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 reportedly arrested last month along with his partner and a dozen other men on suspicion of homosexual activity. Gay sex is illegal in the central Asian country and
Naofal Moussas Instagram Live video where she instructed her followers to make fake accounts on gay dating apps. Screenshot/Supplied) Gay men in Morocco are living in terror after a beauty influencer instructed her hundreds of thousands of followers to use gay dating apps to identify them, in a country where homosexuality is illegal and violent
Contrary to claims made in a viral news story, Belgium’s health minister has not banned group sex during coronavirus lockdown. The original story, published on worldnewsdailyreport.com, claimed that the country’s health minister urged people not to engage in group sex while the crisis continues. But anyone who looked at the website for more than a
A gay couple have opened up about their horrific experience of being spat on during a homophobic incident in Amsterdam while the world is in coronavirus lockdown. The couple, called Daniel and Fabio, were walking to a supermarket on Molukkenstraat in Amsterdam yesterday (April 12) when the incident occurred. They were approached by a group
A protest against LGBT+ rights in Banda Aceh, Indonesia (Adli Dzil Ikram/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty) A vicious mob who doused a trans woman in petrol and burned her alive will not face murder charges, Indonesian police have confirmed. The 42-year-old woman, named locally as Mira, was set upon by a gang of thugs for allegedly stealing a
NASA astronaut Anne McClain was accused of space crimes by her estranged wife (Photo by Sergei Savostyanov/TASS via Getty Images) An astronaut’s estranged wife has been indicted for falsely accusing her of committing a crime from space. NASA astronaut Anne McClain had been accused of improperly accessing the bank account of her wife Summer Worden
Inter-American Court of Human Rights hears cases of human rights abuses in Latin America (Twitter/@CorteIDH) The top human rights court in the Americas has found Peru responsible for the rape and torture of a trans woman while in police custody. In 2008, Azul Rojas Marín was stripped, hit and raped with a truncheon by three
Henrietta Robinson was ‘ beacon of light in the transgender movement’ (Facebook/Miami Beach Pride) A trans woman known as ‘Grand Lady of Miami Beach’ has died of coronavirus, marking yet another LGBT+ leader lost to the disease. Henrietta Robinson, 79, was a renowned figure in the LGBT+ community and was celebrated as one of the
Brian Zupanick, left, and his partner John Giarratano, who has been battling coronavirus (GoFundMe) A gay man who watched his partner struggle through coronavirus has shared his story with the warning: “Everyone should be terrified.” Brian Zupanic lives in New York City with his partner of ten years, John Giarratano, a freelance TV producer. Aged
Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. (HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP via Getty) Iraqi Shia political leader Muqtada al-Sadr has been widely criticised online for claiming that the coronavirus pandemic was caused by same-sex marriage. Writing on Twitter on Saturday (March 28), al-Sadr – who is the leader of the Sadrist Movement and the Saraya al-Salam militia, said: “One of
The pioneering trans activist Lorena Borjas sadly passed away at the age of 60 (Facebook/Samy Nemir Olivares) The pioneering transgender activist Lorena Borjas has tragically passed away from coronavirus early on Monday morning. Borjas, 60, was known as the mother of the trans Latinx community in Queens. As a survivor of human trafficking, she dedicated
The former primate of all Nigeria, Nicholas Okoh. (The_ACNA/ Twitter) The recently retired archbishop and primate of all Nigeria Nicholas Okoh has said that the UK and the US are trying to “adulterate” the Bible with same-sex marriage. Throughout his time as primate, or leader, of the Church of Nigeria, Okoh has been relentlessly anti-LGBT+,
Pornhub will also donate 50,000 face masks to first responders and hospitals. (Envato) Pornhub is offering free premium accounts to every one of its billions of users around the world, in a bid to encourage people to stay home during the coronavirus lockdown. Pornhub’s vice president Corey Price said in press release: “With nearly one
Catholic Cardinal Raymond Burke. (Stefano Montesi – Corbis/Getty) An Italian homophobic Catholic cardinal, who blamed the church’s child sex abuse scandal on the “moral depravity” of gays and was exiled by the Pope for opposing condoms to prevent HIV, wants Catholics to keep going to church. Cardinal Raymond Burke is known as one of the
Diana Zurco made her debut on Televisión Pública in Argentina on Monday (YouTube/Televisión Pública Noticias) Argentina just reached a major milestone for equality with its first ever transgender news anchor Diana Zurco. This week, the 40-year-old journalist became co-anchor for the primetime news programme Televisión Pública, on the national public broadcasting station. She hopes her
Thousands of people spell out the word “Love” in lights at Singapore’s annual Pink Dot rally in 2015. (FYROL/AFP/Getty) Singapore’s epic Pink Dot Pride rally has been cancelled and replaced with a livestream as the coronavirus sweeps across the globe. The huge event usually attracts thousands of spectators to Singapore’s Hong Lim Park, but for the
Atlantis offers “seven perfect days” on “five exotic islands” (atlantisevents.com) The world’s largest LGBT+ cruise line has come under fire for reportedly refusing refunds for an upcoming trip during the coronavirus pandemic. The UK government’s latest travel advice states that people over 70 and those with pre-existing health conditions should avoid cruises after a number of
Madonna has been struggling with health problems throughout her Madame X tour (Instagram/@Madonna) Madonna has been forced to cancel the final dates of her Madame X tour due to coronavirus restrictions. The two remaining dates of her tour, March 10 and 11 in Paris, have been scrapped after French authorities barred gatherings of more than
Spain’s public health services have been pelted by more than 1,000 cases of the new coronavirus strain, COVID-19. (STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images) As the coronavirus death toll continues to surge, a Spanish drug typically used to manage HIV was successfully used to ‘cure’ a man with COVID-19, giving health experts “hope”. Scientists across the world
South African soccer player Phuti Lekoloane has revealed that coming out as gay in 2015 almost put an end to his career. The 28-year-old said gay players in South Africa face significant challenges when working at a professional level in soccer. “I risked everything to live my truth, but I wouldn’t advise anyone to come
Eduardo Bolsonaro at Donald Trump’s resort Mar-a-Lago in 2019. (Patrick McMullan/ Getty) Eduardo Bolsonaro, who is almost as homophobic as his father Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, has been invited by US conservatives to speak at one Washington DC’s biggest political events. The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) describes itself as “the largest and most influential