Participant march in the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade on the streets of Tokyo, Japan. (Alessandro Di Ciommo/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A Japanese politician has apologised after referring to LGBT+ people as a “disease” during a discussion about school uniforms. Toshikatsu Ehara, 63, a member of the Tomisato Municipal Assembly, made controversial comments during a local
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An LGBT+ Pride parade in India. (David Talukdar/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his own father to death for being in a same-sex relationship in Uttar Pradesh, India. The father, identified by the authorities as Reshpal, was found dead in a sugarcane field in the Khatuauli area of Muzaffarnagar
Drag star Priscilla has been unveiled as the host of Drag Race Italia (Instagram/@priscilla_drag) International drag superstar Priscilla has been named as the new host for RuPaul’s latest spin-off show, Drag Race Italia. The inaugural season of Drag Race Italia will sashay onto Discovery Plus Italia and WOW Presents Plus this November, joining the ever-expanding drag
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF), 2020. (AFP via Getty/ Fabrice COFFRINI) The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has promised to fight for LGBT+ equality following a meeting with US president Joe Biden. Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine has slowly introduced more rights
Russian cadets on stage at the Dobrynin Palace of Culture in Yaroslav (Facebook/Тарас Александрович Сидорин) Russian paratroopers horrified an audience with a homophobic theatre performance depicting a gay man being crushed under a concrete block. The performance was shown as part of an anniversary celebration for a local patriotic military club at the Dobrynin Palace
Pride in Helsinki, 2019. (NurPhoto via Getty/ Antti Yrjonen) The parliament of Finland will consider a total ban on conversion therapy, after an overwhelming number of Finns signed a citizens’ initiative. The initiative, which would ban efforts to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of both adults and children, gathered the necessary 50,000 signatures
A candle-lit prayer was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 25 April 2017 in remembrance, one year after the gruesome murders of LGBT activists Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Tonoy. (Ahmed Salahuddin/NurPhoto via Getty) Six members of an Islamic militant group have been sentenced to death for the brutal murder of two prominent Bangladeshi gay rights
Out Paralympian Robyn Lambird has spoken frankly about their experience of ableism, saying perceptions of disability often make it “hard to feel empowered and sexy”. The 24-year-old Australian wheelchair racer will compete in the women’s T34 100m Wheelchair Sprint this month as one of three out non-binary athletes in Tokyo. They were diagnosed with cerebral
Fabien Azoulay was arrested in Turkey for buying GBL for personal consumption (Change.org) Fabien Azoulay, a French Jewish gay man harassed, beaten and burned with boiling water in a Turkish jail by homophobic inmates, has been released. Fabien Azoulay, 43, was jailed four years ago by the authorities for ordering a small amount of GBL
Trans women at the Aurat March for International Women’s Day on March 08, 2021 in Karachi, Pakistan. (Betsy Joles/Getty Images) Police officers in Pakistan cruelly laughed at trans and cisgender activists protecting against a surge in transphobic violence that has seized the country. On Friday (13 August), more than 100 demonstrators gathered outside the National
Team USA’s Kristie Mewis embraces Sam Kerr of Australia after the Olympic football bronze medal match between US and Australia on 5 August 2021. (Getty/Zhizhao Wu) Olympians Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr have revealed that they are officially dating with the most adorable photo on Instagram. Even before the Tokyo 2020 games, rumours swirled online
Fabio Fognini at the National Bank Open tennis tournament first round game on 9 August, 2021 in Toronto. (Icon Sportswire via Getty/ Julian Avram) Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini, who was condemned for his using homophobic slurs during the Olympics, returned to the court in a rainbow outfit. Fognini repeatedly yelled a homophobic slur after
Megan Rapinoe (L), Tom Daley (C) and Laurel Hubbard are among the LGBT+ athletes representing their countries at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Alex Grimm/Matthew Stockman/Scott Barbour/Getty) If LGBT+ Olympic athletes competed as a team, they would have come 11th in this year’s Tokyo Games, research has found. A total of 55 out LGBT+ athletes
Team GB’s Tom Daley poses with bronze medal after the ceremony for the men’s 10m platform final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on 7 August 2021. (Getty/Clive Rose) Olympian Tom Daley has spoken out about the importance of being an out athlete after being targeted in anti-LGBT+ commentary on Russian state TV. The International
Silver medallist USA’s Erica Sullivan poses on the podium after the final of the women’s 1500m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Getty/Odd ANDERSEN/AFP) Silver medalist Erica Sullivan has revealed that an interaction with her favourite singer on social media fuelled her Olympic dreams. The 20-year-old, who came out as gay in
Demonstrators march during annual Pride parade in defiance of anti-LGBT+ campaign waged by Hungarian government on 24 July 2021 in Budapest, Hungary. (Getty/Janos Kummer) The Hungarian government has ordered shops to sell children’s books seen as promoting LGBT+ themes in “closed wrapping”. Reuters reported the government decree, which was published Friday (6 August), also included
An activist’s silhouette is seen through a rainbow flag. (Getty) Six LGBT+ activists have been beaten up and forced to flee the town of Kamituga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Acts of anti-LGBT+ violence and harassment have intensified in the region in recent months, with many members of the local community accusing LGBT+
Fumino Sugiyama, a transgender man and former fencer, says he was forced out of fencing because of transphobia. (Instagram/@fuminosugiyama) Former elite fencer Fumino Sugiyama has opened up about deciding to quit his career in sport because of transphobia. Sugiyama told Bloomberg that he was a member of Japan’s national women’s fencing team before he started
Protestor holds ‘Trans Lives Matter’ placard during protest in Warsaw, 2018. (Getty/Maciej Luczniewski) An investigation is being opened into the brutal murder of Cindy Jones Torres, a trans woman found dead with multiple stab wounds in the Philippines. The 39-year-old was found dead on 28 July in her salon in Guiginto, Bulacan. It is believed she was
Drag icon Panti Bliss says her popular Dublin gay bar, the Pantibar, has been targeted by vile anti-LGBT+ hate online in the wake of the pandemic. (Getty/Artur Widak/NurPhoto) A legendary gay bar in Dublin become the target of a disgusting hate campaign for trying to protect its staff from COVID-19. Pantibar, owned by drag “queen
Transgender people in India wait for food handouts. (ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty) A 16-year-old girl has raised money to vaccinate 120 trans people against COVID-19 in India. Sia Sehgal, a student at a private international school outside Mumbai, raised 200,000 rupees (£1,933) for the Maharashtra District AIDS Control Society (MDACS) to buy Covishield vials. MDACS administered 120
Tom Daley, Amandine Buchard and Carl Hester are among the several out LGBT+ athletes to have won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. (Getty/Clive Rose/Franck FIFE/AFP/Julian Finney) If LGBT+ Olympic athletes were a country, they would be tied with Brazil and Switzerland on the leaderboard for the 2020 Tokyo games. There are at least
A bouncer at the Nordic Bar allegedly threw two women to the ground for sharing a kiss. (Facebook) A nightclub owner in Malta has said he is investigating claims that bouncers brutally threw to the ground two women for sharing a kiss. Activists first raised concerns after a woman recalled her “horrendous experience” at the
Canoeist Haley Daniels will see her trans mother judge her at the Tokyo Olympics. (Koki Nagahama/Getty Images) A Canadian judge has become the Olympic Games’ first-ever openly trans official – and she even has a daughter competing. At the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, more openly LGBT+ athletes will dive, sprint, cycle and throw than ever
A Pride protest in Budapest, capital of Hungary, in 2019. (Getty/ATTILA KISBENEDEK) Ahead of Budapest Pride, 30 embassies from across the world have demanded “freedom from violence” for queer people in Hungary. The open letter, published Monday (19 July) was signed by the embassies of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
Elin Stillingen was honoured in the first church name changing ceremony in Norway. (Facebook/ Elin Stillingen) A church in Norway held a beautiful naming ceremony for a trans person, in what is thought to be the first ceremony of its kind in the country. Elin Stillingen, 49, came out as transgender nine years ago, and
Stock photo of a trans girl at the doctors. (Zackary Drucke/The Gender Spectrum Collection) Shorter gender clinic wait times for trans kids leads to lower levels of depression and anxiety, according to a new study. The research comes from a clinic for trans kids and their families that reduced waiting times by 10 months, resulting
Kali with her 87-year-old grandmother. (Instagram/ melanatedbitch) A proud 87-year-old grandmother in India has shared her journey to embracing her trans granddaughter in a heartwarming video. The grandmother and her granddaughter Kali were featured in a video on the Instagram account Humans of Bombay. In the video captions, she explained: “My granddaughter, Kali, was assigned
Activists fly a giant heart balloon in rainbow colors in front of the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on 8 July 2021. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images) A trans teacher has opened up about his fears that he might not be allowed to continue teaching after Hungary passed its cruel anti-LGBT+ law. Floris Fellegi-Balta,
European delegation member Sophie in ‘t Veld. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty) A Dutch MEP has said Hungary’s anti-LGBT+ law is the “most homophobic” in Europe. Sophie in ‘t Veld hit out at the controversial law – which prohibits discussion of LGBT+ identities in schools, advertising and in the media – in a powerful speech at the
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