Malta used to be known as a very conservative country, where social opinion, reflected in politics and policies, was heavily influenced by the Roman Catholic Church. Divorce was outlawed, abortion was – and remains – criminalized in all cases, and the law failed to address key human rights concerns affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and(…)
Posters celebrating gay people are up in the city of Baghdad, Iraq and are going viral online. The poster reads in Arabic: ‘I am equal to you. Difference is the basis of life.’ Circulating on Twitter and Facebook, the photos of the posters calling for support of the LGBTI community in the Iraqi capital. While(…)
Europe‘s highest human rights court ruled on Tuesday that Russia‘s “gay propaganda law” prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality is discriminatory and a violation of freedom of expression. The law, signed by Russian president Vladimir Putin in 2013, ostensibly prohibits the promotion of homosexuality to minors, and has been used to stop LGBTQ pride demonstrations, as(…)
The Cambodian government is planning to introduce a new school course to teach students about LGBTI issues, sexuality and gender. Called ‘Life Skills’ the course will be taught from grades 1 to 12, and coursework will be introduced from grade 5. The Ministry of Education worked closely with Cambodian LGBTI advocates. Srun Srorn was one(…)
Sexual and gender-based violence is forcing more and more children to flee Central America and seek asylum in the United States. A new report from Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) and the Human Rights Center Fray Matias de Córdova says that children are disproportionately suffering in the region and many are fleeing their homes.(…)
A hospital in Egypt turned off a British gay man’s life support and are refusing to send back his body to the family. Adrian Nicholas King, a 39-year-old originally from Stafford, went on holiday to Cairo, Egypt with a female friend on 9 May. During a safari trip, his kidneys are believed to have failed(…)
One excruciatingly hot day in June 2015, Gretta Soto Moreno returned in a state of distress to her cell in Eloy, a grim privately run immigration detention center south of Phoenix. A volunteer from a local immigration support group had been visiting, and visits usually buoyed her spirits. But that day Soto Moreno had felt(…)
Advocates around the world plan to celebrate Pride month with parades, marches and other events.More than three million people are expected to attend the World Pride Madrid 2017 Parade on July 1. The world’s first-bisexual themed Pride parade will take place in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on June 9. Kyiv Pride — an(…)
Germany has begun granting gays from Chechnya special visas on humanitarian grounds following reports that gay people are being tortured and killed in the Russian republic. The Foreign Ministry told The Associated Press on Thursday the first man arrived in Germany on Tuesday and four other applications for humanitarian visas are being reviewed. Gay activists(…)
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Thursday said her government will introduce a same-sex marriage bill in the coming months. La Tercera, a Chilean newspaper, reported Bachelet made the announcement during a speech to the country’s Congress. “It cannot be that old prejudices are stronger than love,” she said, according to La Tercera. Government reached agreement(…)