Barbra Streisand has dropped an LGBT anthem, in a not-so-guarded F.U. to President Trump. The legendary gay icon released her thirty-sixth studio album, Walls, on November 2. The title of the record is a direct reference to the Trump administration’s border wall policy, and many of the tracks bear an overtly-political nature. Get your home ready for the(…)
The Democratic Party hopes to paint Congress in blue at the midterm elections—but there is more than one colour in the spectrum of candidates hoping to win political office on November 6. A so-called ‘Rainbow wave’ of openly LGBT+ candidates is running for major political office in the upcoming elections, which will call voters to(…)
After a man filmed himself burning a library’s LGBT+ children’s books, the internet has raised more than $3,000 to replace them. Paul Dorr, a fundamentalist Christian, uploaded a video to Facebook Live on October 19 in which he burned a string of LGBT-inclusive books from the library in Orange City, Iowa, which has a population of 6,004. The(…)
Ishalaa Ortega, Alena Sandimirova and Edafe Okporo (Immigration Equality) A group of LGBT+ refugees have explained why they fled to the US. Over the past year, LGBT+ refugees have faced a two-pronged attack from the Trump administration’s hardline immigration stances and regressive policies on LGBT+ rights. After fleeing their homes to seek a new life(…)
Homosexual men are being tortured with electric shocks and beaten to death in concentration camps in Chechnya. This is the first concentration camp for homosexuals since Hitler’s camps in 1930s. Reports have emerged that 100 gay men were detained and three killed in these camps last week. Novaya Gazeta, a Russian newspaper known for its critical(…)
(TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty) Hong Kong has made spousal visas available to same-sex couples for the first time in the wake of a court ruling—but the government has firmly ruled out permitting same-sex marriage. Hong Kong only recognises marriage as between a man and a woman, but the international business hub has come under pressure from employers and(…)
Steve Negron A Republican Congressional candidate has defended voting against a ban on gay ‘cure’ therapy. New Hampshire state lawmaker Steve Negron is the GOP candidate for the US House of Representatives in the state’s Second Congressional District. Negron picked up the Republican nomination in a narrow primary vote on Tuesday, just weeks after he publicly(…)
Maddison Kleeman Rose chose to speak publicly (HBO/VICE News) A 12-year-old girl who is being forced to flee her hometown after transphobic knife threats has spoken out about what’s happening. Police shut down schools in Achille, Oklahoma for two days earlier this month after threats emerged to a transgender student, Maddie. Messages had come to(…)
A protest in Berlin calling on Russian President to put an end to the persecution of gay men in Chechnya. (JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty) A group of countries have triggered an international action against Russia over the homophobic purge in Chechnya. Human rights monitors first reported in February 2017 that authorities in Chechnya – an autonomous region of(…)
Rufus Gifford A Democratic candidate has released a raw political ad opening up about his experiences of homophobia. Rufus Gifford is one of ten Democrats seeking election to the US House of Representatives to represent the solidly-Democratic Massachusetts District 3. Ahead of the party primary on September 4, Gifford has released a “groundbreaking” ad, focused(…)