Addiction is a cruel mistress, which is why we thought you’d be interested in this interview with Stuart Fenton, the Clinical Lead and Head Counsellor at Resort 12 Programme. The programme is part of the work of The Cabin Group, an LGBT-friendly addiction treatment centre in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Stuart Fenton gave […]
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Our friends from i-D head to New York’s Sage Centre, an accessible and inclusive space for LGBT+ elders to celebrate their grassroots activism 50 years on from the Stonewall riots. New York City, 1969. Being gay is considered a psychological disorder. Soliciting homosexual acts is a criminal offence, as is dressing in […]
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Growing up, I often heard adults pointing fingers at people marching at Pride for being too provocative, or “too much”. Fortunately, Pride has become a lot more accepted since I was a child. People are more open-minded, and new generations are now growing up with more accepting values. This is exactly what […]
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Since the World Health Organization (WHO) removed Gender Dysphoria from its International Classification of Disease (ICD) on 25th May, many took to social media to celebrate the news, representing to some degree an end to one example of the stigmatisation of transgender people. Others were worried that removing the diagnosis of […]
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“Hatari” means danger in Swahili and “protest” in Eurovision. Indeed, Hatari, Iceland’s anti-capitalist, techno band made quite an impact at Eurovision 2019. Already making a name for themselves on the internet for the past couple of months, cousins and vocalist Klemens Nikulásson Hannigan and Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson and producer and drummer […]
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Friday 17th May was the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). The Australian official IDAHOBIT organisation explains that the international awareness day started in May 17, 1990. After the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization approved the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems […]
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With China classifying trans people as mentally ill, many are turning to to the black market for treatment. Trans people in China are performing highly dangerous surgery on themselves and buying unsafe hormone treatments on the black market because it is almost impossible for them to access the health care they […]
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On 28th March OutNews Global published an article about the introduction in the Kingdom of Brunei of death by stoning as the punishment for gay sex. We also published a list of other countries where the death penalty was applied for the same “offence”. This story, which has also been widely […]
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Brunei, the former British colony which gained independence in 1984, has announced that from 3rd April it will impose death by stoning as the penalty for those found guilty of having gay sex. Executions will be “witnessed by a group of Muslims”. Brunei is currently rolling out a new penal code based […]
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OutNews Global are delighted to have been confirmed as an Official Media Partner of the inaugural Australian Pride Power List, which was published on Friday 1st March. OutNews Global Editor Rob Harkavy commented, “I am thrilled that OutNews Global is partnering with this groundbreaking venture. While 12,000 miles may separate those […]
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