Last Saturday, people identifying as LGBTQ+ and their allies marched at the very first Pride in the Polish city of Bialystok. What was meant to be a beautiful tribute to love and acceptance ended up in violence and fear. Soccer hooligans and conservative campaigners organised a brutal counter-protest, with some people Continue Reading
OutNews and DIVA publisher Linda Riley responds to latest example of homophobic abuse Last month I was thrilled to be asked by Steven Smith of MilliOnAir magazine to feature in their July diversity issue alongside actor and DIVA Ally of the Year Denise Welch. This included being on the magazine’s cover, Continue Reading
Peter Tatchell Foundation launches major new report Peter Tatchell, just back from Russia (see OutNews Global’s story here), has launched a new report, with the backing of the Lord Speaker, Lord Fowler, which shows that countries that criminalise homosexuality suffer significant economic disadvantages; lost tourism revenue lost inward foreign aid and investment Continue Reading
In what appears to be a huge step backwards for LGBTQ equality in the USA, on Monday the Supreme Court ruled in favour of a Colorado bakery whose Christian owner had refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple, overturning a previous decision by the Colorado judiciary. Now – Continue Reading
Imagine risking your life to paint a mural. It might sound extreme but these are the lengths brave activists in Iraq are going to in their fight to be heard. LGBT+ people in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah, close to the Iranian border, are picking up their paintbrushes to create Continue Reading
Three British holidaymakers have been arrested after they allegedly attacked a gay couple with verbal abuse on a flight to LGBT+ hotspot Gran Canaria. It apparently happened on a flight from Nottingham at the start of the month. Two British gay guys who were jetting off together claim they were “mocked” after Continue Reading
Three LGBTQ+ activists in Ecuador are facing persecution after speaking out against the #ConMisHijosNoTeMetas movement. The movement, translated as “don’t mess with my children”, has been gathering momentum across Latin America following the introduction of a so-called “progressive gender ideology” into the education curriculum in neighbouring Peru last year. The activists Continue Reading
A Malaysian newspaper has ‘helpfully’ put together a list of pointers for identifying potential gay and lesbian people. The article in Sinar Harian featured bullet points of signs people are LGBT. Let’s take a look: Gay men are apparently easy to identify because of their love of beards, wearing tight clothes Continue Reading
Isn’t it time we ‘cut the crap’ and started to treat each other with the respect we all deserve? “Did you see what that guy just did?”, my friend Emma exclaimed as we stood in the queue for the cinema. She continued to recount in disbelief, how a gay guy stood Continue Reading
President Trump, we are told, backs a position held by US lawmakers that bakers should be able to display signs saying they won’t serve gay people. This was the disturbing news from White House Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders this week. News which hasn’t filtered into mainstream media, during a period Continue Reading