by Beth Holmes | Aug 11, 2023 | Equality, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Sexuality, Transgender
Iraq has banned the term ‘homosexuality’ from use in media. They must call it ‘sexual deviance’ instead. The order is not yet official, but was released on Tuesday from Iraq’s official regulator of media, the Iraqi Communications and...
by admin | Aug 2, 2023 | Power LGBT
Putin cracks down on trangender Russians with a new law, aiming to create villains to distract from military losses. It’s been over a decade since Putin fired a warning shot at the LGBTQ community with his law forbidding ‘promoting’ queerness to...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 26, 2023 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality
An apology has been given by Rishi Sunak for the awful historical treatment of LGBT veterans in the British military. Until 2000, it was illegal to be gay in the British military. The justification at the time was “maintenance of operational effectiveness and...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 10, 2023 | Civil Rights, Equality, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, Politics, Power LGBT
Japan passes an “LGBT understanding” bill, in an incremental step forward for the queer Japanese community. Japan is the only G7 nation with no legal protection for same-sex unions, except for local city-specific laws which offer limited rights to civil unions. They...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 29, 2023 | Civil Rights, Education, Homophobia, International, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Power LGBT, Religion, Transgender
A New Zealand teacher has been banned from teaching after refusing to respect the name and pronouns of a transgender student. The teacher, whose name has been withheld from the media, taught math in high school, and was reported in February by a 14-year-old student....
by Beth Holmes | Jun 21, 2023 | Civil Rights, Equality, Health, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender, Women's Rights
Washington and Minnesota have both established themselves as shield states for patients seeking reproductive or gender-affirming care, with simultaneous laws signed in April. Since the conservative Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, threatening literally...
