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2 min read The two gay men arrested and sentenced for 15 years on anti-LGBTQ sodomy charges that culminated in the expulsion of a US Ambassador have been pardoned by the Zambian President.

2 min read A former mayor who became the world’s first openly transgender MP has been recognised in the New Zealand 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services to the LGBTQ+ community. Georgina Beyer is a politician and performer whose career politically and in the broader media has broken unprecedented ground for transgender people nationally and abroad.

4 min read After two years of declining numbers of HIV cases in New Zealand, there was a slight increase in 2019, but many of these cases were first diagnosed overseas.

2 min read A transgender man has become the first in Vietnam to get pregnant and give birth after a well known transgender couple welcomed their first baby on May 16. Minh Khang and Minh Anh welcomed their healthy baby daughter Thiên An after being born at a beauty salon in Ho Chi Man City weighing 2.3kg.

3 min read Australia’s first female Governor-General, Dame Quentin Bryce has lent her support towards the first LGBTI Domestic Violence Awareness Day which will be held on Thursday.

2 min read JK Rowling is once again facing criticism after the Harry Potter Author liked anti-transgender tweets that targeted a trans woman facing online bullying.

< 1 min read South Africa’s Government is facing criticism from human rights groups for excluding LGBT+ refugees and asylum seekers from crucial coronavirus relief packages.

2 min read A young IT worker that parades himself on Instagram with shirtless shots and points to his growing Only Fans account has been arrested in an Australian Federal Police (AFP) raid over a suspected online child abuse network.

2 min read Nineteen gay men and trans women who were arrested in a raid on an LGBTIQ shelter in Uganda in March are finally free after charges against them were dropped. The director of public prosecutions officially withdrew all charges against the traumatised individuals who’d been refused bail and access to their lawyers for 49 days.

3 min read 40 per cent of LGBTI people in European countries have recently faced harassment against them and six out of ten people are afraid to publicly hold their partner’s hands.

2 min read Two LGBT+ rights activists are calling on the Minister of Health David Clark to ease restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood in New Zealand.

2 min read A new anonymous online support service for any person in Aotearoa aged 13-27 has been launched by RainbowYOUTH. The new chat support service aims to help individuals who are looking for guidance, support, or advice around sexuality, gender identity, and intersex status.

2 min read A gay American man who was murdered in Sydney almost 32 years ago may finally have justice. Scott Johnson’s naked body was discovered at the bottom of a cliff in December 1988.

2 min read A painting of the once gay patron Saint Sebastian is now open for sale in a unique auction for a piece of artwork that the artist Owe Zerge hung in his home until his death.

2 min read In a strange decision for a country that has not progressed too quickly in relation to LGBTQ equality rights, Hungary has lifted all bans on blood donation for men who have sex with men (MSM), ahead of most countries on the world.

2 min read The “dummy run” of new COVID-19 Level 2 restrictions for bars to be held at a nightclub in Auckland’s Viaduct looks set to go ahead and provide all bars, including the LGBT+ establishments, a guide to how they can operate under the rules that come into force on May 21.

6 min read With the return of Lockdown Live tonight from 8 pm, Disciple Pati chats about being a Pacific Music Awards nominee, and a FAFSWAG advocate ahead of her live performance at 8:30 tonight via Instagram Live! How have you been keeping yourself busy in lockdown? I’m one of the fortunate people who has been able to continue working during […]

< 1 min read Republicans in the U.S State of Virginia have turned against one of their own representatives following his proud officiating of a same-sex wedding. Republican Congressperson, Denver Riggleman has represented Virginia’s 5th congressional district since 2018, however, has now seen his party turn against him.

< 1 min read Public Health England has published instructions on how to fight COVID-19 with an old t-shirt transformed into both a crop-top and a face-mask. The Department of Health and Social Care’s instructional information guide follows the British government’s announcement this week that citizens should aim to wear face coverings in some shops and public transport.

< 1 min read A man in Moscow has shot his ‘lover’ and attempted suicide after it was alleged his lover’s Mother had found out about their secret gay relationship and was planning on blackmailing the couple with intimate photos.

2 min read After 25 years of service, a former police lieutenant believes that he was fired for being gay and HIV positive.  Steven Prendergast who has now filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles first walked the streets as a police officer back in 1995.  Prendergast who had been promoted regularly throughout his employment soon […]

2 min read One of Israel’s leading rabbi believes that gay teens should be forced to conduct conversion therapy sessions in a bid to “help people be straight again.” Yigal Levinstein, a co-head of a Zionist pre-military Academy, made the claims about the dangerous and ineffective practice during a Zoom class.

< 1 min read In a historic move, Brazil’s top court has ruled that the nation’s ban on men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood is unconstitutional. According to Reuters, seven of the 11 judges on the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled in favour of lifting the ban, which prohibited MSM from donating blood for 12 months.

2 min read New research has found domestic and family violence (DFV) in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) communities often go unrecognised.

2 min read Following the murder of two trans women in Peurto Rico last month, a transgender woman has been found stabbed to death in Southeast Missouri raising concerns by LGBTQ groups about an epidemic of violence against trans people.

2 min read A corona-infected man who visited several gay bars in Seoul has been blamed for a new Coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, which risks increasing homophobic abuse in the country. A symptom-free 29-year-old, who was later diagnosed with Covid-19, visited five gay bars in Seoul’s Itaewon party area without knowing he was carrying the coronavirus.

2 min read Turkish officials, led by President Recep Erdogan, have banned children from drawing a rainbow and hanging pictures on window panes as it is considered a worldwide LGBT conspiracy.

< 1 min read A lesbian couple in the U.S state of South Carolina are heading to court to fight policy that enables discrimination against same-sex couples seeking to foster children. Brandy Welch and Eden Rogers were told that they failed to meet the criteria by a government-funded adoption agency simply because they are a lesbian couple.

2 min read Two men have been arrested allegedly in relation to the murders of transgender women whose burned bodies were found in Puerto Rico on April 22.

2 min read A Kenyan court has refused to end the ban on internationally acclaimed lesbian movie Rafiki due to the producers of the film failing to produce evidence that banning the film infringed on freedom of expression.

2 min read New laws that came into effect today allows trans and gender diverse Victorians to alter the sex recorded on their birth certificate without having to undergo surgery. Due to the new laws an applicant still needs to sign a statutory declaration stating they believe their sex is the one nominated in their application.

2 min read The stars of the US remake of Queer As Folk will re-unite virtually to raise funds for the Unite States LGBT+ centres. While LGBT+ individuals seem to be left behind by the current health crisis, the cast of the American Queer as Folk series has decided to take matters into their own hands.

2 min read A brutal hate crime assault has been captured on video of a transgender woman in Namibia being tied to a chair and whipped.

2 min read The Hulu platform in the US has released an extract from the series “Love, Victor”, taken from the gay rom-com “Love, Simon“. Never has coffee been so sexy.

2 min read A new report released in the United States has found the LGBTQ community is more likely to have been economically devastated by the Covid-19 epidemic than the general population.

< 1 min read A police constable in Nigeria is reported to have been stripped naked and severely beaten by a group of youths following allegations that he was homosexual. Reported by The Nation, the constable along with another man was “caught red-handed” having sex in the city of Umueze located in the south-east of the country.