A landmark ruling the Supreme Court of Namibia issued on Tuesday said that same-sex marriages conducted outside the southern African country should be recognized by the Namibian government.
An advocacy group named Beijing LGBT Center, which also served as a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community in Beijing became the latest organization to close under a crackdown by Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government.
On Saturday around 200 Cubans marched in Havana to the rhythm of conga, a popular dance, protesting against homophobia and transphobia, and celebrating the legalization of same-sex marriage.
Chanting socialism yes, homophobia no, demonstrators swayed their hips and beat rhythmically on drums as they cheered the Family Code, passed last September.
Turkey’s President Erdoğan branded his opposition “pro-LGBT” at a campaign rally, saying he will “bury” them in a “ballot box”.
Erdoğan held an election rally on May 7 in Istanbul and he vowed his Justice and Development Party (AKP) and other parties in their alliance will never be “pro-LGBT because family is sacred to us”.
More than 700 same-sex marriages have been celebrated in Cuba since the new Family Code was approved in a referendum last year. The figure was confirmed last week by the National Center for Sex Education, at the opening of the Cuban Days against Homophobia and Transphobia, which will take place on the island until May 20.
Dan Andrews, premier of the Victorian state in Australia, told hateful protestors to “get to Florida” after a drag event was canceled due to repeated threats.
Speaking in front of the Victorian parliament on May 4, Andrews condemned the shameful conduct of right-wing protestors who threatened a drag story time event at a public library in Melbourne.
Monash Council said the Oakleigh library event would no longer go ahead amid threats of violence against the performer, library staff, councilors, and families of attendees.
Andrews slammed the anti-LGBTQ+ protests and threats as appalling, saying that Australians “won’t stand for that ugly behavior here”.
Florida has been a hotbed amid a growing pushback against LGBTQ+ rights in the US, with lawmakers in the state championing legislation attacking family-friendly drag performances, LGBTQ+ education in schools, and gender-affirming healthcare for trans people.
Andrews said similar moves to attack LGBTQ+ people in Australia are not about free speech but are hate speech, plain and simple.
Andrews added on Twitter that the “Americanisation of Australian politics has no place in here and that the anti-LGBTQ+ protestors’ hateful views don’t either.”
Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is punishable by death, now claims to welcome LGBTQ+ visitors, despite the country’s horrific track record on LGBTQ+ rights and treatment of queer residents.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau museum, located at the site of the former German Nazi concentration camp in Poland, recognized a gay victim of the Holocaust. The museum tweeted that a minimum of 77 men with pink triangles were imprisoned in Auschwitz & 25 more people could have been arrested for their real or alleged homosexuality but under a different prisoner category.
Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis has shed light on Tory minister Kemi Badenoch’s ‘anti-woke’ mission, revealing that Badenoch committed to following Florida’s lead in the UK.
A politician in France has become the first female minister to come out as gay in the country after revealing her sexuality in an interview.
Democratic Movement politician and youngest serving minister Sarah El Haïry revealed that she is queer and is currently dating someone.
The 33-year-old state secretary for youth at the Ministry of National Education casually mentioned her partner while discussing whether she uses Twitter.
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