EU sues Hungary over anti-gay law – what it could mean for LGBT rights in Europe: The European commission is taking legal action against Hungary at the European court of justice (ECJ), escalating a longstanding dispute over the country’s anti-LGBT laws. This is an unprecedented step for the EU, but it isn’t a sure win …
Rwanda: LGBT rights are protected on paper, but discrimination and homophobia persist: A church-goer attends an inclusive church for the LGBTI community in Rwanda. SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images “From today, I no longer want to be called your mother, if you don’t want to change you can leave my house and come back when …
LGBT+ history: The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman – how theatre gave voice to a queer Holocaust survivor: Many Holocaust plays feature Jewish teenagers coming of age in the shadow of the death camps. Yet these works often present sentimentalised, redemptive stories, such as the 1950s production of The Diary of Anne Frank. They foreground …
LGBT+ history: the bold, very British resistance to section 28: Throughout the 1980s, some local councils in Britain attempted to provide positive representations of gay people in schools. Some quarters of the national press described such councils as “loony”, and also printed scare stories about gay men and HIV/Aids. In 1987, a survey indicated that …
LGBT rights in eastern Europe: explaining financial benefits makes a big difference to people’s views – new findings: Across eastern Europe, it’s still very difficult to pass laws and policies designed to advance LGBT inclusion. With LGBT+ History Month underway, some Ukrainians are worried that their country’s fragile progress in LGBT rights will be set …
LGBT+ history: the story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X: UPI/Alamy Although camp is difficult to define, it probably doesn’t need much description. Ever since 1956 – when former teenage drag queen Little Richard began performing his tribute to anal sex, “Tutti Frutti”, while wearing a six-inch pompadour, plucked eyebrows, and eyeliner …
LGBT migrants in South Africa: religion can be a blessing, and a curse: Members of the LGBT community attending the annual Gay Pride march in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2017. EFE-EPA/Kim Ludbrook Moral panics over sexual and gender rights are often shaped by religious beliefs. In many countries, political, cultural and faith leaders use religious …
How ‘allyship’ can make LGBT+ staff feel less excluded in the work place: Shutterstock/Rawpixel.com More than 40% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people experience conflict – such as being undermined, humiliated or discriminated against – at work, according to a recent report. This figure rises to 55% for transgender and non-binary staff, compared with 29% …
LGBT+ history month: remembering the ‘Glamour Boys’ – the gay MPs who warned 1930s Britain about Nazism: Shutterstock In the 1920s and 1930s of buttoned-up Britain, homosexuality was an illicit act, and would remain that way until 1967 when the law changed in England and Wales. Even though gay culture was vibrant, it existed mostly …
LGBT+ history month: forgotten figures who challenged gender expression and identity centuries ago: Non-binary and trans people have always been here, not least in every recorded society from the ancient world onwards. Why is it then that they’re often absent from the tales and lists of historical figures we hear about? The answer lies, in …
Education policies in England overlook bullying of LGBT+ pupils: spixel/Shutterstock Nearly half of LGBT+ pupils are bullied in school because of their gender or sexual orientation. In fact, LGBT+ bullying is the most common type of bullying in schools. Just 27% of secondary school pupils believe it would be safe to come out as LGBT+ …
South Africa in the news: Hundreds of global faith leaders call for ban on LGBT+ conversion therapy: Almost 400 global religious leaders, including anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu and Britain’s Bishop of Liverpool, called on Wednesday for countries to overturn bans on same-sex relations and …: “South Africa” – BingNews This Day In History – December …
South Africa in the news: Hundreds of global faith leaders call for ban on LGBT+ conversion therapy: Almost 400 global religious leaders, including anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu and Britain’s Bishop of Liverpool, called on Wednesday for countries to overturn bans on same-sex relations and …: “South Africa” – BingNews British Empire: British Empire. At the …
Teaching primary school children about LGBT+ relationships: is the government taking the right approach?: DGLimages/Shutterstock English primary schools will follow revised guidance on education about relationships from September 2020. The guidance emphasises teaching about diverse families, and this approach includes recognition of LGBT+ people. For many schools, this will not be the first time children …
LGBT+ Sport Fringe Festival Leeds Frontrunners Closing Park Run – a Sport interest event taking place on 2019-08-03 09:00:00 in United Kingdom Join Leeds Frontrunners for their annual park run event that celebrates Leeds LGBT+ Sport Fringe Festival and Leeds Pride at Woodhouse Moor Woodhouse Lane Leeds United Kingdom – Add your South African Event …
LGBT+ Sport Fringe Festival & Virgin Active Body Conditioning – a Sport interest event taking place on 2019-07-25 09:40:00 in United Kingdom Virgin Active and Leeds LGBT+ Sport Fringe Festival bring you a Body Conditioning event (Limited Spaces available) at Virgin Active Kirkstall Road Leeds United Kingdom – Add your South African Event here. Have …
Botswana court ruling is a ray of hope for LGBT people across Africa: Botswana's LGBTI community is celebrating the decriminalisation of gay sex. Shutterstock Botswana’s High Court has ruled that private consensual sex between adults of the same sex is no longer criminal. The decision gives hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people …
Homosexuality remains illegal in Kenya as court rejects LGBT petition: A Kenyan LGBT activist campaigning for a change to the country's Penal Code. EPA-EFE/Dai Kurokawa Kenya’s Penal Code, which criminalises same-sex activity, will remain intact following a High Court ruling which rejected a petition calling for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the country. LGBT activists …