San Francisco’s Castro District, the city’s legendary “gayborhood,” was descended upon this past weekend by thousands of members of a demographic group underrepresented in the lucrative technology industry: lesbian women. The Bay Area’s fifth annual Lesbians Who Tech summit attracted an estimated 5,000 attendees, and the international group boasts a total of more than 35,000 members dedicated to giving queer…
Isaac Mugisha, co-ordinator of Pride Uganda, is determined and optimistic that Ugandan LGBTs will hold a Pride event in Kampala later this year, without it being shut down by the authorities. If the event does go ahead, it will be the first Pride held successfully in the East African country since 2015.
A 1,200-page dossier containing the names of 34 ‘actively gay’ priests and six seminarians in Italy has been sent to the Vatican by the archdiocese of Naples. The allegations were compiled by Francesco Mangiacapra, a gay male escort who told local media he couldn’t put up with the priests’ “hypocrisy” any longer.
There is a moment in the Chilean film “A Fantastic Woman” when a transgender singer stands onstage and lifts her voice, an unwavering mezzo-soprano that rises above the cruelties and prejudices she’s encountered in a country that has scorned her identity, ridiculed her love and chipped away at her pride.
Irish-Americans proudly marched in the LGBT-friendly St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Woodside, Queens, Sunday saying it remained relevant even as larger celebrations have become more inclusive. The St. Pat’s for All parade began as an inclusive response to LGBT groups banned from the big march on Fifth Ave.
Israel plans to go ahead with deporting LGBT asylum seekers to Rwanda and Uganda, despite those countries having a track record of persecuting and jailing people for their sexual orientation and gender identity. The Population, Immigration and Border Authority told The Jerusalem Post that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender asylum seekers did not count as part of an excluded group of people who would not be deported – such as women and children.
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