Horrific homophobic posters have appeared depicting two men holding rainbow-coloured nooses over a cowering child. The hateful image was spotted in Heffernan Lane in the heart of Melbourne’s central business district on Saturday. A photo of the poster provoked an outraged response on social media, even attracting the ire of opposition leader Bill Shorten.
In less than a year in office, Donald Trump has proven that both he, and his cabinet, are enemies of the LGBT community. Following Trump’s inaugural address, the LGBT rights page was removed from the White House website. He refused to acknowledge Pride month. He canceled Pride celebrations at the White House. He had the audacity to speak with ananti-LGBT organization during Pride. He’s opened the door for religious organizations to discriminate against the queer community. Most recently, he banned trans soldiers from serving in the military, using harmful rhetoric with no basis in facts.
Openly gay former college track star L’equan Chapman is getting his shot at the United States Olympic Team. Chapman is one of 97 athletes invited to be part of Team USA’s “Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful,” which will air nationally as a two-hour broadcast premiering at 9 p.m. ET on Aug. 25 on NBCSN. Chapman was a standout jumper and sprinter at Shippensburg University. In 2015 he was named the 2015 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Atlantic Region Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year.
The City of Milwaukee Youth Council has awarded The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center $15,000 for its youth program – Project Q. One of six agencies to be awarded grants, the center will use the money to enhance existing resources and fund community service projects for LGBT youth. “This grant is a sign of continued faith in the center’s programs,” said the organization’s co-president Paul Williams.
One of the biggest travel and tourism event in French Speaking Quebec and Montreal and as the LGBT pride parade draws near, along with the final activities that will close 11 days of festivities that have once again rocked Montréal, the Government of Canada announced that four financial contributions totalling $463,300 have been granted to the Montréal Pride non-profit organization.
A lack of social and community groups in MetroWest often leaves LGBT senior citizens having to trek to Worcester, Cambridge or even Providence, Rhode Island, to socialize with members of their community. Or worse, they become isolated and feel unconnected to their peers. “Once you can no longer drive they become more isolated,” said Linda Marshall, director of the Holliston Council on Aging. “It’s really hard for them to get out of the MetroWest area.”
Fifty years ago the landmark Sexual Offences Act transformed the lives of gay men in England and Wales, but in NI it is only 35 years since legislation brought the same rights to the north in 1982. Bimpe Archer meets some of those who lived under the threat of incarceration.
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