On Nov. 16, news came that the German LBGTQ Film Festival organized in cooperation with the German Embassy in Ankara had been cancelled. The human rights and LGBTQ communities were stunned. Yet for me, I had in mind the past incidents that had led to that moment in Turkey… Read the full article HERE.
When travel brands and tourism boards embrace LGBTQ consumers, they pay attention, according to a survey conducted by Grindr’s Into. Six in ten (61%) said that when choosing a destination, airline or lodging, its reputation as gay-friendly is somewhat or very important. Read the full article HERE.
When a story circulated in August 2017 of male lions attempting to copulate with each other in Kenya’s Masai Mara national park, headlines and Twitter feeds went wild with speculation, ridicule, and accusation. Despite Kenya being one of the more progressive countries in East Africa regarding LGBTQ awareness and rights, the nation still… Read the full article HERE.
Bermuda is set to become the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and then take the right away from its citizens. Both branches of the British overseas territory’s legislature have now passed a law that would strip gays and lesbians of the right to marry… Read the full article HERE.
The anti-LGBT bill outlawing same-sex marriage in Bermuda is on John Rankin’s desk. John Rankins is the Governor of Bermuda. Earlier today ignoring international frustration, the Bermuda Senate voted for the bill to eliminate equality in their country. The Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights… Read the full article HERE.
Indonesia’s top court on Thursday ruled against petitioners seeking to make gay sex and sex outside marriage illegal in a victory for the country’s besieged LGBT minority. The 5-to-4 decision by the nine-judge panel of the Constitutional Court rejected the arguments of a conservative… Read the full article HERE.
It is a “very sad day for Bermuda” which is “on the wrong side of history,” Tony Brannon said following the Domestic Partnerships Act passing in the House of Assembly, with Mr Brannon adding that “Bermuda will lose untold millions in LGBT tourism revenue.” Read the full article HERE.
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