LGBT Politics
LGBT Politics USA
House Democrats Reject Removal of LGBT Provisions in NDAA
WASHINGTON D.C. — (10-01-24) — House Democrats have signed a letter rejecting certain provisions in the NDAA related to LGBT military servicemembers. The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has become the latest GOP attack on LGBTQ military servicemembers. We can confirm that 162 Democratic U.S. House members plan to penned a letter to both the House and Senate Armed Service Committee chairs to oppose the anti-LGBTQ provisions. The House [...]
CNN To Lock Content Behind Paywall Starting in October
ATLANTA, GA — (09-26-24) — Time Warner's CNN Cable News Network will begin locking online news content behind a paywall next month in an effort to increase revenue “as cable television erodes industrywide,” [...]
Biden Grants Interview to America’s Oldest LGBT Newspaper
WASHINGTON, D.C — (09-16-24) — President Joe Biden made history this week when he sat down with Christopher Kane of the Washington Blade, America's oldest LGBT news media outlet. Biden sat down in [...]
Five Injured in Courthouse ‘Bomb Explosion’ in Santa Maria
SANTA MARIA, CA — (09-25-24) — A male suspect has been detained following a 'bomb explosion' inside the Santa Maria Courthouse on Wednesday, seriously injuring five people and leading to an evacuation and [...]
NY LGBT Network ‘Rainbow Rides Car Meet’ raises money to fight bullying
HAUPPAUGE, NY — (09-11-24) — New York LGBT Network’s launched its first 'Rainbow Rides Car Meet' event in Hauppauge to raise money and awareness to fight bullying. The organization said that their mission is to [...]
LGBT Politics Asia
Thailand King Signs Historic Same-Sex Marriage Bill Into Law
BANGKOK, THAILAND — (09-27-24) — Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn made history earlier this week when he signed a marriage equality bill into law, making the country the first in South East Asia to recognize same-sex marriage, a major milestone for LGBTQ rights in the country. The new law uses gender-neutral terms in place of "husbands", "wives", "men" and "women". It also grants same-sex couples adoption and inheritance rights. The same-sex [...]
Thailand celebrates Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage
BANGKOK, TH — (06-19-24) — The Southeast Asian nation of Thailand will become the first to legalize same-sex marriage in the region, after the kingdom’s Senate approved a marriage equality bill on Tuesday. [...]
South Korea High Court Upholds Ban on Gay Sex in the Military
SEOUL, KR — (10-30-23) — South Korea's constitutional court has upheld the ban on gay sex in the military, a long standing law against same-sex relations in the military, in what activists have [...]
Thailand Parliament Passes Bill Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
BANGKOK, TH — (03-28-24) — Thailand' Parliament made history yesterday when it passed a same-sex marriage bill, making the country the first Southeast Asian nation to recognize same-sex marriage. “I want to invite [...]
76 People Arrested for Organizing Gay Wedding
NIGERIA — (10-24-23) — Security forces arrested 76 Nigerians on Saturday on charges of organizing a gay wedding in north-east Nigeria, where same-sex marriage is criminalized and often met with violence. Nigeria passed its anti-gay [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
Georgia Right-Wing Speaker Signs anti-LGBTQ Bill into Law
TBILISI, GEORGIA — (10-04-24) — Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has refused to sign her right wing parliament's bill that bans LGBT Rights. In response, the Georgian Parliament's Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, signed the bill into law on October 3, curbing LGBT Rights and snubbing President Zurabishvili after she refused to sign the blatant homophobic bill. As he Papuashvili signed the bill, he took a swipe at both Zurabishvili and the opposition [...]
Trans Woman Brutally Murdered after anti-LGBT Law Passed
TBILISI, GA — (09-20-24) — We are sad to report that one of Georgia's most well-known transgender women, Kesaria Abramidze, was brutally murdered in her home on Wednesday, a day after the country's [...]
Thousands Turn Out for Madrid Gay Pride Parade
MADRID, SPAIN — (07-07-24) — Tens of thousand of attendees turned out for the 2024 Madrid Gay Pride Parade that took place on Saturday in the capital city. The 2024 Madrid Pride Parade [...]
Ghana’s Supreme Court Upholds Law Criminalizing Gay Sex
ACCRA, GH — (07-26-24) — Ghana’s Supreme Court upheld the country's six-decade-old law criminalizing gay sex, as the west African country awaits another court decision on whether to authorize harsher penalties upon its [...]
LGBT Ukrainian Soldiers Hope for Legal Rights
KYIV, UKRAINE — (06-17-24) — Several hundred LGBT Ukrainian soldiers and their supporters marched in downtown Kyiv last Sunday, to demand legal rights, especially considering they are putting their lives on the line for their [...]