The Canadian Prime Minister has appointed Alberta MP Randy Boissonnault as his LGBTQ2 special advisor. The advisor was the first out gay MP in Alberta to be elected. He is appointed as Canada repeals a federal law making it illegal for same-sex couples to have anal sex, or if more than two people “take part
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In the past 12 months, from 1st Oct 2015 to 30th Sept 2016, 295 trans and gender diverse people were reported murdered in 33 countries worldwide. This brings the total number of reported killings since 1st Jan 2008 to 2,264. On the 20th November, Trans Day of Remembrance, we will remember those who have lost
China’s ‘Pink Market’ is estimated to be worth $145billion – but some gay people are still feeling pressure from families to stay in the closet. The results of the third, annual China LGBT Community Report have been announced, and they reveal progress with regards to attitudes towards LGBTI rights in the country. China is the
The tech giant has topped a Netherlands-compiled Global Benchmark Survey of gay-friendly companies. For the third year in a row, tech giant IBM has been named the world’s most LGBT-inclusive employer by Amsterdam-based Workplace Pride Foundation. This is the third year that Workplace Pride has compiled its Global Benchmark Survey – to which companies submit
Hopes are high for Taiwan’s same-sex marriage legislation, as a bill heads towards a crucial vote in Parliament. The country is one of the most progressive in Asia on LGBT rights, providing some LGBT rights protections and allowing some limited recognition of same-sex relationships. Lawmakers in the country are hoping to push further on equality issues
Double Olympic champion Nicola Adams has opened up about her experiences coming out and facing up to prejudice in boxing. The Team GB star recalls lying awake at night worrying before she eventually told her mum she was bi: “It took a lot of courage … I knew one other person in my school who
If you thought Caitlyn Jenner was the most famous trans woman on the planet, you’d probably be wrong. In fact, that honour surely goes to China’s Jin Xing, whose TV show draws 100 million viewers a week, and who has been openly trans since 1996. China’s most popular TV hostess, often dubbed the country’s Oprah,
Begining of October saw the start of the four-day Salzburg Global LGBT Forum with a program focusing on “The Many Faces of LGBT Inclusion.” After previously taking place in Salzburg, Austria, and Berlin, the forum has convened in Chiang Rai, Thailand, for the first time. “In the global yet strongly Western-dominated discourse on LGBT human
A new handbook has been issued by the Pentagon to help service members and commanders deal with situations involving transgender troops. The handbook was issued in order to “assist” trans service members, as well as commanders, reports the Hill. It comes as the US earlier this year lifted its ban on trans military service members
Orlando’s Pride festival is set to take place this week, in memory of the victims of the Pulse massacre. 50 people were killed and 53 injured in the Pulse gay club shooting on June 12, when a gunman opened fire in the club. Four months on from the attack, the city’s defiant LGBT community will
The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday announced it has appointed the U.N.’s first-ever independent expert who will specifically investigate anti-LGBT discrimination and violence around the world. Vitit Muntarbhorn is an international law professor at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Muntarbhorn has been a member of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry on Syria
Australians oppose plans for a same-sex marriage plebiscite and want equality issue passed in Parliament, a poll has found. The country’s PM Malcolm Turnbull is trying to avoid a rift with his own ultra-conservative MPs by bringing forward plans to take same-sex marriage to the public in a non-binding plebiscite, instead of settling the matter in Parliament. However,