Here are tips that LGBTQ people can use to deal with the outbreak of Coronavirus

• Released Date: 07-Mar-2020

The outbreak of COVID-19, commonly known as Coronavirus, is causing significant changes to people’s daily lives. With  <a href="https://www.sxsw.com/2020-event-update/">the cancellation of the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW)</a> and an attendee of

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MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 30 YEARS

• Released Date: 06-Mar-2020

Now is the time for us to reflect on the fact that many other LGBTIQ communities around the world are yet to be afforded the same rights that we in Australia have fought so hard to win. Portraying these other realities is unquestionably queer cinema’

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HOW WILL CORONAVIRUS AFFECT THE LGBTQI COMMUNITY?

• Released Date: 06-Mar-2020

“Is it safe to have sex amidst this Coronavirus outbreak?” S* posted in an online LGBTQ+ wellness forum, earlier this week.The global outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections has not left LGBTQI+ communities unaffected. From those who use dating

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Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade 2020

• Released Date: 06-Mar-2020

200,000 people lined the streets of Sydney earlier tonight for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade 2020. Despite a smaller crowd than last year, the crowd cheered on (most of) the almost 200 floats.An Aboriginal smoking ceremony and Welcome

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Trans man is fighting to not be called “mother” on his child’s birth certificate

• Released Date: 06-Mar-2020

Transgender journalist Freddy McConnell is fighting the U.K. government to be listed as the father on his child’s birth certificate.McConnell – whose experience with pregnancy as a transgender man was the subject of the documentary Seahorse: The Dad

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A gay couple stood up to a man who was harassing women. The next day he got revenge.

• Released Date: 06-Mar-2020

A gay couple in southwestern France was beaten up during Carnival in what they say was a bias-motivated crime after they stood up to a man who was harassing women.The couple, who has only been identified as Lucas and Noël in the media, said that they

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FILMMAKERS BOYCOTT ISRAELI GOVT LGBTQI FILM FESTIVAL

• Released Date: 06-Mar-2020

Over 100 queer filmmakers have agreed not to participate in the Israeli Government-sponsored LGBTQI Film Festival over concerns of “pinkwashing” human rights abuses.More than 130 people in the film industry from 15 countries have signed a  <a href="h

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SURVEY – LGBTQI TEACHERS IN UK EXPERIENCE DISCRIMINATION

• Released Date: 05-Mar-2020

More than four in ten LGBTQI teachers in the UK have experienced homophobia, transphobia or biphobia at work in the past year according to teaching union, NASUWT.The  <a href="https://schoolsweek.co.uk/four-in-10-teachers-experience-homophobia-biphob

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Transgender teen kicked out of school dance for wearing a blouse

• Released Date: 04-Mar-2020

A mother is up in arms after a school counselor in Georgia removed her 13-year-old transgender daughter from a school dance, accusing her of wearing a “costume” because she wore girls’ clothes.Charissa Mehojah  <a href="https://www.wjcl.com/article/m

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Virginia bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors

• Released Date: 04-Mar-2020

Virginia became the 20th state in the country to outlaw conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors after Gov.  <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/ralph-northam">Ralph Northam</a> signed the ban into law on Monday.Conversion therapy is described as a pra

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An Upcoming Homosexual Conference At The Precincts Of The National Cathedral In Accra: When Evil Sodom Aims To Conquer Holy Jerusalem

• Released Date: 04-Mar-2020

The Ghanaian detest for homosexuality has attracted national discourse for some time now. The debate heightened last year when the Ministry of Education (MoE) and for that matter the Ghana Education Service (GES) attempted to introduce Comprehensive

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Representation, diversity and the colourful world of LGBTIQ kids’ books

• Released Date: 04-Mar-2020

When the queer bookstore Hares Hyenas first opened in Melbourne in the early 1990s, there were less than a dozen queer picture books for kids, most coming from the same publisher, according to the bookstore’s Collections Developer Rowland Thompson.N

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