Posts in category International

WHILE Australians were enjoying the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade earlier this month, a historic moment took place in Okinawa, Japan, when six …

HOPES the Vatican might be about to relax its stance on gay marriage are little more than blind faith, according to leading Australian gay Catholics, but …

 COMEDIAN and gay rights activist Stephen Fry will host one of the UK’s first gay weddings later this month, which will be aired on British …

A HISTORIC court ruling in Lebanon has made it the first Arab nation to no longer consider same-sex relations a crime. The decision came from …

PUBLIC support for same-sex marriage has reached record highs in the US, a complete reversal of views from a decade earlier. A Washington Post / ABC …

A CONFERENCE in Sydney last month heard from some of the Asia-Pacific region’s leading cultural theorists on how transqueer studies is helping break new ground …

REGARDED as influential in the global intersex movement, South African activist Sally Gross has been remembered as a courageous and ground-breaking campaigner for human rights …

THERE has been a dramatic escalation of diplomatic pressure over Uganda’s anti-gay laws, with Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop confirming on Friday that she has …

AUSTRALIAN Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has “serious concerns” about the new laws in Uganda that criminalise homosexuality with sentences of up to life imprisonment. At a …

ARIZONA Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have allowed businesses in the US state to discriminate against gay and lesbian people on religious …