Joburg exhibition explores LGBTI “journeys of faith”
A new exhibition about LGBTI people’s struggles with religion and spirituality is set to open at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. Presented by Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA), Journeys of Faith – Navigating Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity will be on display at the museum from the end of February. The fifteen-panel exhibition […]
Anger as Italy prepares to drop gay adoption from same-sex union bill
It’s being reported that following stiff opposing from lawmakers, a bill to allow same unions in Italy will no longer legalise limited gay adoption. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has told his Democratic Party to “water down” the controversial bill so that it has a chance of being passed by parliament. The country is the last major […]
Russia plans to open LGBT “treatment” facilities across the nation
Russia is proposing opening special exam rooms in hospitals and clinics to “treat” people with “gender identity disorders” and “disorders of sexual preference”. In addition, the facilities would also address children with “psychological and behavioural disorders associated with sexual development and orientation”. Staff, consisting of a doctor (sexologist) and a nurse, will “diagnose and treat these disorders” […]
Half of black gay and bi men in US face HIV infection
Despite advances in prevention options and treatment, the LGBT community in the US still continues to face alarming rates of HIV infection. In a new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that while the risk of infection in general had decreased in the US, gay and bisexual men remain disproportionately affected by […]
Here’s Kenya’s first LGBT music video that’s just been banned
A music video dedicated to same-sex love and the plight of LGBT people in Africa has predictably been banned by the Kenyan authorities. The track, a reworking by Art Attack of the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ song Same Love, features new lyrics and a video boldly depicting the lives of LGBT people in Kenya. The […]