Trump slammed for using Pulse massacre to support guns
Donald Trump has once again been accused of making up facts, this time about the Pulse nightclub massacre. In recent days, Trump has been defending gun laws in the US in the wake of the recent horrific Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead. He has even suggested that teachers […]
How does South Africa rate as an LGBT travel destination?
An annual LGBT travel guide has ranked South Africa alongside Australia and higher than the US as a global LGBT travel destination. The Spartacus World Gay Travel Index looks at almost 200 countries around the world and ranks them on the basis of 14 criteria, such as marriage equality, adoption rights, anti-discrimination laws and criminalisation […]
European Parliament calls for ban on LGBTI conversion therapy
For the first time, the European Parliament has spoken out against attempts to “cure” LGBTI people, known as conversion therapy. On Thursday, the parliament adopted its annual report on the state of fundamental rights in the EU, as well as a number of additional amendments. One of these was an amendment, adopted with a large […]