Day: November 17, 2015
Kiwi world’s first openly-gay boxing judge
Another barrier has been knocked out in sport – New Zealander Benjamin Watt is believed to be the first ever openly-gay male professional boxing judge.
Australia to return to the Eurovision Song Contest!
After placing 5th in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Australia will compete in the semi finals in 2016.
HRC President Chad Griffin Testifies At First-Ever Congressional Forum on Anti-Transgender Violence
Today, the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus held the first-ever Congressional Forum on Violence Against the Transgender Community in an effort to raise awareness of the scourge of violence impacting the transgender community – particularly transgender women of colour.
FBI Releases New Hate Crimes Report Ahead of First-Ever Congressional Forum on Anti-Trans Violence
For the second year in a row, report includes statistics for bias-motivated violence against trans people.
A Different Look For LGBT Literature
Living in a world of darkness doesn’t mean we must surrender, but to survive, we need to occasionally unleash the diva from within.
Video Series Highlights Exclusion of LGBTIQ Africans from Social, Political, Economic Spheres
OutRight Action International, the global human rights organisation, is releasing a video series starting Tuesday, Nov. 17th, that explores how LGBTIQ Africans are excluded from mainstream social, political and economic participation in most countries—in violation of their basic human rights.