Day: December 15, 2017
Uganda: Police Raid Queer Kampala Film Festival
Ugandan police raided and forcibly closed the Queer Kampala International Film Festival on December 9, 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. The festival featured films and documentaries portraying the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people. Police offered no formal legal basis for forcibly shutting down the festival.
Lady Portia to present on Pride World Radio
Northern Ireland’s most famous drag queen is to be introduced to a worldwide audience, after signing up for a weekly show on Pride World Radio.
How Romania became a battleground in the transatlantic backlash against LGBTQ rights
Romania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001. Today it is witnessing a backlash against LGBTQ rights, supported by U.S Christian conservatives.
Indonesian court rules against criminalising gay sex
The top court in Indonesia has ruled against a petition which was calling for gay sex and sex outside marriage to be illegal.