Tag: homophobia
The Warwick Rowers Go Full Frontal – It’s twice the size!
What can we say? It’s twice the size! Of course, they know that size isn’t everything, so they didn’t stop there.
Nine-year-old girl writes letter to ‘amazing, fantastic’ teacher after he comes out as gay
A nine-year-old child’s seemingly heartfelt letter to her teacher after he came out as gay to the class has been celebrated by online users.
BeLonG To welcomes the publication of EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency Report ‘Being Trans in the EU’
BeLonG To the national organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans young people in Ireland welcomes the publication of ‘Being Trans in the EU’ by the FRA. This report represents the most comprehensive research into the lived experiences of Trans people across the European Union and will form the bedrock of important policy development across member states into the future.
Turkish Halil Dincdag came out as gay in 2009 – then he wasn’t longer accepted as football referee
Halil Dincdag was labeled as mentally ill and stricken from the Turkish football referee list when he came out as gay. Now he fights for restitution.
Turkey gets its first umbrella LGBTI organisation to fight homophobia
A new organisation, the first in Turkey to ensure LGBTI websites, groups and organisations has been established to fight homophobia and transphobia in the Islamic country that straddles Europe and Asia.
Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, declares that
In a human rights comment note published on October 2nd, the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, Nils Muižnieks, highlighted rights abuses faced by LGBTI young people and declared that all “LGBTI children have the right to safety and equality”