Tag: Rainbow flag
Munkedal Council in Sweden choose to exclude LGBTQ people
There is no political support for the proposal that previous municipal council Åsa Karlsson from Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna) wrote about expanding the municipality’s guidelines with general flagging during West Pride festival.
A Legacy of Pride: Gilbert Baker and the 40th Anniversary of the Rainbow Flag
New exhibition illustrates the San Francisco origins of the internationally recognised symbol of pride for the LGBTQ community.
Young man who waved LGBTQ flag in Egypt gets jail time extended
A young man arrested for having held up a rainbow flag supporting LGBTQ rights in Egypt has been ordered to spend an extra 15 days in preventative custody, Egyptian media such as Masrawi and Al-Watan reported on Monday.
Egypt: Mass Arrests Amid LGBT Media Blackout
The Egyptian government has intensified its campaign against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their supporters, arresting dozens of people in less than two weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. A media regulatory body has also banned all “positive” reporting on homosexuality.
Egypt: Stop Anti-LGBT Crackdown, Intimidation
Egypt should stop arresting and harassing people suspected of homosexuality using trumped-up “debauchery” and “inciting debauchery” charges, Human Rights Watch said today.
Egypt : Court Sentences Concert-goer to 6 years in Prison over LGBTQ Flag
An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced a student to six years in prison for “practicing debauchery” for raising the rainbow flag of the LGBTQ movement at a concert, according to local media.