Tag: Politics
In a significant step forward for LGBTQ+ rights, Latvia has become the first European Union (EU) nation to appoint an openly gay head of state.
Edgars Rinkēvičs, the former foreign minister, was sworn in as the president of Latvia during a ceremony held in Riga on Saturday, July 8th,...
San Francisco has voted to repeal a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restricts abortion, voting and LGBTQ+ rights after determining that the boycott is doing more harm than good.
The policy which was initially put in place in 2016, after the US Supreme Court...
Bud Light's recent collaboration with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has led to a significant backlash and a decline in sales, causing some to question the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in the United States and the beer brand's marketing strategy, including the CEO of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative.
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LGBTQ+ activist and "gay prince" Manavendrasinh Gohil has called on the Indian government to legalise same-sex marriage in the country.
Speaking at a press conference in Rajkot, Gohil, known as the "gay prince" due to his royal background, emphasised the need for LGBTQ+ couples to have equal rights and legal...
The European Parliament has hit out at the recent rhetoric from the Italian government, likening Italy and its anti-LGBTQ+ stance to other nations such as Poland and Hungary.
In a recently adopted resolution, the Parliament condemned the dissemination of anti-rights, anti-gender, and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric by influential political leaders and governments...
A new Instagram account named @RuPublicans is raising awareness of the increasing number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the USA by combining well-known Republican politicians and the iconic RuPaul, to create parodies of Republican figures dressed in drag.
@RuPublicans, which has gained over 100,000 followers in under two weeks, uses AI-generated...
In a historic move, Sarah El Haïry, a Democratic Movement politician and the youngest serving minister in France, has become the country's first female minister to publicly identify as queer.
33-year-old El Haïry serves as the state secretary for youth at the Ministry of National Education and revealed her sexuality...
Controversial anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, has vowed to return to New Zealand.
Despite experiencing significant pushback during her recent visit to New Zealand during her ‘Let Women Speak’ tour, Parker took to Twitter to announce that she intends to return to New Zealand - which...
