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Nipping Homophobia in the Bud Down Under

Posted on 21 Nov 2024 in World

Australian gay men's magazine DNA reports that vigilance is essential to ensure that crimes against gay, bi and pansexual men in the country are nipped in the bud. They report "Homophobic violence in Australia is not a thing of the past. Despite progress, recent events show that the danger is still very real. ABC reports that in the last two months, men in Victoria and the ACT have been lured by fake profiles on dating apps and social media, only to be assaulted and robbed.

Hypocrisy of Anti-Gay Bigots Over Pop Stunt

Posted on 17 Nov 2024 in World

Many LGBTQIA+ people will be aware of and familiar with far right wing organisations' hypocrisy - encouraging violence and hatred against minorities yet acting hurt when they are criticised. LGBTQ+ Nation newswire reports that many Donald Trump supporters were spluttering with c

Musk is Rebuked for Comments about UK

Posted on 14 Nov 2024 in World

Billionaire right wing extremist Elon Musk, who is considered by many mental health and neurological experts to be a sociopath if not a psychopath, has been sharply rebuked by the British government after he tried to wind people up over far right violence in a small number of Bri

America Gives a Trump and Yes, It Stinks!

Posted on 6 Nov 2024 in World

LGBTQIA Media and organisations, together with progressive groups from across the political spectrum, were reacting this week to the election of Donald Trump to the White House, where as ILR Radio West noted, he will be the forty seventh President. Indeed, rumou

High Profile Activist Joins SA Government

Posted on 11 Oct 2024 in World

South African LGBTQIA+ newsletter Mamba Online reports "internationally recognised activist Mmapaseka Steve Letsike has been appointed Deputy Minister of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the news when he revealed his government of

Oct

Celebrating 1990's Queer Culture in SF

Chloe Sherman has a new book called Renegades: San Francisco in the 1990s which is profiled in the Guardian newspaper. Chloe, a photographer by trade, moved to t

Oct

Building a Movement for Change in Iran

Bahareh Hedayat writing at the Anarchist website Libcom shares wisdom on building resistance to the clerical fascist regime in Iran, which has, as Bahareh points out, little in com

Sep

Has Republicanism Reached "Peak Hate" in US?

Nico Lang writing for the website News is Out says that there is cautious optimism in US Republican states that the high tide of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislative proposal

Sep

Dangerous Plans of American Right Exposed

Melina Cohen, writing at American Atheists, a network of freethinkers in the States, has outlined the agenda of far right, religious fundamentalist and neo-fascist groups in the US

Sep

Thai Marriage Equality Prompts Celeberations

German news network Deutsche Welle alerted us on Tuesday afternoon to the breaking news that the Kingdom of Thailand had become the first country in South East Asi