Alex Hai, who made headlines a decade ago for becoming Venice’s first female gondolier, has revealed that he is transgender and has always considered himself a man.
Germany to quash convictions of 50,000 gay men under Nazi-era law
US: Most Americans Don’t Think Religious-Based Discrimination Should Be Lawful
US: A Majority of Mississippi Residents Oppose Religiously Based Service Refusals of Gays and Lesbians
Mississippi businesses and state employees are now able to deny services to same-sex couples by citing religious beliefs, after a federal appeals court in Mississippi lifted an injunction Thursday.
LGBT Country Profiles Track Shifting Terrain
US: op-ed, If We Want to Tell Authentic LGBTQ Stories, We Have to Show the “Bad” With the Good
The first piece I wrote that was ever published was titled, “I Came Out as Bisexual and Now Can’t Date Anyone Gay or Straight.” I wrote the piece for XoJane’s infamous “It Happened to Me” vertical, and much to my surprise, it went viral.
Malta: A Tiny Nation Learns the Rewards of LGBT Progress
UK: Queen Elizabeth Vows To Protect The LGBT Community In Speech To Parliament
In an address to Parliament on Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth pledged to protect the LGBT community from discrimination.
“My government will make further progress to tackle the gender pay gap and discrimination against people on the basis of their race, faith, gender, disability or sexual orientation.”
The Queen has rarely addressed LGBT equality, though when she gave the royal assent for marriage equality in 2015, she was said to have remarked “Who’d have thought 62 years ago when I came to the throne, I’d be signing something like this? Isn’t it wonderful?'” Read more via New Now Next
India: ‘Globalisation helped LGBT people assert their identity’
Iraq: LGBT posters spread in Baghdad call for acceptance and tolerance
Posters calling for the acceptance of homosexuality have been put up in the streets of Baghdad