Tag: LGBTQ+
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Hundreds of thousands line Amsterdam canals for the annual Pride boat parade
Hundreds of thousands of people lined Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday to watch the city’s canal boat parade, the highlight of an annual Pride festival that this ... -
A belly dancer turns grief into joy after fatal attack on Berlin’s Pride festival
Haidar Darwish, a Syrian belly dancer and artist, took the stage at Berlin’s Museum Island wearing a flamboyant hoop skirt and red fez. He asked the ... -
US Supreme Court takes up culture war battle over transgender athletes in school sports
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today [Macau time] over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. Lower courts ruled ... -
Judge rules in favor of lesbian couple’s parental recognition
A Hong Kong judge ruled yesterday in favor of a lesbian couple’s parental recognition of their son born through reciprocal in vitro fertilization in a landmark ... -
Pope Leo meets LGBTQ+ advocate, vows continuity with Francis’ legacy
Pope Leo XIV met yesterday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, just days ... -
Judge tosses part of a lawsuit against The 1975 for gay kiss at Malaysian music festival
Members of the British band The 1975 cannot be held personally liable for losses of a Malaysian music festival that was shut down by authorities after ... -
Love is a many-gendered thing: LGBTQ+ couples register marriages
LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand made yesterday a life-changing occasion, registering their marriages legally on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights ... -
Thailand gears up for a celebration as marriage equality law takes effect
They have been in a committed relationship for more than 13 years, and even had a wedding in 2019. Since then, Danaya Phonphayung and Sunma Piamboon, ... -
Russian police raid Moscow nightclubs in LGBTQ+ crackdown
Russian police raided several bars and nightclubs across Moscow on Saturday as part of the government’s crackdown on “LGBTQ+ propaganda,” state media reported. Smartphones, laptops and ... -
One woman’s custody battle highlights the challenges facing same-sex couples
It’s been more than four years since Zhang Peiyi last saw her son, one of two children from her former marriage. Denied custody of both kids, ... -
Trump again decries two gold medalist Olympic athletes, falsely labeling the female boxers as men
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday again decried two gold medalist Olympic athletes, falsely labeling the female boxers as men. Trump made the comments while speaking ... -
US officiant marries 10 same-sex couples in Hong Kong via video chat
10 same-sex couples got married in the United States over the internet from Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous southern Chinese city that does not formally recognize such ... -
After a quarter century, Thailand’s LGBTQ Parade is seen as a popular and political success
Thailand kicked off its celebration of the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride Month with a parade Saturday, as the country is on course to become the first nation ... -
Supporters celebrate opening of Gay Games in Hong Kong, first in Asia
Scores of athletes celebrated the opening of the Gay Games in Hong Kong on Saturday despite opposition from anti-LGBTQ lawmakers, marking the first time the international ... -
Ancient texts depict all kinds of people, not just straight and cis ones
I study Greek and Latin literature and have noticed that ancient authors wrote about sex, homoerotic feelings or relations, and gender more often than we assume. ... -
Thailand’s LGBTQ+ community draws tourists from China looking to be themselves
Xinyu Wen traveled to Thailand in June, planning a two-week vacation around Bangkok’s Pride parade. Instead, the 28-year-old stayed a month and a half, as her ...
