May 30, 2017

France: Emmanuel Macron Challenges Putin on Syria and Gay Rights

May 30, 2017

France’s newly elected president, Emmanuel Macron, came out of his first meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Monday with a message of stark challenge

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Sports and Culture, HIV Health and Wellness

France: AIDS Activism Movie 120 Beats Per Minute Honored with Prestigious Award at Cannes

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Sports and Culture, HIV Health and Wellness

In reviewing the film, Vanity Fair called 120 Beats Per Minute “a vital new gay classic,” while Telegraph UK deemed it, a vitally erotic, moving ode to activism.”

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Sports and Culture

Why Don’t More Films Include LGBT Characters?

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Sports and Culture

It only took 89 years for the Oscars to first award best picture to an LGBT film.

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Business and Technology

China: Chinese tech company run by straight billionaire plans to purchase all of Grindr

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Business and Technology

After acquiring a majority stake in the world's leading gay dating app Grindr last year, a Chinese gaming company is now in the process of buying the whole darn thing.

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Business and Technology, School Days, Winds of Change

India: Transgender community applauds ‘column’ entry in college and work applications

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Business and Technology, School Days, Winds of Change

Transgender persons and activists welcome Kerala State Youth Commission’s order which says that there should be a column for male, female and transgenders in college and work applications.

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Sports and Culture, On the March

Israel: Tel Aviv releases bisexual anthem to coincide with its bisexual-themed LGBTI Pride

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Sports and Culture, On the March

Tel Aviv Pride 2017 will be held under the theme of bisexual visibility.

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

HIV Health and Wellness, Winds of Change

US: How gay-rights pioneers are finding the family they never had

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

HIV Health and Wellness, Winds of Change

Nancy Valverde pulls out her jingling set of keys and unlocks one, two, three padlocks attached to thick silver chains on the door to her apartment.

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Winds of Change, On the March, Business and Technology

Singapore: Why Straight Singaporeans Should Care About Gay Rights

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Winds of Change, On the March, Business and Technology

Over the past few days, as I’ve mulled over the news of foreigners being barred from this year’s Pink Dot, it hasn’t been targeted discrimination or xenophobia that have weighed most heavily on my mind.

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Regarding Religion

US: Catholic Cardinal welcomes 'LGBT Pilgrimage' to his Cathedral

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Regarding Religion

On 21 May, Cardinal Joseph Tobin personally welcomed LGBTI people to the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey as part of what he called the ‘LGBT Pilgrimage.’

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Fear and Loathing

UK: Racism and the gay scene

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Fear and Loathing

WARNING: some of content in this feature may be offensive to some. FactSite does not condone it but felt we needed to present the responses honestly.

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

HIV Health and Wellness

US: Largest ever survey of trans people in the United States reveals stark health and HIV realities

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

HIV Health and Wellness

Disturbing patterns of mistreatment, discrimination, violence and harassment, with knock-on impacts on health and HIV risk, have been revealed by the largest ever survey of transgender people living in the United States of America (USA).

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Fear and Loathing, Let the Courts Decide

Kenya: Prison for 17 protesting Ugandan refugees in Kenya

Christina Dideriksen

May 29, 2017

Fear and Loathing, Let the Courts Decide

Protests against mistreatment of LGBTIQ Ugandan refugees in Kenya have led to a month in prison for 17 of the refugees, who fled to homophobic Kenya to escape homophobic violence in Uganda.