Two of Australia's most prestigious Catholic schools have cautiously endorsed same-sex marriage in messages to parents, staff and students, directly rebuking recent statements from church leaders.

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Fear and Loathing

Pakistan: Transgender people targeted in fatal Karachi attack

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Fear and Loathing

Police using surveillance camera footage to investigate incident that began with harassment and ended with a murder.

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

World of Politics

US: No, Mattis Did Not Freeze Trump’s Transgender Troops Ban

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

World of Politics

Mattis did not “freeze” the trans ban, and he is not “buy[ing] time” in some potentially insubordinate effort to buck Trump.

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Fear and Loathing, Winds of Change

Ukrainian LGBTQ Shelter a Home for ‘People Who Have Lost Everything’

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Fear and Loathing, Winds of Change

In a four-bedroom apartment found among a row of typical Eastern bloc-styled buildings in one of Kiev’s sleeping districts, a group of strangers from around Ukraine is making a fresh start in a place they now consider home.

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Fear and Loathing, Sports and Culture

US: Ruby Rose labelled ‘disgusting human being’ for donating $10,000 to LGBT centre after Hurricane Harvey

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Fear and Loathing, Sports and Culture

Orange is the New Black star Ruby Rose has been hit with abuse after donating to a Texas LGBT centre.

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Fear and Loathing, Regarding Religion

US: Evangelical Leaders Aligned with Trump-Pence Launch Vicious Attack on LGBTQ People

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Fear and Loathing, Regarding Religion

More than 150 conservative Evangelical Christian leaders, including prominent members of the Trump-Pence administration’s Evangelical Advisory Board, released a vicious, anti-LGBTQ manifesto Tuesday attacking LGBTQ people as immoral and sinful, asserting their opposition to marriage equality and denying the dignity of transgender people.

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Fear and Loathing, World of Politics

Jordan: Gay-bashing in Jordan - by the government

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Fear and Loathing, World of Politics

Jordanian authorities have used the case of queer-inclusive social affairs magazine My.Kali to target Jordan's LGBT community, rather than to support universal human rights, writes MJ Movahedi.

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Sports and Culture

Taiwan: Family Affair: How the Director of Baby Steps Used the Making of the Film to Connect To His Mother op-ed

Christina Dideriksen

August 30, 2017

Sports and Culture

About six years ago, I was searching for a feature film topic. I’d already directed six short films. Making a feature was the logical next step for my career.