Tag: LGBT

• Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Brazil: Same-sex marriages on the rise

  

  According to a study from the National Human Rights Observatory (ObservaDH), 59,620 same-sex marriages were registered in South America's largest country between 2013 and 2021, Agencia Brasil reported. The new figures represented a 148.7% increase in nine years, it was also explained. In the same period, 59,620 civil unions were also recorded, the survey showed.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 23:13 UTC

  Argentina's first-ever openly gay minister resigns

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday accepted the resignation of the country's first-ever openly gay cabinet member. Transport Minister Alexis Guerrera announced he would leave his post due to health-related “strictly personal matters.”

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 19:57 UTC

  LGBTI+ issue takes center stage at Qatar's World Cup

  

  Given Qatar's harsh stance against homosexuality, the LGBTI+ community has regarded the World Cup as fertile ground for its vindication. On Monday, at halftime of the game that Uruguay lost 2-0 to Portugal, Italian player Mario Ferri jumped onto the pitch waving a rainbow flag and needed to be escorted out by stadium security.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Five people dead after shooting at gay club in US

  

  At least five people were killed and 25 others were injured shortly before midnight Saturday at a gay bar in the US State of Colorado, where a shooting took place at 11.57 p.m. local time.

• Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  LGTB+ Groups celebrate 31st Pride Day in Buenos Aires

  

  LGBTI+ groups marching through the streets of Buenos Aires on Gay Pride Celebration Day Saturday demanded broader anti-discrimination laws be broader and other regulations benefitting transgender people.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 19:15 UTC

  LGBTIQ+ political party seeking registration in Venezuela

  

  Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) has received a petition to record the name of the first-ever LGBTIQ+ community party, it was reported in Caracas.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  UK’s LGBT+ Rights Envoy visits Argentina ahead of Safe to be Me conference in London

  

  The UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on LGBT+ rights, Lord Nick Herbert, visited Argentina last week, meeting with counterparts in the Argentine Government and with civil society organizations. LGBT+ information app, QUIR, was launched at the British Embassy Buenos Aires by local civil society organization Kidz. This trip is part of Lord Herbert’s activity this year to galvanize ambitious action on LGBT+ rights ahead of the Safe To Be Me conference in London.

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Violence present in fact and thought all across Colombia over the weekend

  

  Violence was present over the weekend all across Colombia either as a factor as a subject of debate.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:27 UTC

  Putin mocks US embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights

  

  President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked the US embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights, suggesting it reflected the sexual orientation of its staff.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Falklands' veteran, discharged for LGBT, has medal returned and an apology from the Ministry of Defense

  

  Falklands veteran forced out of the Royal Navy due to his sexuality has had a medal returned to him 27 years after it was cut off his chest. Joe Ousalice was a radio operator for 18 years but was discharged in 1993 because of a ban on LGBT people serving in the armed forces.