Lgbtq Archives

Ghana's proposed anti-LGBTQ legislation is considered among the most stringent in Africa, stipulating jail terms of up to three years for engaging in same-sex relations and up to five years for promoting or sponsoring LGBTQ activities

World

Ghana’s Supreme Court paves way for anti-LGBTQ law

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for a contested bill severely curtailing LGBTQ rights to become law after rejecting two bids to...

AFPDecember 18, 2024

Slovak Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova has sparked protests by sacking the heads of top cultural institutions

World

Nationalist minister tests Slovak culture, LGBT limits

Slovakia’s Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova has sparked uproar by dismissing several heads of major cultural institutions and halting projects steered by LGBT+ associations under...

AFPDecember 12, 2024

Advocacy group Hong Kong Marriage Equality applauded Tuesday's court rulings and urged the government "to immediately end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage"

World

Hong Kong top court affirms housing, inheritance rights for same-sex couples

Hong Kong’s top court ruled Tuesday to affirm housing and inheritance entitlements for same-sex couples, siding against the government in favour of LGBTQ rights...

AFPNovember 25, 2024

Drag show host Lisa Frankenstein and audience members scream between shows at the Oasis nightclub in San Francisco on November 9, 2024

World

Gay, trans people voicing — and sometimes screaming — Trump concerns

At a popular LGBTQ cabaret in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, Lisa Frankenstein wasn’t about to let the topic of Donald Trump go...

AFPNovember 14, 2024

Privacy activist Max Schrems contested what he called the "unlawful" processing of personal data

Tech & Science

Meta must limit data use for targeted ads: EU court

Social media platforms such as Facebook must limit the use of personal data including someone's sexual orientation for targeted advertising.

AFPOctober 4, 2024

Critics accuse Georgia of moving closer to the Kremlin's orbit and jeopardising its bid to join the EU

World

Georgia signs into law bill seen by EU as anti-LGBTQ

Georgia on Thursday signed into law measures that will curb LGBTQ rights, despite warnings from the European Union that they undermine Tbilisi’s membership ambitions....

AFPOctober 3, 2024

Activists hailed a "monumental step" as Thailand becomes only the third place in Asia where same-sex couples can tie the knot, after Taiwan and Nepal

World

‘Monumental step’ as Thai king signs same-sex marriage into law

The Thai king has signed same-sex marriage into law, the official Royal Gazette said Tuesday.

AFPSeptember 24, 2024

Bulgaria's parliament voted to ban LGBTQ "propaganda" in schools, prompting protests in the capital Sofia

World

Bulgaria parliament bans LGBTQ ‘promotion’ in schools

Bulgaria’s parliament passed changes to its education law Wednesday, widening its scope to ban LGBTQ “propaganda” in schools in what rights groups slammed as...

AFPAugust 7, 2024