12 of the best: LGBT-owned Irish brands to shop for Pride month and beyond
Over the past decade, Pride Month celebrations saw the high street decked out in rainbow-coloured displays, with retailers offering themed items and brands releasing targeted ad campaigns to support the LGBTQ+ community. To some queer people, it smacked of rainbow capitalism, where businesses seek to profit from the LGBT movement…
Highlighting LGBTQ+ Inequalities in STEM & Higher Education | Mirage News
In May the National Science Foundation (https://www.science.org/content/article/lgbtq-ph-d-graduates-will-soon-be-counted-key-u-s-survey) plans to add questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to its Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annual exit survey of all individuals who will receive a research doctorate from U.S. institutions. The survey’s data have been used since 1957...LGBTQI+ community, sex workers decry mistreatment at public health facilities
Members of the LGBTQI+ community and sex workers have told of the ill-treatment they suffer under public health officials. They said they are denied medication for chronic diseases and are also judged and insulted whenever they go to public health facilities. A 35-year-old unemployed queer man from Vosloorus in Ekurhuleni said he had now changed…
LGBTQIA+ Committee Learns NSW Police Intentions For Gay Hate Recommendations
NSW Police could start implementing the recommendations from the Inquiry into LGBTQIA+ hate crimes within a month’s time, according to community members who attended an inaugural consultation with police earlier … The post LGBTQIA+ Committee Learns NSW Police Intentions For Gay Hate Recommendations appeared first on Star Observer…
B.C. LGBTQ2 activist who fought the government and won inducted to Order of Canada
Janine Fuller helped lead a successful fight against the Canadian government over LGBTQ2 books seized by customs agents on allegations they were “obscene…
The Glynn Legacy | Australia’s LGBTQIA+ Disruptors
The SGLBA and Star Observer unite to celebrate the enduring, pioneering legacy of their shared founder, Michael Glynn. Join us for an iconic evening exploring the past, present, and future … The post The Glynn Legacy | Australia’s LGBTQIA+ Disruptors appeared first on Star Observer…
David Tennant Praised After Telling Anti-LGBT Politician To ‘Shut Up’
David Tennant is being praised by the LGBTQI+ community after a fiery speech about a prominent anti-LGBTQI+ and transphobic UK politician. He gave the speech while accepting an award for … The post David Tennant Praised After Telling Anti-LGBT Politician To ‘Shut Up’ appeared first on Star Observer…
Cuba’s first transgender athlete shows the progress and challenges faced by LGBTQ people
Ely Malik Reyes stepped onto the platform and began delivering powerful punches and spectacular flying kicks against his combatant…
Mexico shelters offer safe haven for LGBTQ migrants
Shirlei Vazquez, a trans woman, fled Guatemala after being assaulted and threatened, joining a growing number of LGBTQ migrants heading north in hopes of a better life in the United States. In Mexico, these migrants have found a safe space at shelters welcoming people facing added stigma or violence on the long journey north due…