May 29, 2017

HIV Health and Wellness, Winds of Change

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

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.

Christina Dideriksen

May 27, 2017

Fear and Loathing, Sports and Culture

Australia: Tennis legend boycotts airline because of its support for same-sex marriage

Christina Dideriksen

May 27, 2017

Fear and Loathing, Sports and Culture

Margaret Court, an Australian tennis legend, has said she will boycott Qantas Airways because of the airline’s support for same-sex marriage.

Christina Dideriksen

May 27, 2017

Sports and Culture

US: When Will Hollywood Movies Get LGBT Characters Right?

Christina Dideriksen

May 27, 2017

Sports and Culture

Out of 125 movies released by the major studios in 2016, there was one transgender character:

Christina Dideriksen

May 27, 2017

Sports and Culture

UK: London artists unite for Chechnya with unique artwork sale

Christina Dideriksen

May 27, 2017

Sports and Culture

A special exhibition and sale of artwork in the East End of London aims to raise awareness and funds to alleviate the persecution of gay and bisexual men in Chechnya.

Christina Dideriksen

May 26, 2017

Business and Technology

China: Chinese owner to involve in Grindr’s operations after deal

Christina Dideriksen

May 26, 2017

Business and Technology

A little-known Chinese tech company has agreed to pay US$240 million for America’s Grindr so that it can become fully involved in the daily operations of the world’s largest gay social media app, as it expands and builds a loyal user base beyond China.

Christina Dideriksen

May 26, 2017

Sports and Culture, HIV Health and Wellness

These blind people describe how they knew they were gay

Christina Dideriksen

May 26, 2017

Sports and Culture, HIV Health and Wellness

So much of sexual attraction is bound up with the visual and aesthetic in our culture that some people struggle to comprehend how blind people know they are gay.

Christina Dideriksen

May 26, 2017

Fear and Loathing, World of Politics

Chechnya: “They Have Long Arms and They Can Find Me”

Christina Dideriksen

May 26, 2017

Fear and Loathing, World of Politics

My life is ruined. I cannot go back. And it’s not safe here either.