Homophobia

Articles

• USA: The Gay-Marriage Victory Is Bigger Than You Think
  27 June 2013, by siawi3

  It is not in our constitutional tradition to enact laws that meanly seek to make things worse for people trying to lead an ordinary human life.

• Turquie: les Gays et transsexuels dénoncent un regain d’homophobie
  7 April 2010, by siawi2
  Meurtres, brutalités policières, déclarations ministérielles controversées: la communauté gay et transsexuelle de Turquie dénonce un regain d’homophobie dans le pays.
  “Rien que le mois dernier, cinq personnes ont été tuées”, affirme Demet Demir, Â (...)
• India: World’s most significant gay law reform
  9 September 2018, by siawi3

  Historic day as one fifth of the world’s LGBTs set free from criminalisation “Indian LGBTs now revert to the legal status of non-criminalisation that existed prior to the British colonisers imposing the homophobic section 377 of the criminal code in the nineteenth century.”

• India-Pak same-sex couple attend Durga Puja, pics go viral
  14 October 2019, by siawi3

  At a time when atrocities against same-sex couples have risen manifold, the pictures of Anjali Chakra and Sundas Malik, the Hindu-Muslim same-sex couple from India and Pakistan respectively, have ignited a ray of hope in our hearts. Not only that they’ve started a revolution – being two women lovers, Hindu-Muslim and from India-Pakistan.

• Anti-LGBTIQ ‘conversion therapy’ occurs worldwide
  1 November 2019, by siawi3

  A new report paints a chilling picture of how ‘conversion therapy’ – attempts to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity – occurs in at least 80 countries worldwide. Activities to ‘cure’ LGBTIQ people are widespread globally, says report, driven by ultra-religious groups and “internalised” prejudice.

• The LGBT struggle in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
  12 November 2019, by siawi3

  In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the dogma of heterosexuality was strengthened after the wars of the 1990s and the subsequent wave of militarism, nationalism, and desecularisation. Yet, LGBTIQ associations have continued to open small spaces of protection and visibility.

• Israel: Queer couple married abroad and came back home
  13 December 2019, by siawi3

  While the couple could not have a legal wedding in their home country, they decided they wanted to host a celebration anyway to mark the occasion. “Even if it’s not legal, we want all of our friends and families to be there and to keep the Jewish tradition,” one of the men said.

• USA: Christian Group Cites “Death to Gays” Bible Verse in Call for Hallmark Boycott
  20 December 2019, by siawi3

  The last sentence in Romans 1:18-32 says that men who commit “shameful acts with other men” are deserving of death. That’s what these Christians want. They believe gay people deserve the death penalty.

• Belgique : HOMOPHOBIE
  26 janvier 2020, par siawi3
• India: Mumbai Police denies permission for Queer Pride Parade!
  1 February 2020, by siawi3

  In a shocking first, the Mumbai Police have denied permission for holding the Queer Azaadi March 2020. In a written letter they have claimed that permission is being denied because of apprehensions that people protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will join the pride march and raise slogans against the central government.

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