LGBT

Hong Kong to become first Asian host of Gay Games

Hong Kong - Muslimchronicle

Hong Kong will become the first Asian city to host the Gay Games in 2022 with rights campaigners celebrating the winning bid for a city often criticised for lagging on LGBT rights. Hong Kong beat Mexico's Guadalajara and Washington DC to host the 11th edition of the event, with the jubilant bid team saying it would attract 15,000 participants andRead more

Tajikistan announces official register of gay citizens

Dushanbe - Muslimchronicle

Authoritarian Tajikistan announced Tuesday it had drawn up a register of 367 allegedly gay citizens, suggesting they would be required to undergo testing to avoid "the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases." Details of the move was unveiled in Zakonnost, a newspaper published by Tajikistan's state prosecutor which said the official list of "gay and lesbian" citizens was compiled following research intoRead more

NFL 49ers assistant Sowers first openly gay coach

San Francisco - Muslimchronicle

San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers came out on Tuesday, making her the first openly gay coach in US professional men's sport. In an interview with Outsports, Sowers, who is only the second full-time female coach in the NFL, said she wanted to be open about her sexual orientation to break down barriers for the LGBT community. "No matterRead more

Malta says yes to same-sex marriage

Valletta - Muslimchronicle

Malta's parliament voted Wednesday to allow same-sex couples to marry, three years after passing a law permitting civil partnerships in the overwhelmingly Catholic country. Lawmakers gave near-unanimous approval to the bill, which represents a major step for LGBT rights on the island, which legalised divorce only in 2011 and where abortion is outlawed. Malta, the EU's smallest nation, becomes theRead more

Chinese man wins suit over forced conversion therapy

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

A Chinese court has ordered a psychiatric hospital to compensate and apologise to a gay man who was forced to undergo conversion therapy -- a ruling hailed by LGBT rights groups. The 37-year-old man had been forcibly placed in the institution by his family in October 2015, shortly after he revealed his homosexuality to his wife and asked for aRead more

Party and security: Madrid dances to WorldPride rhythm

Madrid - Muslimchronicle

Hundreds of thousands of revellers young and old danced, cheered and partied on the rainbow streets of Madrid Saturday in the world's biggest march for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights. Carried along by the slogan "Viva la vida!" (Live life!), drag queens, policemen, activists and politicians made their way through the centre in celebration of sexual diversity and inRead more

Trump revokes Obama guidelines on transgender bathrooms

Washington- Arab today

President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender students use the bathrooms of their choice, reversing a signature initiative of former Democratic President Barack Obama. Reversing the Obama guidelines stands to inflame passions in the latest conflict in America between believers in traditional values and social progressives, and is likely to prompt moreRead more

HSBC's rainbow lion statues spark row in Hong Kong

Hong Kong - Arab Today

A pair of lions painted in rainbow stripes displayed outside HSBC's main office in Hong Kong have been slammed by anti-gay groups as activists in the city call for more progress on equal rights. Two plain bronze lions named Stephen and Stitt usually sit outside the office in the city's Central business district and have been joined by a pairRead more

Caitlyn Jenner's show canceled after 2 seasons

Los Angeles - AFP

Caitlyn Jenner's docuseries "I Am Cait" has been canceled after two seasons, the reality TV star announced on Tuesday, amid disappointing ratings. The show premiered on celebrity network E! in July last year, three months after Jenner's first TV interview about transitioning from a man to a woman and giving up Bruce, the name she was known by as theRead more