This year, the Netherlands is again outside the top twenty of the international list of the most LGBTIQ+-friendly travel destinations. Our country did increase compared to 2023, but was consistently in the top five in the ten years before that. The Netherlands is in 21st place in the 2024 edition, which was published on Friday. … Read more
Feb 28, 2024 at 9:46 PM Update: 19 minutes ago Ghana passed an even stricter anti-gay law on Wednesday. It was already forbidden to have sex with someone of the same sex, but now you even risk a prison sentence if you are considered LGBTI. Someone who is classified as LGBT risks three years in … Read more
Jan 2, 2024 at 6:44 AM Update: 2 hours ago In Estonia, people of the same sex will be allowed to marry from this year. The country is the first former Soviet country to legalize marriage for same-sex partners. Estonia’s parliament voted in favor of marriage equality in June. A majority of 55 MPs voted … Read more
Nov 30, 2023 at 3:26 p.m The Russian Supreme Court has labeled the “international LGBTI movement” as extremist and banned. The movement is now on the same list as Al Qaeda and IS. The Supreme Court has agreed to a request from the Russian Justice Ministry to recognize the LGBTI movement and its “branches” as … Read more
11 Aug 2023 at 15:43 Malaysia is banning Swatch rainbow watches. The maker wants to celebrate ‘unity and diversity’ with it, but the country sees the product as ‘a danger to Malaysian norms and interests’. Owners risk three years in prison or a fine of 4,000 euros. The warning comes from the Ministry of the … Read more
05 Aug 2023 at 05:00 Drag queens are more visible than ever. Due to the popularity of programs like RuPaul’s Drag Race in Make Up Your Mind we no longer see them only in queer clubs. But this attention also brings negativity. Earlier this year, an event in Rotterdam where drag queens would read to … Read more
Boris Itzkovich Escobar, better known as drag queen Miss Envy Peru, was attacked by a group of boys in Amsterdam on Tuesday. The artist will report the incident. Escobar, known for TV shows like Drag Race Holland in Make Up Your Mindsays on Instagram that he was insulted on Tuesday on the bus to Amsterdam … Read more
Jul 11, 2023 at 11:28 PMUpdate: an hour ago Rikkie Kolle has received many hate messages and death threats since her election as Miss Netherlands. The 22-year-old winner receives the hate messages because she is a transgender woman. “I get hate messages and death threats,” Kolle said in the talk show on Tuesday evening Renze. … Read more
In Turkey, the LGBTQ+ community is under more pressure than ever. During last month’s elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at this group. And Sunday’s planned Pride march has been banned. What is going on? In several Turkish provinces, the governor canceled planned Pride activities last month. At universities in Ankara and Izmir, police … Read more
Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, passed a law on Wednesday banning surgical and legal gender reassignment. Sex reassignment surgery is banned in Russia. People are also not allowed to register as a different gender. The law should protect family values. Russian President Vladimir Putin regularly speaks out against transgender rights. The war … Read more