LGBTQ Global

New Zealand: Following the lead of Australia, New Zealand Blood Service says it will scrap its current three-month deferral for gay men who wish to donate blood in favor of a gender-neutral behavior-based screening process. This effectively

Botswana: The government has officially struck its unconstitutional sodomy laws from its penal code, under an order of the attorney-general and law revision commissioner. The laws were struck down in...

Before I launch into today’s newsletter, I want to take a moment to address the state of affairs of this project. As you may have noticed, over the past few months, I’ve included far fewer stories written by me than I used to. The simple fact is that queer media is disappearing, and with it, most of my regular journalism gigs.

I created this newsletter as a supplement ...

Australia: New regulations have come into effect that will end the three-month deferral period to donate blood for men who have sex with men. The new donor screening criteria wil...

UK: A BBC investigation has turned up a shadow industry of immigration consultants who advise and aid migrants to lie about being gay in order to claim asylum. That this was happening isn’t exactly news to anyone who’s been watching this issue for...