Aussie State Expands Laws Protecting Sexual, Gender Identity
Australia’s state of Victoria, one of the country’s biggest cultural draws, is set to expand its hate speech laws to…
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Vanuatu Cracking Down on LGBTQ Community: Report
The government of Vanuatu, an island country in Oceania and a popular tourist destination on the Pacific rim, is considering…
8 Queer Travel Trends That Continue to Grow
In case you missed it, Globetrender closed out last year with its report, The Future of Queer Travel. The report…
India Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
Same-sex couples and the LGBTQ+ community in India will continue their fight for same-sex marriage after the Supreme Court refused…
Mauritius Supreme Court Ruling Makes Gay Sex Legal
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Mauritius has declared the East African country’s ban on same-sex intimacy ‘discriminatory’…
Barbados Becomes Third Eastern Caribbean Nation to Decriminalize Gay Sex
In a landmark decision from the High Court, Barbados becomes the third Eastern Caribbean country to decriminalized same-sex relations. The…
Nonbinary Gender Marker to be Included on New York State Issued IDs
Nonbinary New Yorkers will no longer be forced to identify as male or female on their state-issued IDs. New York…
TSA to Become More Gender-Neutral in US Airports
The Biden administration says U.S. airport security procedures will become more gender-neutral, with changes to canners used for screening and…
Bank of Montreal adopts Mastercard’s True Name feature for trans and nonbinary customers
Earlier this month, Bank of Montreal (BMO) became the first Canadian financial institution to offer Mastercard’s True Name feature on…
UK Court Blocks Gay Marriage for the Cayman Islands and Bermuda
LGBTQ+ activists supporting same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda received a major setback this week after a ruling…
