Visual monographs commemorating a culture of resistance and resilience on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion.
Tag: Homosexuality and Bisexuality
Surfacing: A Queer Film Festival in Tunisia — Where Being Gay Is Illegal
“It is normal to be queer, to be different, and we have the right, of course, to exist.”
Defiance and Arrests at Cuba’s Gay Pride Parade
Activists held an unauthorized, independent march in Havana despite warnings from the Communist government, which called it subversive.
Brunei Says It Won’t Execute Gays After Protests of Stoning Law
Opponents say the shift leaves in place many other harsh provisions, meaning pressure continues to revoke the new penal code.
Australian Rugby Star’s Contract to Be Terminated Over Anti-Gay Comments
Officials from both Israel Folau’s teams said they planned to terminate his contract after he said on Instagram that “hell” awaited homosexuals.
Poland’s Populists Pick a New Top Enemy: Gay People
With public concern about migration on the wane, the governing Law and Justice party is making opposition to gay rights a cornerstone of its campaigning.
The Sultan of Brunei: Opulence, Power and Hard-Line Islam
When Brunei made gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning, it cast a light on Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the country’s monarch and main enforcer of religion.
Brunei Introduces Death by Stoning for Gay Sex and Adultery, Despite International Outcry
Harsh punishments based on a version of Shariah, or Islamic law, which also include amputations and whippings, have prompted an international outcry.
Paris Dispatch: The ‘Blue Prince of Montmartre,’ at 87, Still Rules Parisian Demimonde
Dressed habitually in blue, the silver-haired French icon Michou, the owner of Paris’s best-known cross-dressing cabaret, is a showman from a bygone era who still attracts adoring crowds.
Brunei to Punish Adultery and Gay Sex With Death by Stoning
Statutes allowing stoning and amputation will go into effect in the sultanate beginning on April 3. That has set off an outcry from human rights groups.