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USA | New York
Love in times of Corona: Last minute wedding
New York City is sealing itself off: the metropolis of millions has become the new fire source of the pandemic. A gay couple managed to get married just before the lockdown. The wedding took place out of love – and fear of Covid-19.
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Corona virus: Queer victims to be mourned and an urgent appeal
The community has suffered its first losses, including well-known celebrities such as drag queen Mona Foot from New York or fetish activist Daniel Dumont from Belgium. Meanwhile, young designer Tarek Soliman is fighting Covid-19 and warns against underestimating the disease.
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Andorra
Andorra wants marriage equality
Andorra takes the final step towards same-sex marriage by simply removing the distinction between heterosexual and homosexual marriages. Same sex civil unions have been legal in this small country in the Pyrenees since 2014. Legally, this Unió Civil was already …
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Religious fundamentalists: The LGBTIQ community is to blame for the Corona pandemic
LGBTIQ are to blame for Sars-CoV-2 and Covid-19 due to their being and acting against nature. Arab countries are somewhat safe as they lack queer infrastructure. At least that’s what the ultra-orthodox rabbi Meir Mazuz claims. The Christian preacher Steven Andrew from the USA has the same thoughts. He calls on the Americans to repent.
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SPARTACUS Gay Travel Index 2020
Sweden, Canada und Malta ranking highest / US federal states in a specific separate index
The diversification of evaluation criteria and thus resulting changes of ranks in the eighth SPARTACUS Gay Travel Index conceal the fact that the global liberalisation process has slowed down considerably. The new ranking of the US states provides travellers with detailed information and gives some surprising informaion about the striking regional differences in „God’s own Country“ after almost four years of Trump administration.
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Guatemala
First openly gay congressman in Guatemala
Aldo Dávila has been working for HIV-positive people in Guatemala for decades and makes no secret of his status. Now he has moved into the parliament of the Central American state – and declared that he fears for his life every day.
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Poland
Art censorship: Hard times for queer artists in Warsaw?
The Polish Minister of Culture Piotr Gliński appointed Piotr Bernatowicz as the new director of the Centre for Modern Art in Warsaw, who is assigned to the right spectrum. Many artists fear a turnaround in Poland’s art scene.
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Hungary
World AIDS Day in Budapest
For this years World AIDS Day, the Budapest’s Chain Bridge turned red. It is a tradition that the bridge receives special illumination on socially relevant memorial days. The Széchenyi Chain Bridge was illuminated for the first time on 1 December 2019 in connection with World AIDS Day in the color of the red ribbon that became the symbol of the fight against AIDS.
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Brazil
Brazil: Judge overturns Bolsonaro’s stop to fund queer cinema
Brazil’s homophobic President Jair Bolsonaro cancelled funding for TV shows six weeks ago because he disapproved of its content. He described the financial support for social projects, including LGBTIQ* films, as “money wasted”. Now a federal judge declared the financial freeze null and void.
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China
Chinese social media platform bans homosexual content
The Chinese social media and video platform TikTok seems to be a prime example of censorship. TikTok had already recently been criticized for censoring the protest in Hong Kong and thus creating a distorted picture of opinion. It has now become known that the company is also blocking content that shows, advertises or promotes homosexuality.
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