Tag: LGBTI issues

Organizers claimed 80% of Goa's LGBTI community was still in the closet Goa, the Indian coastal town and popular tourist destination is about to host its first pride parade. Organizers hope the Goa Rainbow Pride Walk 2017 will help to raise awareness about LGBTI issues. ‘It is happening for the first time in Goa. We want to create awareness about the rights of the LGBT community,’ organizer Alexander Fernandes told the Indian Express. ‘There are several wrong notions about the community, which need...

'It was beautiful and I hope Margaret Court sees it.' Two long-time marriage equality advocates were ‘illegally married’ outside of the namesake arena of tennis legend Margaret Court. Court, 74, was one of the world’s greatest tennis players, winning 24 grand slam titles in her career. But she has courted international media attention in recent years for her controversial stance on LGBTI issues. Most recently she boycotted Qantas airlines because its CEO supported marriage equality. In May, she compared trans children to...

One singer said she could not understand why people couldn't accept each other without hate Some of Asia’s top Chinese-speaking singers have come together to record a song for International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT). ‘We Are One’ was recorded by the eight female singers to show their support for LGBTI issues. Tanya Chua is the Singapore singer-songwriter who produced the song. She brought together the singers from across Asia to record the song. ‘We were born equal, one body, one...