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Why is it when a man is good-looking and successful, the gay rumor has to come out? French President Emmanuel Macron has now had to deny (for the second time) that he’s not gay after his hunky now-former head of security was fired due to a scandal about police violence. Alexandre Benalla was fired recently after video surfaced of him taking part in a rough beatdown involving protesters earlier this year. The issue came to a head when French publication Le Monde...

A Tunisian commission has called for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the North African country. The 230-page proposal, which was published on Wednesday, detailed the current lack of equal rights for many groups in the country. Groups that were highlighted in the proposal included women, gay men and the wider LGBT community. Led by the President of Tunisia, Beji Caid Essebsi, the commission called for the removal of the death penalty in Tunisia, equal rights for women, and the decriminalisation of homosexuality. Tunisia...

Biedroń is an openly gay politician where 70% of the population is against same-sex relationships Poland’s first openly gay mayor, might just become the country’s first ever openly gay president. Robert Biedroń is throwing his hat in the presidential campaign ahead of a national vote in 2020. Even though the election is a few years away, recent polls show one in every four Poles is willing to vote for Biedroń. This is a remarkable achievement in a country where between 50 and...

Costa Rican citizens are still celebrating the surprise presidential win of gay marriage supporter Carlos Alvarado Quesada. Many were surprised when the novelist and former labor minister won, because most were expecting his opponent, Fabricio Alvarado Munoz, to come out victorious. This is because Fabricio Alvarado won the initial round of voting back in February. That said, many are now saying that Fabricio Alvarado’s loss (with only 39% of the population’s support) is due to his aggressive campaigning. Fabricio Alvarado came on...

President Mugabe’s successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa says it is not his duty to do anything for LGBTI rights The new President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has dashed the hopes of local LGBTI advocates. He has stated that he has little intention of making life easier for LGBTI people in the country. Mnangagwa, 75, recently replaced Robert Mugabe, who had ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years. The new President took part in an interview with CNN in Davos, Switzerland. The Swiss town is currently playing...

"He recklessly landed our God-fearing country into the hands of the sausage jockeys," declared a political rival of President Nana Akufo-Addo. Ghana doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to LGBT rights: Consensual same-sex activity can land you in prison for more than five years, and young gay people are often forced to flee their families, as physical attacks against LGBT Ghanaians are all-too-common. In 2015, presidential candidate George Boateng even ran on a campaign promise to put...

'I think it is something that is bound to happen' President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana may decriminalize gay sex. Having been in power since January, this is a landmark decision from one of the most powerful figures in Africa. In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Akufo-Addo was asked about the situation for the LGBTI community. Gay sex is illegal in Ghana, but for how long? Gay sex is illegal in Ghana. It can result in up to three years of imprisonment for those found...

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet introduced a bill proposal on Monday to legalize gay marriage. Bachelet is sending the proposal over to Congress at an upcoming ceremony in the presidential palace. The plan for the proposal is to expand the definition of marriage from only between a man and a woman to “a union of two people.” In addition, it will give new rights to same-sex couples such as making it easier for them to adopt. "We do this with the certainty that...

Does that make them homooophobic? Here’s a new one: the President of Tanzania has claimed that cows – yes, cows – are against LGBT+ people. John Magufuli made the ridiculous claim last week during one of his many homophobic rants. “Those who teach such things do not like us, brothers,” Magufuli said of LGBT+ people and activists. “They brought us drugs and homosexual practices that even cows disapprove of.” Oh. There’s us thinking it was just a case of resting bitch face all...

Chile could soon become the latest country to introduce same-sex marriage after the Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, pledged on Thursday to push forward with her long-promised equality plans. Ms Bachelet said in her State of the Union address in the port city of Valparaiso that she will send a bill to the Chilean Congress in the second half of 2017, with the aim of allowing marriage between gay marriage. The left-of-centre leader returned to the presidency in 2014, having previously served between...

Right-wing parties are desperate to stop a marriage equality advocate from becoming president A hopeful to become French president Emmanuel Macron has denied he is cheating on his wife with a man. The En Marche (On The Move) leader is gaining traction in the polls. It looks like he may defeat one of the far-right candidates campaigning on Euro-skepticism, Islamophobia and homophobia to become president. But after being accused of being a puppet of the ‘wealthy gay lobby’, the marriage equality advocate...

The White House LGBT page disappeared within minutes of Trump's swearing in. Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States yesterday, and it seems he’s already been making changes. Shortly after yesterday’s inauguration (January 20), the White House LGBT page was replaced with a smiling photo of Trump and Pence. Soon after that, the page completely disappeared. Under former President Barack Obama, the page highlighted historic gains such as the legalising of same-sex marriage and the end of...

When they got onto the ticket list, they thought they'd be cheering for someone very different When they married in October, Kimball Allen and his husband Scott Wells were still hopeful Hillary Clinton would become president. Today, they’re attending the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump – to make a point, as they told The Stranger. ‘We’re not here because we’re excited to be here,’ the story of this gay couple begins. ’We’re here because we thought Hillary Clinton would become president. We asked our...

A politician who has pledged to attack same-sex adoption rights is the new favourite to be President of France… and his main opponent is a far-right nationalist. François Fillon was the surprise winner of the centre-right conservative primary this month, edging out competition from former President Nicolas Sarkozy and Former Prime Minister Alain Juppé ahead of next year’s Presidential vote. The hardline conservative candidate, a strong opponent of LGBT rights, is expected to face the National Front candidate Marine Le Pen...