LGBTQ

Amid continuous backlash from the government, Poland's Krakow city became the first to provide financial support for an LGBT shelter. Run by ‘The Voice of the Heart,’ a charitable foundation, the shelter offers temporary housing and psychological counseling to about 12 homeless LGBT individual. While the Poland’s right-wing conservative government is cracking down on the homosexuality issue the Warsaw mayor has also planned to install a… read-more

Nearly 400 global religious leaders from 35 countries appealed to remove the ban imposed on same-sex relations and stop LGBT+ conversion therapy. The leaders from different faith have signed a Ozanne Foundation-funded declaration, which was endorsed by anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu and ex-Irish President Mary McAleese among others. The event launched the Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ Lives and pledged to stop the violence,… read-more

A major fire broke out at a 128-year-old Protestant church in New York on December 5, causing a severe damage to the structure. It also inflicted minor injuries to four firefighters. The church is famous for keeping the New York Liberty Bell, which was rung to celebrate the US Independence Declaration in 1776. Earlier, it has also supported LGBTQ rights, the Black Lives Matter and climate change movements. Reportedly, officials have initiated… read-more

To protect the rights of LGBTQ community, the EU's executive Commission on November 12 launched its 'LGBTIQ Equality Strategy'. The EU Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova said that discrimination of the community "belongs to the authoritarian playbook". While most of the EU member countries are open to the strategy, some right-wing governments like Poland and Hungary have hostility towards this. However, the proposed strategy aims to bring… read-more

In the documentary, 'Francesco', which premiered on October 21, Pope Francis endorsed civil unions for LGBTQ+ community. He said, “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered." The documentary's director Evgeny Afineevsky stated that the Pope made those statements directly to him for the film. Earlier, though the Church stated that they "respected homosexuals", they opposed the idea of their civil unions.… read-more