More repression for the LGTBIQ+ collective in Russia

Russia will persecute the public dissemination of manifestations of affection between homosexuals and support for the LGTBIQ + collective

La repression of the LGTBIQ+ collective it will reach a further degree in Russia starting in the autumn, when new regulations are approved to relegate the collective to ostracism. The State Duma, Russian lower house, has announced that it will change legislation that was previously very strict to thus prohibit the dissemination of public displays of affection between LGTBIQ+ people and demonstrations by any means in support of their rights. A legal tightening for gag the collective which prohibits the dissemination of anyinformation showing non-traditional sexual relationships".

The call Law against homosexual propaganda It was approved in 2013 to prohibit talking about the collective in front of minors, be it from movie scenes to mere conversations. “It only applied to children. Of course this is not enough”, underlined the head of the committee for the Information Policy of the Duma, Alexandr Jinshtein.

extend the crackdown

Russia applies the Law of homosexual propaganda to a minorIn the legal reform they are already working Ministry of Digital Development and the telecommunications censorship agency, Roscomnadzor. "In general, we propose to extend the prohibition of such propaganda to all ages, in the media, on and off the internet, and on social networks, and establish an administrative sanction for this propaganda.", He has written jinshtein, who has linked to this law against homosexuals another amendment that will punish more harshly "the promotion of pedophilia".

"The dissemination among children not only of propaganda, but of any other type of information that demonstrates non-traditional sexual relations will also be prohibited.” and what he calls “perversions”, added the senior official, who has opened a survey to ask for more recommendations from the citizens with which chase the collective"I consider this task extremely important; not only as the chairman of a relevant committee of the State Duma, but also as the father of two children".

High fines

The reform could involve fines of up to 500.000 rubles (8.000 euros) for individuals, or 10 million for legal entities (160.000 euros), whose activity could be suspended.

The legal reform against the minority LGTBIQ + has also been enthusiastically endorsed by the Orthodox Church Russian. “It is precisely today, when our youth is subjected to constant manipulation of their conscience by the Western collective, that it is necessary to introduce by law a strict prohibition and appropriate sanctions against those who propagate perversions not only among minors, but also among an adult public.”, said the head of the patriarchal commission for Family Affairs, Fyodor Lukyanov.

The measures taken against the LGTBIQ+ collective have been added one after another over the years with the silence of Russian society. The constitutional reform made by the Kremlin In July 2020, it shielded marriage and limited it to heterosexuals by introducing in the Magna Carta that it is exclusively “the union of a man and a woman".

Montero assures that the Trans and LGTBI Law "will be law" before the end of the year

Irene Montero: «trans people have been at the forefront of democratic gains in our country«

La Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, has ensured that the Trans and LGTBI Law -which was approved last June 27 in the Council of Ministers- «it will be law»before the end of this year 2022 and has defended that the group will not feel «never more» humiliated because there will be laws and institutions that recognize their rights.

This is how the minister spoke to the media at the parade of the pride 2022 which was held this Saturday in Madrid and in which he thanked «they, all and all» for being present at this protest act.

«We are a country proud of its diversity and of celebrating with hundreds of thousands of people the visibility of that diversity“, he claimed. Likewise, he wanted to send a message of hope to the collective LGTBIQ + and stressed that «never more" there will be "a country without them, without them and without them» and that all their mobilization and visibility will be protected by institutions and laws.

«All their push, all the times they have put the body, that they have felt humiliated, hurt... that will never happen again and there will be laws and institutions that are here to recognize all their rights. Therefore, that Trans and LGTBI Law before the end of this year will be law«, sentenced.

LGTBIQ+ historical memory

The head of Equality has defended the need for a law in Spain that recognizes historical memory, also for the community LGTBIQ +, and particularly for trans people «who have been at the forefront of the democratic achievements in our country«.

The demonstration serves to recognize «those who are no longer here, those who have been imprisoned, persecuted, humiliated, who have been denied a job, or the possibility of renting a home for being a trans person, for being a lesbian, for being bi«.

Montero assures that the Trans and LGTBI Law "will be law" before the end of the year

Discriminating against trans people is illegal

The Constitutional Court rules that gender identity is protected as a fundamental right of the person

El Constitutional Court has declared It is illegal to discriminate against trans people based on their gender identity., considering that it contradicts the rights enshrined in the Constitution. The magistrates have analyzed the dismissal of a transsexual person and, although they have not considered that her condition was the reason why she lost her job, she does defend the legal protection of transsexual people, and points out that they have suffered "deep normatively and socially ingrained prejudices".

The ruling recognizes for the first time that discriminating against trans people clashes with the Constitution, although she has rejected the appeal filed by an aerospace engineer who received comments from her superiors for sometimes wearing pants and others wearing a skirt. The company fired her on the grounds that she had not passed the probationary period, and the court gives credence to that argument.

Historically entrenched position of social disadvantage

The sentence -of which the magistrate has been rapporteur Mary Louise Balaguer- Maintains that "gender identity is a circumstance that has to do with the free development of the personality, closely linked to respect for human dignity” (art. 10.1 of the Constitution). He adds that said trait of identity, “when it does not conform to classic hetero-normative parameters, that is, where the gender identity and sex of the person are not absolutely coincident, it can make the individual creditor of a historically rooted position of social disadvantage”, of which the Article 14 of the Constitution.

The court considers that they arethe deep normatively and socially ingrained prejudices against these people” those that can lead to discrimination incompatible with the right to equality proclaimed by the constitutional text. Specifically, it is included in the aforementioned article 14, which establishes that "Spaniards are equal before the law, without discrimination based on birth, race, sex, religion, opinion or any other personal or social condition or circumstance.".

Reversal of the burden of proof

In cases of complaints of this type, when there are indications that there may have been discrimination, the courts admit the inversion of the burden of proof, that is, that it is the company that has to demonstrate that it did not carry out the dismissal for said discrimination. cause, but for another legally admissible.

In the judicial pronouncements prior to the filing of the amparo appeal, it was considered that the company had justified its reasons for the dismissal, and the Constitutional Court did not modify this criterion. In this regard, the testimonies provided were relevant in the sense that the appellant was able to continue attending work wearing pants or a skirt, according to his free will, without any clothing being imposed on him.

The court, however, wanted to make the rejection of the amparo compatible with a resounding message in favor of non-discrimination of trans people, collecting in this sense various pronouncements of European justice. It is quoted so European Court of Human Rights also interprets the anti-discrimination clause contained in the European Charter of Human Rights "as an open clause that allows the inclusion of gender identity among the protected characteristics".

Discriminating against trans people is illegal

Madrid's LGTBIQ+ Pride kicks off with Chanel's proclamation

Chanel Terrero has called for the unity of minorities and respect «don't just love who you love, but be who you are«

El LGTBIQ+ pride in Madrid has started this Wednesday with the proclamation of the eurovision Chanel Terrero. The afternoon has begun in the Pedro Zerolo Square with political vindication, to the cry of «Almeida, asshole, give me back my Pride!« and with general anger at the cancellation of the concerts in the Plaza del Rey.

«As easy as you had it. With the charming city that you are running, that welcomes everyone. Yes or yes we will have Pride", has said the plexi, master of ceremonies, before more than 10.000 attendees. The president of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGTBI+), Uge Sangil, has affirmed that the extreme right will not silence them and that Martinez-Almeida «he is not the mayor of all madrileños«.

Chanel, acclaimed and dressed in the colors of the rainbow, has called for unity «of minorities" as a "impassable wall«, because it is not that «respect who you love, but respect whoever you are«. In her proclamation, the artist has stressed that «it takes many years to get rights but it is too easy to lose them, in a moment«.

"Turn insults into proud shouts"

LGTBI Pride kicks off in Madrid with Chanel as heraldChanel, who has worn a dress with the rainbow flag, has shown that her «better luck"was having a family that educated her"in love and respect«. «From a very young age they taught me that love moves the world, that we are all the same, regardless of skin color or who we love.“, he has reiterated.

At this point, she has recounted how as a child she was a victim of racism and bullying, experiences that she will never forget, but that far from sinking her, turned her «in a confident woman" Of her self. «Many of the people who are here will have suffered rejection for the simple fact of being. I will fight every day so that every day you receive the Pride you deserve, because the time has come to turn insults into proud shouts«, Chanel has indicated.

For the artist, «visibility is necessary» for, for example, «that a kiss between two women is not a reason for conflict«.

There was also space in the proclamation to «rremind those who began an important struggle more than half a century ago, that we must continue«. «Thank you gay, bi, lesbian, trans, intersex, queer, and non-binary. Thanks to those who educated in equality, who promote equitable laws. Thanks to all the men and women I have loved for teaching me to love without prejudice", It's over.

A group of dancers suffers a homophobic attack in Figueres

The young aggressors addressed one of them saying that it was «the fagot who danced«, they hit them, kicked them and took out a knife

A group of dancers at the dance festival Figueres is MOU They have denounced that they suffered a homophobic attack on the Rambla. The events, according to what they themselves report on their social networks, happened on Sunday night. The artists, who are part of the Madrid company Eyas Dance Project and Italian IvonnaThey were returning from dinner when they ran into a group of teenagers. The young people recognized one of the dancers and began to push him saying: «It's the fag that danced!” When the artists tried to walk away, the youths attacked them with punches and kicks, and even threatened them with a knife and chased another boy who tried to help them.

The dancers explain that a boy on a scooter came over to help them, but that «one of the assailants took a knife out of his sneaker and two more began to chase him«. The artists explain that they were able to flee by entering one of the alleys that leads to the Rambla. They say, however, that they do not know what happened to the young man who tried to help them, and that he quickly fled with the scooter while the others chased him.

The members of Eyas Dance Project they have already denounced the homophobic aggression in front of the police. They did it at the police station Alicante, which is where they traveled after Figueres because they had a performance in town.

Support in Figueres

The organization of the festival Figueres is MOU has issued a statement to show his «unconditional support and solidarity» in the group of artists who suffered homophobic aggression. The festival underlines its «rejection and the most absolute condemnation of this aggression and hate crime based on gender and sexual orientation«, and says that events such as what was experienced in Figueres are "unacceptable in a democratic and healthy society«.

From Figueres Se Mueve they are also perplexed that today "people cannot freely express their gender identity and sexual orientation without being attacked." The contest also says that the homophobic aggression suffered by the members of the two companies is also "an attack on freedom of expression, since the victims were also attacked for the content and aesthetics of their show."

Finally, from Figueres is MOU y agitart (the producer of the festival) make a call to stop «this scourge» and express their «anguish due to the increase in attacks and hate crimes that are taking place in our country«. «This aggression represents at the same time an attack against freedom of expression, since the victims of this attack were also attacked for the content and aesthetics of their show.«, add the organizers.»We will continue to work on inclusive programming, with a gender perspective and making Queer realities visible in all our projects.«, they conclude.

A group of dancers suffers a homophobic attack in Figueres

The proud bell tower of the church of Vivares

Vivares (Extremadura) illuminates the tower of his church with the LGTBI colors to the displeasure of the bishopric

For several nights, shortly before 22 p.m., in vivares one lights up 23 meter tower high in one of the flattest areas of this fertile area of ​​Extremadura to defend sexual diversity and the rights of the people of this group. It is the bell tower of the church of Vivares, a local entity with less than 700 inhabitants belonging to Don Benito. Judging by the social networks of the City Council, the vast majority of them celebrate the mayor's initiative, Jairus Pine (PSOE), to illuminate the building with the colors of the LGTBI flag.

However, and as expected, the Church has not seen the municipal initiative with the same eyes. The Diocese of Plasencia, to which it belongs vivares, has ceded to Town hall until 2029 the ecclesiastical buildings in exchange for taking charge of the maintenance and being able to make use of them, such as the old 'house of the priest', which has become an entrepreneurship center with offices for businessmen and freelancers.

However, religious services are held regularly: on Sundays at 11 am there is mass in the parish, as every year for the patron San Miguel (September 29) and for San Pedro (June 29, the day after the Pride).

However, apparently, the transfer is not sufficient reason for the municipal corporation, made up solely of PSOE councillors, to adopt decisions on the facilities unilaterally. Shortly after coloring the tower, the Diocese rebuked the mayor for not agreeing on the measure and also called his attention for making the premiere of the new lighting coincide with this event. There it was, according to Pine, which underlines the good relations between both parties.

LGTBI reference in Extremadura

vivares It is one of the colonization towns that were created during the Franco regime in Estremadura in the shadow of Badajoz plan. In none is missing its church with its bell tower, so "the tower is a sign of identity for all vivareños”, explains the mayor. Thus, Pine I had been thinking for some time of installing a lighting system that would serve to commemorate certain days, as is the case in other towns. But his intention was not to release it on any date, but in Pride week "because at Vivares we are committed to recognizing the rights of LGTBI people and we know that there is still a lot to do".

The decision has had the support of the neighbors, as can be read on the social networks of the council and those of the mayor, where there are several dozen comments that welcome the lighting for the support it represents for the entire group and the originality of lighting in such a sober building.

But the truth is that this defense of the rights of the LGTBI community is not new in Vivares. Despite the size of the smaller local entity, it has become a benchmark in this fight for years. In fact, it belongs to the Extremeña Network of Peoples Free of LGBTIphobia, has a mural against hate crimes and, for many years, the municipal agenda has been filled with activities in June for the Pride.

The colors of the rainbow will continue to illuminate the church tower until at least the middle of the month. So that later the City Council can continue commemorating other anniversaries, it will have to seek financing. That is the next step that Vivares is going to take after the success and repercussion that this vindictive pilot experience has had.

The proud bell tower of the church of Vivares

Ylenia Padilla attacks the LGTBIQ+ collective

Ylenia messes her up after her LGTBIphobic attack: «You are murderers, drug addicts, degenerates, pedophiles, you have it all«

Ylenia santana (previously Padilla) is not going through its best moment on a psychological level, although that has become a constant for years. the influencer of Benidorm, which was released ten years ago on the reality show Gandia Shore, has been involved for a long time in controversies that she herself provokes, attacking trans people and, in general, left-wing politicians in our country.

In fact, it has even become a right media icon, although they don't take it too seriously, since most people think it's a broken television toy. In his last direct, and we say last because the account has been deactivated again, Padilla has attacked the collective very harshly LGTBIQ + in the middle of Pride week.

A speech loaded with hate, something that has turned on thousands of users on social networks. «Damn bastards. Your hate makes me bitter, your hate kills. You are murderers, drug addicts, degenerates, pedophilia, you have it all. Let me live, what a nightmare, nano. Who the hell do you think you are?«, attacked the young woman. The former television collaborator has lost her nerve before the viewers of her live show.

«STOP transsexual and LGBT dictatorship«

«You are a fagot, you were born a man, you are not a woman, fuck you. You're not a woman, fuck you. Nature fed you and you're not a woman, fuck you. Shitty stalkers, shitty misogynists. Little rifle, little rifle, very little«, assured the woman from Alicante, inciting hate speech.»

«To all those of the flag this, what do we do? Do we send them to fuck so they like it or what?", Question Ylenia to the people who are watching him live at that moment through a live. «Buntil normalizing this rubbish, shitty riffraff (...) I am quite ashamed of what you are turning the country into", Add.

During the live show, a viewer asked him about the education he received from his parents. «Yes, I have parents and they raised me well, I don't feel like I'm a dog, a wildebeest or a dragon. Sick fucking fagots“, he stressed again against the collective. «STOP transsexual and LGBT dictatorship“, he wrote on the direct.

«Since I no longer appear on TV getting drunk... It was cool before, but now it's not cool. Now, since I'm a decent woman, I'm cool with straight people«, finished the Alicante. Her speech has quickly gone viral on networks and there are many who have criticized her hate speech, and claim that a public figure should not be allowed to make these types of statements.

Ylenia Padilla attacks the LGTBIQ+ collective

Pride BCN 2022 Lesbians, visible and powerful!

The #BOLLOMAMI campaign has projected the visibility of lesbians (cis, trans and non-binary) and has generated a significant social impact.

The lesbians, absolute protagonists of the Pride Barcelona 2022. For the first time Barcelona dedicates Pride to lesbian women under the motto Lesbians, visible and powerful! accompanied by the hashtag #bollomami.

The motor group of Pride Barcelona 2022, made up of cis, trans and non-binary lesbians from Famílies LGTBI, Acathi, Casal Lambda, Generem, LB Talks, Observatori contra l'Homofobia, STOP, BRS and Gender and LGBT Lab, is proud to have successfully completed this Pride Barcelona 2022 dedicated to lesbian visibility. "Lesbians are the hinge between the feminist movement and the LGBTI movement," she says. Maria Giralt-Castells, Director of Social Pride Barcelona.

Once the demonstration is over, and after a minute of silence in memory of the victims of Oslo, The manifesto was read by the members of the main group, Montse Mota, Núria Becerra, Mariajo Espina, Beli Klein, Laura Pi, Laura Jiménez, Thael, Lina Mulero and Maria Giralt.

Manifesto Pride Barcelona 2022

Pride_lesbiansLesbians, dykes, dykes, areperas, truckers... the women we love and have sex with other women, whether we are cis women, trans women, or non-binary, celebrate this year the Pride of lesbian identities.

And why a Pride dedicated to lesbians?

Because lesbians are still victims of lesbophobia and suffer aggression for holding hands on the street and kissing on public roads.

Throughout history, sexual desire between women has been denied, prohibited, repressed and made invisible due to the phallocentrism of the patriarchal system. This when we have not been "killed" or "suicided" throughout all of universal literature and much of the history of cinema.

And you know what? We are already fed up!

The sum of patriarchy, which emphasizes the inequality and violence suffered by women in society, together with heteronormativity that causes structural violence making non-normative practices invisible, results in lesbians being doubly discriminated against, as women and as lesbians. And triple or more if you are a trans lesbian, racialized, elderly, migrant, with a non-normative gender expression or with functional diversity.

And because we are invisible despite heading the LGBTIQA+ acronym!

… But we exist and we are many!

We are around you, we are your neighbors, the doctors, the teachers, the educators, your bosses, the players of your favorite team, the supermarket cashiers, the mothers who take their daughters, sons and daughters to school, we are everywhere , but you may not want to see us. To do so would be to recognize each other. We don't like labels, but they are necessary until this recognition is real and effective.

The lesbian label makes us free, powerful, fighters, brave, rebellious, daring, enterprising, adventurous, independent, and yes, it also makes us Amazons, because the different lesbian identities directly attack the marrow of patriarchy, blowing up any attempt to appropriate our bodies, our lives.

We disobey the patriarchal system by the mere fact of existing, often without being aware of it, and this disobedience leads us to self-management, solidarity, sisterhood and the search for new social structures that make us all freer.

Someone will say, “but if lesbians can already get married and have children, what more do you want?” Well, we want real equal equality.

Because lesbians still do not have guaranteed access to assisted reproduction techniques within the state health system. And in Catalonia, where it is, the process of assisted reproduction is too slow.

Because if lesbian couples are not married, we cannot register as mothers of our children, whether by direct affiliation or by adoption, unlike heterosexual couples in the same situation.

Because LGTBI families, made up mostly of lesbians, do not have freedom of movement throughout the European Union since there are EU countries that do not recognize our rights. In this sense, we demand a binding resolution so that the rights of our families are recognized throughout the European Community.

Because the medical and gynecological care protocols are not adapted to lesbian women. Nor are we informed of the protection methods for women and other people with a vulva when having sexual intercourse. There is a need for awareness and training of health personnel, especially primary and gynecological care.

Because affective-sexual, gender and family diversity is not yet implemented in the training and information programs conducted in all educational centers or in the workplace.

And let's not forget the right to asylum in the Spanish state for lesbian women who suffer multiple forms of violence due to their sexual orientation and gender identity in their countries of origin.

For all this, lesbians, whether we are cis, trans or non-binary, ask for the approval of the State Law on LGTBI Equality and the effective implementation of Law 11/2014 to guarantee the rights of LGTBI people. And also the approval of the Trans Law, which directly affects many of us.

And yes, lesbians, dykes, tortilla makers, areperas, truckers... and bollomamis, we want to change the world, because in addition to being lesbians we are feminists, environmentalists, animalists, and we are the Amazons who defend our Earth, our forests, rivers and seas. And we want it all!

We invite each and every one of you to join us!

 

This manifesto is dedicated to our colleagues Joana Barrafont and Mar Llop, who have left us this year, but also to Maria Mercè Marçal, Gretel Ammann, Jennifer Quiles, Maria de Carmen Tovar “Daniela” and to so many lesbian women who have bequeathed us their work imbued with their desire and love for women.

(...) Dins la pell de l'ona salada

we will be five hundred, we will be a thousand.

We will lose the compte to the tombada.

Together farem nostra la nit.

(Excerpt from “Cançó de fer camí” by Maria Mercè Marçal)

And since we know you will ask us about the music in the video, here it goes: Chocolate Remix Lesbian Reggaeton – Como Me Gusta A Mi.

Pride_lesbians

 

 

bollomami

Elon Musk's trans daughter changes her last name to break up with her father

Elon Musk's trans daughter asked the court to change her name: "I do not wish to be related to my biological father in any way."

The trans daughter of Elon Musk you have applied to legally change your gender and your name to match your gender identity. She also wants to change her last name because «I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form«.

The petition was filed with the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica last April, but it was not known until this week after some court documents were made public on social networks.

Formerly known as Xavier Alexander Musk recently turned 18, the legal age of consent in the state of California to request the change of gender in your birth certificate without the need to present any medical certificate. For the time being, the name that has come out by which she wants to be identified from now on is vivian jenna wilson.

His mother is the Canadian author Justin Wilson, who was the billionaire's first wife, from 2000 to 2008. Their first child, Nevada, was born in 2002 and died of sudden infant death syndrome at the age of 10 weeks. Two years later she gave birth to twins, Griffin and Xavier and after that she had the triplets Damian, Saxon and Kai in 2006. After the divorce of his parents Vivian He went to live with his brothers in his mother's house.

The reason for the breakup is unknown. Musk with his daughter, but in the past the tycoon has been in the news by some transphobic comments. In 2020, Musk he tweeted "pronouns suck» to what the singer Grimes, his partner at that time replied: «I love you, but please turn off your phone or call me. I can't support hate. Please put this down. I know this is not your heart«.

«I absolutely support trans people but all these pronouns are an aesthetic nightmare«, public on the same social network a few days later. He accompanied the new tweet with the news that Tesla had topped an annual list of the best places to work for people LGTBIQ +.

What is surprising is the name he gave his last child: X A-12. Her mother explained the meaning of such an unusual name. «X» corresponds to the mathematical variable that expresses an unknown. «Æ» is a variation «elvish» of the initials «AI", What does it mean "love and/or artificial intelligence«. «A-12» is the name of the model that preceded the SR-71, «our favorite plane«he clarified Grimes who, like her partner, is fond of aviation. «No weapons, no defense systems, just fast. Great in battle, but not violent“, explained the singer about her choice. And finally, the "A" is by "Archangel«: the name of the favorite song of Grimes.

Beauty, like aesthetics, is subjective.

Elon Musk's trans daughter changes her last name to break up with her father

Samantha Fox marries Linda Olsen

Samantha Fox, erotic myth of the eighties, has secretly married Linda Birgitte Olsen at the age of 56

The British Samantha Fox, one of the sexual myths of the late eighties, has married the woman who has been his partner since 2016, Linda Birgitte Olsen. The wedding took place in the town of loughton, in the county Essex (England)).

Samantha Fox It was in the last years of the 80s and early 90s, one of the most recognized singers worldwide thanks to hits like «Nothing's Gonna Stop me Now» o «touch me». Along with her pop songs and her exuberant physique, the English artist brought together an uncountable legion of fans, being considered a true sexual myth at the time.

She came to be declared the most photographed woman of the 80s in Britain with Lady Di and Margaret Thatcher and was even compared to Marilyn Monroe. She posed nude for numerous magazines, including Playboy, becoming a sexual icon.

From rumor to confirmation

Samantha Fox marries Linda Birgitte Olsen

At the end of the 90s, the rumor began to circulate that one of the great sex symbols that is remembered was lesbian. In 2003 she publicly announced her homosexuality at the same time that she declared herself in love with her agent. Myra Straton.

"I've slept with other women but I haven't been in love before Myra Straton. People say I'm a lesbian... I don't know what I am. All I know is that I'm in love with MyraI love her completely and I want to spend the rest of my life with her”. Unfortunately his wish could not be fulfilled because Myra He fell ill with cancer and passed away in August 2015.

A year later he met Linda Olson with whom he began a relationship that has culminated in a wedding. Olsen, That was born in Norway, has two children from a previous relationship. The oldest, Adam, lives with them, while the minor, Noah, resides in the Nordic country. The two met at a concert Fox, Which Olsen I was a fan forever.

This has been a long-awaited link for both spouses since, after announcing their engagement in 2020, four years after beginning their love story, Fox and Olsen were forced to postpone the celebration due to the pandemic.

A wedding that, how could it be otherwise, has excited the fans of the artist. Two winners of Eurovision Song Contest they performed at the wedding to the delight of those present, on the one hand Katharina Leskanich of the legendary band Katrina and the Wavesapart from the Nordic Elisabeth Andreassen and Hanne Krogh Group bobbysocks.

Samantha Fox marries Linda Birgitte Olsen

Jennifer Lopez introduces her daughter Emme with a non-binary pronoun

Jennifer López surprises the public by presenting her daughter, Emme, with a neutral gender: “Elle”

Jennifer López gave a concert last Thursday June 16 at the sports venue of California And your daughter Emme Muniz He accompanied her on stage to sing a couple of songs. What most caught the public's attention is that the famous artist referred to the 14-year-old girl as "elle" or "they / them”, pronouns in inclusive language that refer to those people who do not identify with binarism.

«She is very very busy, she fills her schedule with reservations and she is so good, it costs me a lot when she goes out, but she is worth every penny because she is my favorite directe partner of all time, so if I may….”, was the introduction of JLO for We do not, whose mother she was in 2008 with Marc Anthonywith his twin Maximilian David.

@christinathesupermom

Jennifer Lopez JLO surprises audience at the Blue Diamond Gala by the Dodgers foundation. Excuse shaky camera at end I was in shock myself.#jlo #Jennifer Lopez #jloandemme #dodgersfoundation #bluediamondball #jlosurpriseguest #tmz #jloperformance

♬ original sound - ChristinaTheSupermom

The importance of visibility

During their presentation and in the middle of the month of gay pride, mother and daughter sang in front of a microphone with the colors of the rainbow. jlo and emme performed on stageA Thousand Years», Christina Perri Y "Born in the USA"To Bruce Springsteen, a theme that they interpreted together in the Super Bowl 2020.

For its part, it is reported that at the gala of the Los Angeles Dodgers Around 36 million USD were raised, which according to the team, will be invested to help the homeless population of Los Angeles, in addition to medical care and education.

the diva of the bronx spoke of the identity of We do not now, in 2014 he declared that he will support his children “whatever your sexual orientation". Emme Muniz He has already shown signs at his young age of having artistic skills and a remarkable vocal capacity, so it will not be strange that he will soon jump on the scene like his mother.

Jennifer Lopez presents her daughter Emme with a non-binary pronoun

 

They remove the LGTBI flag from the platforms of Chueca

Controversy with the removal of the LGTBI flag from the platforms of the Chueca Metro station in the middle of Pride month

At the station Madrid's Chueca Metro The LGTBI+ flag no longer appears. The colors of the rainbow had become iconic since 2016 when Netflix changed her appearance to promote the series Orange is The New Black. Since this week, the walls of this platform on line 5 have been replaced by an advertising campaign for JCDecaux, a well-known international underwear brand.

The information arrives in the month of Pride. The new advertising also maintains the theme LGTBI + the motto Pride Collection. A spokesperson for the public company has stated on Cadena Ser that «once this campaign ends in the next few days the flag will return«.

This decision comes after June 19, 2021, Isabel Díaz Ayuso ask in the Assembly of Madrid that the laws be annulled LGTBI + for the Community. Furthermore, this same year, Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida assured that the rainbow flag will not be placed in the Palace of Cibeles.

Officially, it is not known when the campaign will be withdrawn, nor how much it enters JCDecaux, the concession company that manages advertising throughout the public transport network, for her. What still remains unchanged is the diamond-shaped signal flag.

"LGTBIphobia of Madrid institutions"

From the Collective of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals of Madrid (COGAM) denounce «LGTBIphobia of Madrid institutions in the middle of Pride month«.

The president of the group, Carmen Garcia de Merlo, sentence "these positions against the rights of the LGTBI+ collective that tend to make us invisible and marginalize us again", noting that "sYour votes will make you pay tolls and those tolls will be women, emigrants and the LGTBI+ collective«.

They remove the LGTBI flag from the platforms of Chueca

A female baseball player comes out as a lesbian at the age of 95

Maybelle Blair, one of the inspirations behind the iconic baseball movie "A League of Their Own," has publicly come out at age 95

Baseball legend and inspiration for «A league of their own» Maybelle Blair comes out as gay at 95. Hooter She was one of the original players of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), a women's professional baseball league that existed between 1943 and 1954. The league represents a unique aspect of American baseball history. United States and was a precursor to women's professional baseball.

Hooter, who was a pitcher for Peoria Red Wings of the AAGPBL, declared herself a lesbian "basically for the first time” during a talk to present a new series of Amazon Prime based on the baseball league that will be released on August 12.

"I hid for 75 or 85 years"

The AAGPBL legend expressed his happiness that young players no longer have to hide their sexuality and can live as themselves while playing the sport they love. “I think it's a great opportunity for these young female baseball players to realize that they are not alone and that they don't have to hide.", He said. "I hid for 75 or 85 years, and this is basically the first time I've come out".

From the twitter account of «A league of their own» They have shared the video where the player comes out of the closet for the first time with words of admiration and pride: «For most of her life, 95-year-old All-American Girls Professional Baseball League sports legend Maybelle Blair felt she had to hide her true self. Today she came out publicly for the first time. We couldn't be happier for her and continue to push for love and acceptance of her on and off the field.«.

lack of referents

Hooter He added that he thought it was the "unique in the world"and thought there was something"times» in it because it was «love» from a girl in high school. “We had some kind of little thing, you know how you do", He said. "I was with a girl. It was very bad because in our days you would not dare to tell your family or insinuate to anyone…"

La AAGPBL also served as inspiration for the 1992 movie «A league of their own«, Starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty and Rosie O'Donnell.

A League of Their Own is a fictional account of the formation of the AAGPBL as a way to keep baseball in the public eye after the SSecond World War. During the war efforts, many professional male players were drafted into the war, essentially shutting down Major League Baseball.

More than 600 women played in the AAGPBL, which eventually consisted of 10 professional baseball teams throughout the Midwest from United States. In 1948, spectator attendance at league matches peaked at over 910.000, according to the website of the AAGPBL.

A female baseball player comes out as a lesbian at the age of 95

The "danger" of rainbow toys

Saudi Arabia confiscates toys and clothes with the colors of the rainbow because "promote homosexuality“, according to its Ministry of Commerce

The authorities of Saudi Arabia have confiscated toys and children's clothes with the colors of the rainbow because they consider that promote homosexuality, as reported by state television in the country. officials of the Ministry of Commerce several items have been withdrawn from stores in the Saudi capital; among them, pop-its toys, t-shirts, hair clips, hats or pencil cases.

In a video posted on the profile of Twitter of the Ministry of Commerce, you can see a couple of officials strolling through a shopping center in Riad, seizing toys with the colors of the rainbow under the pretext that they carry symbols that «call diversion" Y "contradicts common sense«. Businesses that do not comply face legal consequences.

The same measure has already been adopted by Qatar.

According to the most radical interpretation of Islamic law by Saudi Arabia, homosexual relationships are punishable by death or flogging, as well as those behaviors that violate the «public order, religious values, or public morals«. Last April, the country already censored the film «Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness» considering that it contained homosexual references.

On the other hand, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced last Monday that the film of Pixar «Lightyear» it could not be released in theaters because it included a scene in which two female characters kiss.

The danger of rainbow toys

The lesbian kiss of «Lightyear» collides with censorship in 14 countries

'Lightyear' creative team managed to get censored lesbian kiss scene re-included

The kiss between two women that appears in «Lightyear", the movie of Disney Pixar, has not passed the censorship filter in 14 countries. The scene where two female characters kiss had been cut from the film, but was defended by the creative team at Pixar to be included in the film again. In it the character of Alisha, the commander of Lightyear, greets with a kiss with his partner with whom he is forming a new family.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) and others Asian and Middle Eastern countries have banned the premiere of the prequel to the successful film Toy Story, scheduled for this Thursday, June 16. The content LGTBI of the film has caused its censorship in these countries where relationships between people of the same sex are criminalized and prosecuted by law.

Among the 14 countries that have banned the premiere are Kuwait, Malaysia, Indonesia, Egypt or Lebanon in addition to those already mentioned. and the premiere in China still hanging by a thread. The Media Regulation Office of the UAE Ministry of Culture and Youth has pointed out in a statement on Twitter that the film will not be screened in the country because «violates the media content standards in force in the Emirates«.

The creative team defends the censored scene

The sequence of "Lightyear» is one of those that was defended by the animation team of Pixar three months ago due to the law against LGTBI rights in the State of Florida known as don't say gay, which prohibits teachers from discussing sexuality and gender identity in classrooms. It seemed that Disney would yield to this type of regulation given the lukewarm stance of the company's CEO, Bob Chapek, and his tendency to ignore the existence of the collective in his films.

«We make the film that reflects the world we live in. Nothing more. We have not added anything of our harvest. We only show the characters as they are. It is your truth. If there are people who have problems with it, it is even healthy to create a little controversy. Although, to be honest, I don't think much about it.says the manager Angus McLane.

family kiss

The lesbian kiss of "Lightyear" collides with censorship in 14 countriesAt one point in the movie, Alisha and his wife kiss. «Nor it was difficult to sell the idea to Disney«Declared galyn suman, producer of "Lightyear«. However, it seems that everything was not so easy at first, since the magazine Variety teased that the kiss had almost miraculously returned to the film after studio executives had initially demanded its removal. «Disney has eliminated nearly every moment of openly gay affection, regardless of protests from Pixar's creative teams and executive leaders.“, denounced the employees of the film studio in a letter.

Despite everything, it seems that the producer was clear about it and a simple kiss from a character that almost ended up being secondary, should not be silenced. «Representation, diversity and inclusion are concepts that we are paying close attention to and are very important to all of us.", Explain Susman. "It is not bad to create debate. Humanity is very good at arguing. It would be said that it is our specialty", ditch.

Giorgia Meloni charges against the LGTBIQ+ collective at a Vox rally in Marbella

Giorgia Meloni delivered a hate speech in Marbella against the LGTBIQ+ collective and the feminist movement

The last rally Vox en Marbella had as a guest Giorgia Meloni, Italian far-right leader who delivered a hate-filled speech against the collective LGTBIQ + and the feminist movement during a campaign event for Vox with Olona Macarena y Santiago Abascal. The far-right leader of Brothers of Italy blurted out an ultra textbook speech, charging against migrants, feminists, the collective LGTBIQ +, abortion and Europe.

During his presentation at the Vox event, which he attended to support the candidate for the Andalusian elections, Olona Macarena, went so far as to say that the «gender ideology" search "the disappearance of the woman" Y "the end of motherhood" and charged what he called "LGBTI lobbies» while defending what he called «the natural family»Or«the universality of the cross" Front of "islamist violence«. An intervention in which he also displayed an anti-immigration and anti-European speech, attacking the «mass immigration» and «lThe Brussels bureaucrats«.

minister with Berlusconi and admirer of Trump and Orbán, has come to justify Mussolini in his public statements. With Vox being able to enter the Andalusian government from the hand of Party, as has already happened in Castilla y Leonsee a character like Melons giving them support shows that they don't even bother to hide anymore.

Who is Giorgia Meloni?

«I am sovereignist, nationalist, Christian and mother»Declared Melons a few years ago. Born in Roma in 1977, Melons He has always militated in the ranks of the extreme right. Contrary to Salvini o Abascal, she has not militated in more moderate political spaces: in that sense she is a kind of black leg of the most radical right.

Neo-fascist politics has engulfed the other two Italian right-wings and is soaring in the polls. Some say that she will be the next prime minister of Italy. Brothers of Italy leads the latest polls, almost tied at 21-22% with the Democratic party (center left). It may be the axis of the right-wing coalition in the next legislative elections (Spring 2023).

Therefore, from Vox they look with admiration at this neo-fascist policy. The links between the Spanish extreme right and the party of Melons they are strong and narrow. Proof of this is the speech that Melons pronounced in Marbella, where in just a few minutes he reviewed the entire ideological sample of the extreme right and said that Vox is «a hope for the future of Spain and Europe«.

 

Arrested 31 white supremacists who planned to attack the LGTBIQ+ pride of Idaho

The 31 people arrested belong to a far-right group known as the Patriot Front.

The Police of Idaho arrested 31 suspected members of the white supremacist group on Saturday, Patriot Front (Patriot Front), who planned to cause a disturbance at a pride event LGTBIQ + in the city of Coeur d'alene.

Dressed in white balaclavas, khaki pants and caps, military boots and blue T-shirts, 31 members of this white supremacist group crowded this Saturday inside the small company truck U-Haul hoping to spread out in different areas of the city with the intention of provoking disturbances, as explained Lee whitelocal police chief.

The detainees have been unmasked, identified and accused of conspiring to cause disturbances during the celebration of the annual pride event LGTBIQ + in the city, Pride in the Park, despite the fact that local authorities have arrested them before they could provoke any.

An army of supremacists

At the time of the arrest, the detainees also wore white cloths that covered their heads, protective elements, a smoke bomb and white supremacist symbols. Specifically, police found riot gear, a smoke grenade, shin guards, and shields inside the van.

The 31 people arrested belong to a far-right group known as Patriot Front and they came from different states of the United States. Only one of them was from Idaho.

Part of the dress code that the detainees shared were navy blue T-shirts, some with supremacist messages such as "We take America back»Or«Conquerors, not thieves» while others had opted for messages similar to caps, attached with Velcro to facilitate exchange.

"Real Americans"

According to Anti-Defamation League, an organization that monitors extremist groups, acts of anti-Semitism and hate crimes, the Patriotic Front is a supremacist group based in Texas, which was born from the split of a previous supremacist group, the Vanguard America, with whom they broke up after the concentration «Unite the Right» September 2017.

Although it presents itself as a patriotic nationalist group, it is considered an American ultra-nationalist white supremacist movement. On their official website, they claim the establishment of an American fascism, consisting of «return to traditions and virtues"of their ancestors and consider that non-whites are not true"Americans«.

Arrested 31 white supremacists who planned to attack the LGTBIQ+ pride of Idaho

 

Thailand on the verge of approving same-sex civil unions

Thailand will make history as the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex civil unions

Thailand it will become the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex civil unions. On June 7, the country's cabinet approved a new draft of the Civil Union Bill, which allows same-sex couples to legally register their union.

The landmark announcement comes a couple of years after the bill was first approved by cabinet in 2020. While the proposed legislation avoids the term “wedding ", the couples LGTBIQ + 17 years or older will be able to jointly own property, adopt children and pass on inheritances. Those under 17 years of age must obtain the permission of their parents or legal guardians.

However, the legislation was put on hold after officials asked the Ministry of Justice to reassess the inclusive bill and made a number of amendments after consulting groups LGTBIQ + and religious. Once the adjustments were implemented, the bill went to the State Council for further inspection before being sent to the cabinet. With the approval of the new draft of the Civil Union Bill, now it goes to the House of Representatives of the country to be voted.

While the bill is arguably a monumental advance for human rights LGTBIQ + en Thailand, has been criticized by social activists as an excuse to label same-sex unions as "civil couples" instead of "wedding «.

critical voices

Thailand, about to approve same-sex marriageShortly after the bill's first passage in 2020, LGBTQ activist and secretary general of the progressive youth organization Free Youth, Tattep Ruangprapaikitseree, He said: "The Civil Unions Bill is not a milestone for gender equality in Thailand, but an obstacle to achieving marriage for all. Why not call everyone, traditional and non-traditional couples alike, married couples? Why should a special term be assigned to LGTBIQ + as 'civil partnership'? This is another form of discrimination in disguise. We don't want anything special, we just want to be treated like everyone else.".

Pauline Ngarmpring, who is trans and ran for prime minister in 2019, added: “The basis of the same-sex union bill is not based on equality. But it's better than nothing. This is not a fight that can end in our generation".

If the civil union bill passes the House of Representatives, Thailand will be the second place in Asia to recognize same-sex unions after Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage in 2019..

Thailand, about to approve same-sex marriage

Selfies against homophobia in Marchena

Neighbors of Marchena are photographed with their "proud municipality" poster in response to the Vox spokesman

Crowd of residents of the municipality of Marchena have responded with pride to a comment from the person in charge of Vox in the town, in which he questioned a poster in favor of the collective LGTBIQ +. Marchena is "a proud municipality” and this has been demonstrated by a spontaneous movement of tolerance and solidarity that has emerged from social networks. And not only because it is so stated on a sign that welcomes this town in the Sevillian countryside with nearly 20.000 inhabitants. Above all because of the response given by citizens to a publication by the representative of Vox in this locality, Jose Carlos Delgado Romana.

With a photo of the label that endorses Marchena as a member of the State Network of Proud Municipalities, the coordinator of this far-right party has addressed the marcheneros to tell them that “They should feel proud of those who get up early to work, of the self-employed who raise the blind every morning", among other things, "that do not have posters or colors”, in his own words.

Outraged by the statements of Slim Roman the dancer Miguel Angel Talaveron a photo was taken with the poster claiming “empathy and respect” He already asked the rest of the citizens to join in as a sign of support. The reaction of a considerable part of the residents of this municipality has been immediate. For hours, the networks were dyed with the colors of diversity, freedom and tolerance through messages of support for the community LGTBIQ +. A "tolerance revolution” that has transcended the town and has reached other towns in the Andalusian community, as members of the group defend.

Selfies against homophobia in MarchenaIn the text that accompanied the photograph talaveron wrote: "It's not my style, but I have the need to tell it, to see if someone from VOX understands it once and for all, I haven't even talked about it with my family but with friends, obviously they're going to find out here. Walking through Torremolinos, I was cornered by three individuals who literally came to hit me, yes to hit me, to the cry of life Vox and asking me if I was leaving a Gay bar, if I said yes, imagine what could have happened to me, I pulled my resources and I got rid of it, but I could have perfectly been a physical LGTBIQ+ victim because verbally I was. Today I find myself with a repulsive poster of the leader of VoX Marchena appealing what to be proud of and what not to. And I want to tell you with all the letters that I am PROUD that the city councils position themselves in favor of diversity and that this act is more than necessary, so neither short nor lazy I have gone to take a photo with this wonderful poster, and I would ask you to please go do it and upload it to the networks, thus opening a chain, we marcheneros do not want hatred, we want respect and that violence is not encouraged or incited, so that what happened to me does not happen. So if you have any LGTBIQ+ friends, your photo will make them very happy«. A few words that have moved the residents of Marchena.

a proud people

"I wanted to use the same symbol to turn it around and it is a joy that the marcheneros have behaved so well because the life of an LGTBIQ+ person is marked with scars and tears”, he confesses Miguel Angel Talaveron remarkably excited. “These shows of support help the people in the collective to empower themselves and feel proud of themselves.”, continues this neighbor who feels “overwhelmed" for the answer "so human” that he has since received, following a post that has been shared more than 300 times.

Likewise, he deeply appreciates that his neighbors have turned around because together they have managed to reverse a “unfortunate comment” to make it a “movement of smiles and hugs". "The members of the collective have told me that people stop them on the street to hug them and encourage them, what we have achieved is very exciting”, Michelangelo celebrates.

Enabling and inclusive environment

Precisely, the goal of Proud Municipalities Network is the "c"Create a supportive and inclusive environment so that no one has to emigrate ever again because of who they are and express what they feel”, recalls the person in charge of communication of this entity, Sergio Jimenez. "We want towns free of hate and discriminatory comments, that everyone be welcomed”, he underlines and anticipates that other city councils have already taken the example of Marchena for "shield the rights of the LGTBI groups that exist in the towns".

Selfies against homophobia in Marchena

More than 80% requests for documentation from trans people in the Basque Country skyrocket

Last year, 100 requests for sex reassignment were registered in the Basque Country, compared to 55 in 2020

The demand for documentation requests from trans people has skyrocketed in Euskadi. In just one year, the number of requests has grown by more than 80%. If in 2020 a total of 55 people who were in the process of sex reassignment requested administrative documentation, in 2021 there were 100, almost twice as many, as explained on Monday by the director of Human Rights, Victims and Diversity of the Basque Government, Monika Hernando, in the commission of Basque Parliament. More than half of the requests, 64% of the last year, correspond to underage.

Although in Euskadi «the situation of the LGTBI community, in general, and of trans people, in particular, has evolved favorably in recent years, there is still much to be done«, Has defended Hernando, at a time when the Basque government undertakes a review of its regulations to guarantee that trans minors from the age of 4 can have adequate administrative documentation. So far this year, the regional Executive has already registered 28 applications, 17 of minors.

Beyond these requests, 118 trans people attended the service for the first time Berdindu of information and attention to the LGTBI collective and its environment in 2021. 34% of the people who attended this service were trans people. In addition, there were 81 families who turned to Berdindu. The demands that are repeated the most are those formulated by mothers and linked almost exclusively to non-normative gender identities and/or behaviors of their daughters or sons (66 of them minors).

Negative feedback

More than 80% requests for documentation from trans people in the Basque Country skyrocketAlthough favorable positions and non-discrimination against the LGTBI group predominate today, «the degree of acceptance and expression of comfort is more restrained when it has to do with intersex and trans realities than when it is linked with lesbian, gay or bisexual people«. In this sense, more than 50% of the Basque population has heard or witnessed negative comments or rumors about someone due to their sexual orientation or sexual or gender identity, as well as taunts, jokes, imitations and ugly gestures, according to a study of ikuspegi. Furthermore, 22% know of situations in which the person or group in question is ignored, not allowed to participate or is isolated, while 17,9% say they have known about threats and 13,5% about physical attacks.

The work to end discrimination and equality happens, according to Hernando, by "better and greater coordination, especially in the attention to victims“, as well as putting the focus on the “awareness and education«. Last year fifty cloisters and a total of 2.079 teachers were trained in LGTBI matters, and workshops were given in 159 classrooms that have reached 3.220 students.

More than 80% requests for documentation from trans people in the Basque Country skyrocket

Nicole Kidman declares herself bisexual and confirms an affair with Naomi Watts

Kidman spoke openly about his bisexuality in a podcast

with pride LGBTIQ + just around the corner, social networks have exploded with the coming out of the closet of a Hollywood star: Nicole Kidman. The Australian-American actress could have had an affair with the also actress Naomi Watts. It was in a supposed podcast in which Kidman He has spoken openly about his bisexuality, and has named his co-worker with whom he has shared projects such as «The first experience»(1991) or «Making up among monsters(2007).

In addition, both are great friends and have shown on several occasions the great chemistry they have together. Among the tweets with the news (which could not be verified), some fans have recovered a kiss that occurred in 2015 when Kidman received the Crystal Award from Watts for excellence at the gala Women In Film Crystal.

The group celebrates

Nicole Kidman declares herself bisexual and confirms an affair with Naomi WattsSocial networks have echoed the rumor and have shared messages of joy and Kidman's welcome to the collective. the comedian Caroline Iglesias, humor podcast host Stretching the gum, has written on their networks: «Nicole Kidman crosses the catwalk of bisexuality«.

In the article that talked about said podcast where the actress announced the news, they said: «We recently had Nicole Kidman on the podcast and she revealed some pretty amazing information. The actress had a romantic relationship with her partner Naomi Watts. They weren't together for a long time, but Nicole admitted that she is a proud bisexual woman«.

Other pairings of Kidman and Watts

Kidman she is currently married to the singer Keith Urban, with whom he has been married since 2005. A few years earlier, in 2001, he divorced by Tom Cruise after 11 years of marriage. With Cruise, Kidman adopted two children isabella jane, of 29 years, and Connor, of 27, while with Urban has two more children, Sunday, 13, and FaithOf 11.

While Watts had a relationship with the late actor Heath Ledger between 2002 and 2004, and in 2005 he began dating Liev Schreiber, with whom he had two children, but the couple separated 11 years later. Since 2017 she maintains a relationship with the actor Billy Crudup.

The FC case in Chueca: kidnapping, rape and robbery by chemical submission

The FC case in Chueca: Inaction of the police and public health, negligence of the institutions and neglect of the organizations. An accumulation of nonsense.

El Saturday March 26, after having dinner with a group of friends and being in an entertainment venue in the neighborhood of Chueca, FC He woke up in his room after suffering a sexual assault under the influence of a substance unknown until now, bodily injuries with trauma and bruises all over his body, plus the theft of all the valuables from inside his home.

What happened before? A man and a woman approached him in the middle of the street to start a conversation. This is how FC's ordeal began

Diary16 has recorded FC's testimony preserving his identity, where he details everything that happened.

In the second part of his testimony, FC emphasizes the physical and psychological consequences he has suffered since the sexual assault: anxiety, insomnia, respiratory and cardiac problems, among other pathologies.

We are struck by the lack of protocol in case of rape of a gay man in a reference health center such as the Gregorio Marañon Hospital, where after several hours of waiting, they refused to do clinical and biological studies, including a chest x-ray where the problem of water in the lungs caused by the aggression would have been detected in time.

In second place, the condescending and contemptuous treatment that FC received from one of the agents of the National Police who attended the reconstruction of the events. The state of nervousness of the victim and the pressure received from the National Police, together with the lack of psychological assistance, caused increased psychological stress in the victim.

Thirdly, and what most surprises and hurts us, the lack of response from LGTBI associations. According to the information, FC contacted the Madrid Observatory against LGTBIphobia, which told him that a lawyer from the Observatory would contact him. Since then, more than two and a half months have passed without receiving any calls.

Madrid Observatory against LGTBIphobiaFrom Gaylestv we have contacted the Madrid Observatory against LGTBIphobia to contrast the information. We have called several times and sent whatsapp. So far we have not received a response. If we receive it in the next few hours, we will update the information giving your version of the facts.

We asked ourselves if someone has to die for their case to be worthy of attention from the LGTBI media and generalists.

Alert. Any of us could be victims of this modus operandi. The fact that the aggressors were in Chueca shows premeditation for the victim to be LGTBI.

We can speculate if it is a homophobic attack or not.  But what we cannot forget is that we are entities that fight, not only for our rights as LGTBI, but for the people behind these acronyms.

Currently, FC has the support of the association FAMUVI, who has placed a lawyer and a solicitor at his disposal. A bunch of nonsense.

We hope that this case will serve to alert us to the apathy that exists when applying the protocols, so that control is exercised from the administration and so that the associations reflect on how we can improve coordination and care for victims.

We do not blame anyone. But FC, he is the one who has the least fault and the one who suffers all this nonsense in his own skin.

Almeida refuses to place the LGTBI flag in the Madrid City Hall

Despite being approved in plenary session, Almeida refuses to place the LGTBI flag in Cibeles

The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has come backreject the possibility of displaying the LGTBI flag on the facade of the Palacio de Cibeles on the occasion of the celebration of the Pride Festival. The alderman has encroached on compliance with a Supreme Court ruling arguing that he only allows official flags to be placed, despite the fact that said ruling actually only excludes those flags joined by a mast and not banners or banners.

The mayor, however, has agreed to illuminate both the Consistory and the fountain of Cibeles with the colors of the rainbow. After an event held at the Town Hall headquarters, Almeida has defended that there is a «absolute agreement» in the municipal government, made up of PP and Citizens, «andn around the fact that, as a result of the Supreme Court ruling, no type of flag can be placed on the façade of the Madrid City Council«.

Almeida refuses to place the LGTBI flag in the Madrid City Hall«In this sense, yesterday both Begoña Villacís as Silvia Saavedra, made it clear that obviously we cannot disregard or disobey that sentence of the Supreme Court. It is still curious, in any case, that those who want to take advantage of the LGTBI collective to engage in politics, however, ignore that this year, as happened last year, the Palacio de Cibeles and the fountain will be illuminated with the colors of the flaga”, the mayor added.

In addition, the alderman has ironized with the attacks that his Government has received for this decision: «This government team has a curious way of hiding the flag, of not wanting to cooperate in Pride, when last year the building and the fountain were lit up with the colors of the flag«.

The precedent of 2021

In 2021, the deputy mayor of the capital, Begoña Villacís, has already tried to compensate for the absence of the flag on the facade of the City Hall by announcing the display of a flag on the Gran Vía, which would measure 700 meters long for a value of 15.000 euros and would be paid for by the department he directs.

However, and after several days of crossed accusations between the PP and Ciudadanos, the flag was finally not unfurled because the Association of Companies and Professionals for Gays and Lesbians of Madrid and its Community (AEGAL) did not obtain the necessary permits from the Board of corresponding district.

Almeida refuses to place the LGTBI flag in the Madrid City Hall

Prison for four civil guards for homophobic insults to a colleague

Ten months in prison for four civil guards from Noia who humiliated a colleague with homophobic comments

Expressions like “fagot","Maripili","the woman of the post"Or"death to fagots» were the ones that a civil guard from the barracks in the Coruña town of A Coruña had to listen to on a daily basis. Girl. It happened for four years, from his arrival in 2010 until 2014, when he took an anxiety leave.

Now, Room V, of the Military, of the The Supreme Court has ratified the sentence of 10 months in prison to four civil guards (one of them a first corporal) for the harassment and humiliation to which he was subjected for years. He received insults, jokes, nicknames and homophobic and derogatory comments, both about his appearance and his professional worth.

The high court ratifies the sentence of the Fourth Territorial Military Court (based in A Coruña) and considers the four accused perpetrators of a consummated crime of abuse of authority, in its form of professional harassment or serious attack against personal dignity at work or carrying out acts that involve discrimination based on sexual orientation, applying the mitigating factor of undue delay .

«Up Spain and death to the fagots«

The first corporal went so far as to say that «fagots shouldn't be in the Civil Guard","death to fagots","above Spain and death to the fagots","I'd rather have a dead son or a drug addict than a fagot«, indicate these proven facts.

The ruling completely rejects the appeals filed by the four convicted and establishes the subsidiary civil liability of the State in the compensation of 10.000 euros recognized to the victim for the psychological and moral damages suffered.

The high court underlines the “constant harassment and humiliation"of the victim"with insults, jokes, nicknames and homophobic and derogatory comments, both regarding their appearance and their professional worth”. The insults alternated, it is collected in the text of the court, with mockery about "poor professional skills” of the attacked, who was also branded as “useless, lazy, incompetent and unprofessional”. Even, according to the sentence, those now condemned did "comments to the public about the low professional value” from the guard.

ten months in prison

The convicts appealed claiming that their right to the presumption of innocence had been violated because there was insufficient evidence against them, but the Supreme Court considers that the statements of the victim and the witnesses, who corroborated their version «propping up your credibility", are "firm, persistent and forceful«. Therefore, he maintains the sentence adten months in prison as perpetrators of a completed crime of abuse of authority.

This situation continued until in 2014 the victim suffered an anxiety crisis. Since then, she continues to be discharged and receiving psychological and psychiatric care for presenting «a chronic and complex condition of long duration, diagnosed as a severe mental disorder«.

Prison for four civil guards for homophobic insults to a colleague

Dismissed the appeal that prevented the distribution of LGTBI books in institutes of Castelló

The judge considers that the rights to ideological and religious freedom are not harmed

The Administrative Contentious Court of Castellón has dismissed the appeal filed by the Christian Lawyers Association against the delivery of 32 LGTBI-themed books in institutes in the city of Castelló and thus ratifies the legality of its distribution. The ultra association will appeal the file to the high Court of Justice Valencian and threatens to arrive "to the Strasbourg Court if necessary to defend minors".

With this decision, which orders the costs of Christian Lawyers, the same criteria adopted when the suspension of the precautionary measures adopted in the first moment in which the delivery of the books was temporarily suspended was followed. A suspension that was annulled shortly after and to which Christian Lawyers appealed.

The Court has filed the case considering that «there is no evidence of any infringement of the fundamental rights of ideological and religious freedom«. In the sentence, the head of the court criticizes the appeal presented by Christian Lawyers «for its confusion, lack of clarity and technical rigor«.

unsubstantiated assumptions

A court suspends the distribution of LGTBI books in Castellón institutesApart from the formal aspect, he motivates his decision on several points: «The plaintiff makes unfounded assertions and assumptions, in the sense that the books have been made available to very young children, without any discrimination, but this consequence is not evidenced in any way, no proof of the same and, above all, cannot be derived directly from the municipal decision, from the challenged administrative act«.

He also argues that "The fact that certain books are found in the bibliographic collections of an educational center or library does not necessarily imply that the use made of them is that which the plaintiff presupposes in a somewhat lurid manner and, in any case, if improper use, would be attributable to those who directly allow or promote it, not to those who have supplied the bibliographic collections destined for the center«.

political reactions

The mayor of Castelló, Frame Protection, stated that the judge's decision "It is good news because it endorses the action of the City Council ». “Even more so when it comes to compliance with the laws that protect the right to identity, gender expression and equality of LGTBI people. The accusations made against the municipal government have been shown to be false and once again justice does not agree with those who seek to regress rights and freedoms.«, concluded the first mayor.

For her part, the Minister Monica Oltra stressed that "we are in luck» for the news about the filing of the resource of Christian Lawyers.

The titular judge lifts the withdrawal of LGTBI books from the Castelló institutes

Trans activist Mar Cambrollé denounces death threats

The threat on twitter to Mar Cambrollé: “I'll do my country a favor by shooting everyone. I take away the disease with bullets"

On May 26 in the afternoon through an account of Twitter  under the name Abelino Garcia Franco, the trans activist Mar Cambrollé, received the following threat; “I'll do my country a favor by shooting everyone. I'm going to shoot the disease out of you”. In the information of said profile, of ultrarightist cut, he appeared as a member of the Phalanx and whose publications had a xenophobic, sexist, racist and LGTBIphobic character.

The same day Cambrollé had participated in a press conference in Sevilla where a representation of 34 Andalusian LGTBIQ groups, who signed a manifesto calling for the vote for progressive and left-wing parties in the upcoming Andalusian elections on June 19.

The tweets have been denounced by the activist before the General Directorate of the National Police to transfer to the Hate Crimes Prosecutor's Office and Technological Crimes and Cybercrime Brigade.

Increase in hate crimes

«What has happened is very serious. It also happens in a context where violence against LGTBI people has increased by 42% according to the Ministry of the Interior. The public powers have a responsibility to stop this escalation of violence. It gives a feeling of living in defenselessness. This is putting me on target, it's unfortunate. We ask for the prompt identification of the aggressor and that he be brought to justice", has declared Cambrollé a GAYLES.TV.

live in helplessness

The Trans Platform Federation which he presides, have expressed their «most vigorously condemns and rejects such serious and despicable events that target our president, a woman who, due to her public activity, is exposed to an unacceptable risk in a democratic society, something that takes us back to past times where social and political activism was persecuted«.

The own Cambrollé remembered in Twitter than another aggression suffered in his youth: «When I was 18 years old I received a beating that almost led to my death by a group of Fuerza Nueva. They broke down the door of my house and beat me with chains until I lost consciousness. The police never look for the culprits. Today after 40 years it is unaffordable to live the same helplessness«.

The historic activist wanted to thank the multiple expressions of support, affection and condemnation received from institutional representatives; among which are the Mayor of Seville, Andalusian Ombudsman, Secretary of State for Equality and against Violence, Director of the Women's Institute, Minister for Equality and Diversity, of the Government of the Generalitat, General Director of LGTBI Policies of the Generalitat, politicians from the entire spectrum of progressive and left-wing parties, the social movement and the general public.

All our solidarity and support for Mar Cambrollé!

Trans activist Mar Cambrollé denounces death threats

 

Heartstopper renewed for two seasons on Netflix

Alice Osman, author of the “Heartstopper” saga, has announced the renewal of the series on social networks

Netflix has confirmed that there will be second and third season of «heart stopper«, the revelation series this spring. This cute coming-of-age teen gay love story peppered with drama has captivated the platform's subscribers and critics alike.

With the certainty of having entered the top 10 of the most watched no less than in 54 countries, it was her own alice osman the one in charge of advertising Twitter and Instagram than "heart stopper» had been renewed for two more seasons.

One of the resounding successes of the series has been its treatment of the teenage love story between two boys. Narrates the transition to adulthood of the student Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and her boyfriend Nick NelsonKit Connor. At the beginning of the series, we met Charlie and his friends Tao (William Gao) e Isaac (Toby Donovan) and Elle (Elle (Yasmin Finney), the fourth member of his group of friends who, after his transition, had to transfer to a nearby girls' school where he is having a hard time adjusting.

Reference for LGTBIQ+ teenagers

With all this, it is not surprising that the platform, which is going through a difficult time due to the loss of subscribers, has decided to strengthen what works in its catalog and renew it. And not for a single season, but for two.

Currently "heart stopper» has an unprecedented 100% in R, which can give an idea of ​​the enthusiasm that this queer drama, which has also garnered great praise for its portrayal of homosexuality. Without a doubt a series that gives many references LGTBIQ + to the younger ones.

As for the possible release date, we will still have to wait to see the chapters of «heart stopper 2«, but they will presumably be available for release on next year 2023.

pride! Barcelona presents its #Bollomami campaign

Lesbians will be protagonists of the Pride! Barcelona to be held from June 13 to 26

Pride! Barcelona presented the lesbian awareness and visibility campaign that, under the slogan #bollomami, wants to give voice to different existing lesbian realities and identities, as well as the inequalities and invisibility suffered by lesbian people.

19 real lesbian women from Barcelona have participated in the campaign, made up of 10 posters in total, in addition to other audiovisual media that will soon be broadcast on social networks.

Lesbians, despite leading the acronym LGTBIQ +, have historically suffered the invisibility and double violence of the patriarchal system, which excluded them as women and relegated their affectivity or sexual desire to the background.

return the claim

More conferences, more acts, more union and commitment. These are the goals of Pride! BCN for this edition. Within the social and cultural agenda presented today, it is worth highlighting the Conferences on LGTBI rights from June 27 to 30, which will take place in the seat house. In addition to the day with special activities in the amusement park, the Tibidabo, on 26st June.

On June 22 will take place the Pride proclamation by Aida Domenech (Dulceida), vlogger and content creator, especially known for her visibility as a lesbian woman.

One of the main novelties this year is the organization of a Festival of Saint John LGTBIQ + in the Gaixample on June 23 in the afternoon-evening, which will offer LGTBIQ+ people and friends a different proposal for that marked day.

Return to Av. Maria Cristina

pride! Barcelona presents its #Bollomami campaignThis edition of Pride will be held again at the Ave. Maria Cristina. Space that for two days will become the heart of Pride! BCN and which will host the Village with the City's LGTBIQ+ Entities Sample, the Commercial Village, the bar and restaurant area and the main stage with music, DJs and performances by artists from the national and international scene, where the Pride celebration will culminate.

"In addition to the commitment to the collective, we work to offer a varied and quality entertainment proposal. The Pride! BCN is a public and free festival of the city comparable in importance to the celebration of La Mercè, and also with a social and pro-rights character that other events do not have. In other words, we are the biggest festival of diversity and human rights in Barcelona", Says Ferran Poca, Director of the Organizing Committee.

On Saturday, June 25 at 18:XNUMX p.m. the Demonstration will begin which will start its march from the Parc de les Tres Xemeneies, will travel along Avenida Paral·lel and will arrive at Maria Cristina at 20pm, where the Manifesto for this edition will be read.

As a preview of the lineup of artists on June 24 and 25, the group's performances have been confirmed AQUA, dance icon of the 90s with his hit “Barbie Girl”, the electronic pop of Javier Mena or the eurovision surprise from Romania WRS extension with his viral song “Call me”. At a national level, urban artists stand out Luna Ki or La Zowi, and various proposals such as Gins, Marlena, Marta Sango, Rocío Saiz or La Fúria. How could it be otherwise, this edition has a strong feminine presence and a lesbian connection at an artistic level.

The images of the campaign have been made by the photographer meadows burn.

 

pride! Barcelona presents its #Bollomami campaign

pride! Barcelona LESBIANS Bollomami

pride! Barcelona LESBIANS Bollomami

pride! Barcelona LESBIANS Bollomami

pride! Barcelona LESBIANS Bollomami

pride! Barcelona LESBIANS Bollomami

Juan Andrés Teno, LGTBIQ+ activist, dies

Teno has been a benchmark for the LGTBIQ+ collective in its fight for family diversity and equality

Activism mourns the death of Juan Andres Teno, tireless defender of LGTBIQ+ rights, particularly of the families of the group. Tena was born in Puertollano (Ciudad Real) in 1967 but spent much of his life in Málaga.

One of his great struggles has been to empower the LGTBIQ+ collective, being one of the main defenders in Andalusia to the point of being regional delegate of the Association of Lesbian, Gay, Transsexual, Bisexual and Intersexual Mothers and Fathers (GALEHI) and head of the group of families of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGTB). "The important thing in the family is not who makes it up, but their love ties“He declared in a 2017 interview.

Family diversity and education

Juan Andrés Teno, LGTBIQ+ activist, dies

Teno was one of the great promoters of family diversity as a tool to make a fairer society and he explained to everyone who wanted to listen to him that they were two dads with a black and adopted son, normalizing a situation in which the important thing is to love and respect each other, regardless of sexual condition, race or religion.

He was also a great advocate of the use of a non-sexist language and gave numerous workshops to achieve greater equality in all areas. «We convince with facts, I do not want to defeat or that certain people stop thinking as they think, only that they respect us«, assured Teno.

Teno's death has caused great pain in the journalistic world of Malaga and the LGTBIQ+ community. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. DEP.

Juan Andrés Teno, LGTBIQ+ activist, dies

The Church of Scotland approves same-sex marriage

The Church of Scotland has voted to allow clergy to perform same-sex marriages

La Church of scotland announced Monday that it will endorse same-sex marriage. The dogma of Presbyterian origin is the official religion of the country, and is practiced by more than half of its inhabitants according to the last census. The decision was communicated by the members of the Edinburgh General Assembly, the governing body of this church. The debate ended after a vote, which ended with 274 expressions in favor and 136 against.

El Reverend Iain Greenshields, moderator of the Assembly, remarked: “The Church of Scotland is large and there are varying views on the issue of same-sex marriage among its members.”. In this sense, the authorities agreed that those ministers and deacons who do not want to carry out this type of union may abstain and will not be forced.

Before Monday's vote, assembly members expressed a variety of opinions on the change. Among them was the Rev. scott rennie, who in 2009 became the first openly gay clergyman of the Church of Scotland in approving his appointment, despite protests from some sectors of the Church. Rannie has said: “I want to say that marriage is a wonderful thing. My marriage to my husband Dave nurtures my life and my ministry. Frankly, I couldn't be a minister without his love and support. It is much like opposite-sex marriage in its joys and glories.«.

controversial decision

The Church of Scotland will allow same-sex marriage

The Covenant Fellowship Scotland, a think tank of evangelicals within the Church of Scotland, issued a statement accusing the Church of committing a serious mistake: "The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, by turning a proposal allowing ministers and deacons to officiate at same-sex marriages into a Church law, has acted in a way both unbiblical as sinful«. And they sentence: «This decision contradicts everything the Bible has to say about the complementary nature of men and women, and the character and purposes of marriage.«.

The Church of Scotland joins other Christian religions that have recently allowed same-sex marriage, such as the Methodist. However, the main Churches of the world (among them, the Roman Catholic) continue to prohibit these practices. Same-sex weddings could take place in Church of Scotland buildings later this year.

The Church of Scotland will allow same-sex marriage