Reacting to the news that the office of Tbilisi Pride have been ransacked and activists and journalists attacked, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The violence against Tbilisi Pride organizers, activists and journalists was as lamentable as it was predictable. The Georgian authorities are responsible for failing to …
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Queer people are beautiful. Period.
As the Victorian Legislative Council debates the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Bill this week, I would like you to know that far from being aberrant, Queerness is beautiful. We do not need to be prayed for. In fact, we as Queer people, demand that the public see us as complex and multi-faceted human beings …
Fifty years after Stonewall riots: Pride, protest and a hunger for equality
Fifty years ago, nine New York police officers stormed the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street and began aggressively searching the bar’s patrons. They demanded identification and arrested anyone they suspected of being gay or dressed in a way that didn’t conform to mainstream society’s narrow understanding of gender. The events that followed would spark the …
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