WASHINGTON – The government of Panama has taken an important initial step to address the discriminatory impacts of its gender-based quarantine measures on transgender people by communicating its concern to security agencies, Human Rights Watch […]
BRSILIA – A Brazilian federal court judge has overturned an almost 20-year-old ban on “gay conversion therapy,” now allowing homosexuality to be treated as a “disease.” Waldemar de Carvalho’s decision reverses a 1999 Federal Council […]
DARIUS ZHENG / Special to the Santiago Times QUITO – Readers who are familiar with Ecuador would be aware of its latest development, where the new gender identity law enacted just last year now allows […]
BELGRADE – A gay woman has been appointed prime minister of the Balkan state of Serbia, which is also a recognized future member of the European Union. Ana Brnabic was handpicked by the new President, […]
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s top judges Wednesday ruled in favor of gay marriage, paving the way for the country to become the first nation in Asia to legalize same-sex unions. In a press release following the […]
JAKARTA – More than 140 men were arrested in Indonesia for attending a “gay sex party” at a sauna in the capital Jakarta late on Sunday. Police said attendees, including a Briton and a Singaporean, […]
By Darius Zheng/Special to The Santiago Times SANTIAGO – May 17 every year marks the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), conceived in commemoration of the declassification of homosexuality as a mental illness […]
By Darius Zheng/Special to The Santiago Times SANTIAGO – You might have seen an article we ran three weeks ago on a group of Chileans turning up in pink triangles outside the Ministry of Foreign […]
By Darius Zheng/Special to The Santiago Times SANTIAGO – Protesters turned up this morningoutside the Foreign Affairs Ministry (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores) in the Chilean capital to protest against the setting up of “gay concentration […]
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