The LGBTQ+ news round-up: 17 April 2016

In the latest addition of The Queerness' global news round-up Tom Ana shares some of the stories that might not have made headlines. From Argentina to Kenya, Australia to Norway; it's your weekly selection of the week's most important LGBTQ+ news.

Queer and hijabi: It’s complicated

In the wake of the Channel 4 show, What Muslims Really Think, we look behind Islamophobic headlines and scaremongering, with a first person account of growing up gay and Muslim in the UK by Hannah Noor, a gay British Muslim woman.

A Guide to Surviving Non-Monogamy

In this guest post for The Queerness, a reader contributes their experience of being a non-monogamous bisexual person and navigating what that means for them.

A vote for prejudice and discrimination

A new law in Tennessee proposes to allow therapists to refuse to see LGBTQ+ clients. Karen Pollock explores how this will protect, poor, incompetent and unethical practitioners.

#GayMediaSoWhite & why diversity in LGBTQ+ media matters

As the debate rages about diversity in LGBTQ+ media, Marcus Stow discusses how it's just part of a wider problem that can make anyone who isn't a cisgender white gay male feel excluded

The LGBTQ+ news round-up: 10 April 2016

While big name issues in America continued to garner much media attention the world saw saw events and changes all across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. In his latest weekly instalment Tom Ana shares some of the most important news stories from the last seven days.

PayPal is pulling out of North Carolina for its anti-LGBTQ+ laws. More companies should show such courage

PayPal is willing to place paramount importance on the safety of its LGBTQ+ staff in a state that puts their livelihoods - and lives - at risk. Lee Williscroft-Ferris praises their moral stance.

Bad science

LGBTQ+ people have long had to fight against scientific theories which medicalise and pathologize. Karen Pollock argues it's time to leave the bad science behind.

The LGBTQ+ news round-up: 3 April 2016

This week saw the International Transgender Day of Visibility celebrated across the world, with hundreds of events taking place in all four corners of the globe. In the latest edition of the LGBTQ+ news round-up, Tom Ana presents the stories you might have missed from the last seven days.

The LGBTQ+ news round-up: 27 March 2016

From Myanmar to North Carolina, Tom Ana returns for the second global round-up of LGBTQ+ news stories from the past seven days.