The History of Pathologization in Western Medicine: LGBTIQ+ Lives and Struggles

2023-06-30 16:59:30 First modification: 06/30/2023 – 18:59 Until 1990, the WHO considered homosexuality as a disease. Only in 2019, the body stopped categorizing trans people as people with a mental disorder. They are examples of the pathologization that LGBTIQ+ lives have received for decades in Western medicine that, even today, controls and governs people with … Read more

AVISO PK – June 5, 10 a.m.: Presentation of the memorial to the victims of the persecution of homosexuals during the Nazi era | PID press

2023-06-04 11:41:05 Vienna (OTS) – Monday will be “ARCUS (Shadow of a Rainbow). Monument to the homosexuals persecuted under National Socialism” in Vienna’s Resselpark. Deadline: Monday, June 5 at 10 a.mLocation: Resselpark, subway exit, 1040 Vienna Participants: Deputy Mayor Christoph Wiederkehr City Councilor Veronica Kaup-Hasler Hannes Sulzenbacher, Co-Head of the Center QWIEN – Center for … Read more

Florida Board Approves Extension of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law, Banning LGBTQ+ Teaching in Schools

2023-04-20 03:00:27 This Wednesday, April 19, a Florida state board approved an extension of the law called by the media as ‘Don’t say gay’, which marks that from now on school teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity will be prohibited at all educational levels from The third grade. Last year the same thing happened … Read more

Stranger Things actor comes out as gay

American actor, Noah Schnapp –who plays Will Byers in the series Stranger Things– came out as openly gay in a video he posted on his Tik Tok account. “When I finally told my friends and family I was gay, after being scared in the closet for 18 years, all they said was ‘we know,’” the … Read more

Hundreds of arrests in Istanbul: police crack down on Pride parade

Hundreds arrested in Istanbul Police crack down on Pride parade 6/27/2022, 5:14 am Despite a ban, numerous people are taking to the streets in Istanbul to take part in a Pride parade. Even before the event begins, the police randomly arrest people in nearby bars, and journalists are prevented from doing their work. According to … Read more

Taboo topic: Sexual orientation: Florida rocked with planned school law

Taboo topic: sexual orientation Florida shakes up with proposed school law 02/18/2022, 10:01 am After Texas enacted one of the strictest abortion laws, Florida is now also planning a step towards the past: A new school law is intended to determine how teachers talk about sexual identity: preferably not at all. Other states are also … Read more