(Blogmensgo, gay blog of 5 October 2019) From 22 to 28 September 2019, the Banned Books Week took place once again. And as already mentioned here in 2016, almost any excuse to ban books seems good, regardless of the country or place of prohibition and regardless of the content of the books concerned. Many websites,…
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Books on Pride Month
(Blogmensgo, gay blog of 14 July 2019) June 2019 was special in two ways. On the one hand, the Pride month today is clearly part of the festival and protest calendar even at the Library of Congress, and on the other hand, the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots was celebrated this year, in New…
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Supreme Court of Brazil Classifies Homophobia and Transphobia as Criminal Offenses
(Blogmensgo, gay blog of June 19, 2019) The Supreme Court of Brazil (STF = Supremo Tribunal Federal) decided by eight to three votes on June 13, 2019 that homophobia and transphobia must be punished in the same way as racist crimes and offenses, even though there is no specific law for them. The highest Brazilian…
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