Feminists have staged a protest outside a courthouse in France where 71-year-old Dominique Pélicot is on trial for allegedly inviting dozens of men to rape his wife. Pélicot is accused of drugging and raping his now former wife. 50 other men, aged between 22 and 70, are facing charges of aggravated rape, and the trial […]

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A film festival highlighting queer cinema from East and Southeast Asia begins a tour of the UK this month. The Queer East Festival tour, On The Road, runs until December and will showcase some of the best up-and-coming movies from the regions. Created to address the lack of decent representation in the media, the festival […]

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Admirers of Father Mychal Judge, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) chaplain who died in the 9/11 attack, once asked for the priest to be considered for sainthood, and the more you learn about him you’ll understand why. Roman Catholic priest Mychal Judge is remembered as a hero of the attacks on the World […]

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