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A gay rights campaigner is calling on residents to make sure that everyone — regardless of their sexuality — matters. Taj Donville-Outerbridge made the plea today, the start of international Pride Month. Mr Donville-Outerbridge said: “Today marks th...

Young members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies have backed claims of homophobia driving young people off the island. Sophia Tessitore, the president of Bermuda College’s LGBTQ+ group The Village, said she had seen many people in the community...

Tackling a culture of homophobia is the key to keeping young people in Bermuda, according to an LGBTQ+ activist. Taj Donville-Outerbridge, 22, said that public intolerance was one of the biggest problems – and one that could not be solved entirely by...

Beaming new lawyer Gabrielle Moniz aspired to a future in human rights law as she celebrated her Call to the Bar on Friday. Ms Moniz, 25, the daughter of former attorney-general Trevor Moniz, was Called to the Bar last month after completing her pupi...

Bermuda’s marriage equality controversy is expected to feature in a debate in the UK’s House of Commons. Crispin Blunt, a Conservative backbencher, has secured a parliamentary slot for a discussion of LGBT rights in Britain’s Overseas Territories. Mr...

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women” — Maya Angelou On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to speak to a dynamic group of women as the guest speaker for the Bermuda Public Services Union International Women's Day...

International Women’s Day will be celebrated next week. The IWD Bermuda Committee invited participants to take pictures at the purple flower wall at Hamilton City Hall. Purple symbolises women’s suffrage. Guests at next Tuesday“s event will be invite...

A final call has been made for people to fill “critically important” positions on the island’s Human Rights Tribunal. The Selection and Appointment Committee for Human Rights wants applications from people prepared to rule on discrimination complaint...

Ukrainians in Bermuda protested against the Russian invasion of their country and appealed for donations to the Ukraine Red Cross

The commemoration tomorrow of a landmark event in the history of enslavement in Bermuda has been postponed because of bad weather. The recognition of the arrival in Bermuda of the American ship Enterprise, which had 78 enslaved people on board, was ...

The recruitment process for a new Human Rights Tribunal panel has begun with a selection committee seeking applications. Seth Darrell, head of the Selection and Appointment Committee (SAC) for Human Rights, said they hoped to find a diverse panel of ...

There are regions around the globe where warfare over the struggle for human rights and justice play out with people dying daily — much of it caught on camera — at great risk for journalists. Although much of this activity involves powerful weapons ...