{"id":2883,"date":"2017-03-31T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2017-03-22T16:56:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T20:56:33","slug":"lgbtqia-world-news-roundup-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2883","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA World News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LGBTQIA-World-News-Roundup-032217.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LGBTQIA-World-News-Roundup-032217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"995\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By Thomas Maxheimer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/tomoya-hosoda-becomes-first-ever-trans-man-elected-public-office-world\/\">Tomoya Hosoda Becomes First Ever Trans Man Elected To Public Office In The World<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a world first, a trans man has been elected to public office. ?The 25-year-old was elected as a councilor for the city of Iruma, in the central Kanto region of Japan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/beauty-and-the-beast-malaysia-ban-cinemas-cuts-lefou-disney-gay-character-moment-a7642701.html\">Disney &#8216;pleased&#8217; to confirm Beauty and the Beast will play in Malaysia without cuts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Malaysia announced it would censor the film, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2017\/03\/15\/disney-cancels-all-screenings-of-beauty-and-the-beast-in-malaysia-after-censors-cut-gay-content\/\">Disney responded that they would bock any and all screenings<\/a> of the altered version. ?Today Disney announced that the the screening is back on, in its uncensored version. ?As we have previously reported, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2830\">Russia has banned anyone under the age of 16 from viewing the film<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2828\">one drive-in theatre in the US has banned showing the film due to their religious views<\/a>. ?These efforts don?t seem to reflect the values of the majority of people because, as the New York Times reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/19\/movies\/beauty-and-the-beast-clobbers-record-with-170-million-opening.html?_r=0\">?<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/19\/movies\/beauty-and-the-beast-clobbers-record-with-170-million-opening.html?_r=0\">Beauty and the Beast? Clobbers Record With $170 Million Opening<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2017\/03\/16\/george-michaels-home-village-to-throw-huge-celebration-for-54th-birthday\/\">George Michael?s Home Village To Throw Huge Celebration For 54th Birthday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Michael?s home for many years was Goring, Oxfordshire, and that is where he passed away on Christmas Day. ?His loved ones and fellow villagers are planning a memorial celebration and concert to honor his memory. ?The event will take place on what would have been Michael?s 54th birthday, 25 June. ?All tickets have sold out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Thomas Maxheimer Tomoya Hosoda Becomes First Ever Trans Man Elected To Public Office In The World In a world first, a trans man has been elected to public office. ?The 25-year-old was elected as a councilor for the city of Iruma, in the central Kanto region of Japan. Disney &#8216;pleased&#8217; to confirm Beauty and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glbt-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}