Tonga, Oceania

 

 

Cyclone destroys LGBTQ youth centre in Tonga

An LGBTQ+ youth centre in Tonga has been destroyed by a cyclone that is thought to be one of the most powerful to hit the island nation. The Category Five Cyclone Gita caused thousands of dollars worth of damage across the island, including wiping out the national parliament. ? LGBTQ activists were devastated to learn… Read more »

Olympic swimmer comes out as gay

Amini Fonua, who represented the South Pacific islands nation of Tonga at London 2012, comes out as gay – but he goes to an ‘LGBT-unfriendly’ American university Olympic swimmer Amini Fonua has come out in his college newspaper, despite studying at one of the least LGBT-friendly schools in the US. New-Zealand-born Fonua represented the South… Read more »