Valletta’s baroque balconies were draped in rainbow flags long before the first hymn echoed inside St John’s Co-Cathedral last Saturday. Inside, Archbishop Charles Scicluna had just proclaimed a “Jubilee of Grace” for LGBTQ+ Catholics—an historic concession that turned the island’s most hallowed nave into a technicolour tapestry of tears, cheers, and nervous genuflections. For many…
**Watch: Gay Rights Activists Disrupt Rebecca Buttigieg Speech in Valletta** A routine political address turned into an unexpected flashpoint for LGBTQ+ rights yesterday evening, as gay rights activists interrupted Parliamentary Secretary Rebecca Buttigieg’s speech at the Valletta Cultural Hub. The disruption, which lasted approximately three minutes, has ignited fresh debate about Malta’s progress on queer…
Gay rights activists disrupt Rebecca Buttigieg speech after member detained ===================================================================== Valletta – A routine parliamentary outreach event turned confrontational on Wednesday evening when activists from Malta’s LGBTQ+ community interrupted a public address by Labour MP Rebecca Buttigieg, protesting the brief detention of a fellow campaigner outside the University of Malta conference hall. The activist,…
At 50, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is ‘imperfectly’ good (and queer) as ever – and Malta is still doing the Time Warp St Julian’s’ Eden Cinemas is usually quiet on a Tuesday night, yet last week its lobby pulsed with glitter, feather boas and the unmistakable bassline of “Sweet Transvestite”. The occasion? A special…
