by admin | Nov 24, 2012 | News
On Sunday, November 18th, 2012, half a million people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, celebrated gay pride. This was the 17th annual LGBT parade in Rio de Janeiro, and LGBT people and supporters proudly carried a rainbow flag along Copacabana beach. The parade 1.3-mile...
by admin | Nov 24, 2012 | News, Power LGBT
Cameroon’s law makes it illegal to be gay, or even act “too gay.” Roger Jean-Claude Mbede is scheduled for a hearing on Monday, November 19, 2012, which will appeal his 3-year sentence. His crime? Sending another man a text message telling him he loved him. Franky...
by admin | Nov 24, 2012 | News, Profiles
John Rhea, NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority) Chairman, is an advocate for LGBT people in New York. Rhea is an outspoken supporter for the equal treatment of all people, and as part of his position at NYCHA he helped to create the Department of Housing and Urban...
by admin | Nov 22, 2012 | Articles, News
For its sixth year running, the Kolkata LGBT Film & Video Festival will kick off this year on shoppers’ favorite day, Black Friday. DIALOGUES aims to connect people and overcome the boundaries that often separate us. The festival, which lasts two days, will...
by admin | Nov 20, 2012 | Equality, News
It’s a hard-knock life for the Boy Scouts of America these days—not that it’s completely undeserved. The organization has been under scrutiny in recent months for a sexual abuse lawsuit that forced them to release thousands of confidential files to prosecutors. The...
