Geraldine Roman: The First Transgender Congresswoman

Geraldine Roman: The First Transgender Congresswoman

  The Philippines has been a mostly-Catholic country since they were folded into the Spanish Empire in the late 1600s. Today, they’re making strides from being a traditionalist agricultural economy towards one more industrial, but are still profoundly...
Celebrating LGBT Oscar Winners

Celebrating LGBT Oscar Winners

  When Sam Smith accepted his Oscar in February for best original song (“Writings on the Wall,” from the James Bond film “Spectre”), he suggested that he was the first openly gay Oscar winner. He was basing this off of a Twitter post from years before by Sir Ian...
Aruba Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Aruba Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

  In 2001, the Netherlands were among the first of many nations to legalize same-sex marriage, opening all the protections and qualifications of marriage to any pair of consenting adults. It was celebrated world-wide in the LGBT community. But that ruling did not...