by admin | Aug 29, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, News
The CEO of a massive convention for gamers, Gen Con, threatened to leave Indiana earlier this year over religious objections law that said organizers were “shopping the show” to other cities and could relocate if lawmakers do not expand their protections for gays and...
by admin | Aug 28, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics
Four of the 17 Republican presidential candidates have agreed to support an amendment to the federal constitution that will define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The announcement was made by the National Organization for Marriage, who identified...
by admin | Aug 28, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+
President Barack Obama lectured Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta about his country’s rights record. Under Kenyan law, sexual activity between men is illegal and punishable with a maximum imprisonment of 14 years. Many Kenyan leaders had encouraged Obama not to discuss...
by admin | Aug 27, 2015 | LGBTQIA+
A suspect who identified as an Ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed a teenage girl, along with five other people, at a Jerusalem Gay Pride parade. Shira Banki, the 16-year-old girl assaulted by Yishai Schlissel, succumbed to her wounds on Sunday. Hadar Elboim, of the city’s...
by admin | Aug 25, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+
Russian police in St. Petersburg have briefly detained several LGBT activists who held pickets in defense of equal rights on a Russian military holiday. Police earlier this month arrested Yuri Gavrikov, who was the leader of the LGBT rights group, as he left his home...
