by Beth Huffington | Jun 25, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Queer Community, Religion
Discrimination in adoption cannot bar an organization from contracting with the city for adoption and foster care, ruled the U.S. Supreme Court on June 17. A Roman Catholic adoption agency has been involved in a lawsuit with the city of Philadelphia for well over a...
by Beth Huffington | Jun 4, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Queer Community, Religion, Transgender
The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See will be flying the Pride flag through the month of June this year. “The United States respects the dignity and equality of LGBTQI+ people. LGBTQI+ rights are human rights.” The tweet from the United States embassy in the Vatican on...
by Beth Huffington | May 21, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, Power LGBT, Queer Community
The “Safe To Be Me” event in June 2022 will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first official London Pride march. It will be the first-ever global conference on LGBT rights held by the UK government. It will also probably be the largest ever such event,...
by Beth Huffington | Apr 30, 2021 | Equality, Gender, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Caitlyn Jenner announced that she plans to run for the California governor’s seat. This isn’t an election year, but a recall election for current Gov. Gavin Newsom seems likely, and candidates are putting their hats in the ring already. Jenner has no...
by Beth Huffington | Apr 19, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Back in July 2020, voters in anti-LGBT Russia passed a measure to amend the country’s constitution to redefine marriage and parenthood as a union between a “biological” man and woman. The measure passed with nearly 80 percent of voters in support, after years of...
by Beth Huffington | Apr 2, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, Gender, Human Rights, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
In July 2017, former President Trump casually ordered a ban on allowing transgender troops to transition while serving in the American armed forces via his Twitter account. A panel in the Defense Department drew up official regulations, and the ban fought through the...
