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 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...
by admin | Aug 20, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, News
On August 13th a Colorado appeals court ruled that a Denver-area baker is unable to use his religious beliefs as a reason to refuse making a wedding cake for a gay couple planning to get married. The Colorado Court of Appeals rejected the argument by lawyers for the...
by admin | Jun 23, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+
Although NYC’s Stonewall Inn still stands as a hub for the LGBT community, the place where the LGBT liberation movement and Pride Month were sparked, LGBT Pride Month has become a celebration that reaches all parts of the U.S. and beyond. The Los Angeles Pride Parade...
by admin | Jun 22, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+
Ireland did it in May. Mexico in June. Yet with the Supreme Court set to rule on gay marriage any day now, many are wondering how the US has lagged behind two traditionally Catholic countries. There’s no good reason for the United States to dally this long. Both...
