by admin | Apr 10, 2020 | Equality, Featured, International, Politics, Power LGBT
Like nearly all of the former British colonies, Singapore inherited their colonizer’s anti-sodomy laws. Unlike many, they have actively maintained those laws into the present. Since 2007, political parties in the country have been seeking decriminalization. Some...
by admin | Apr 8, 2020 | Equality, Featured, News, Politics, Power LGBT
The entire world is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 190 countries have declared more than 330,000 identified cases. Its influence is currently part of the human condition, unaware of borders or nationalities or politics. And sanctions based on those things,...
by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Featured, News, Politics
A Trump administration rule change affecting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was announced in December 2019 and set to trigger on April 1st. It would have changed the eligibility rules for the program and made 700,000 people lose their benefits....
by admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Equality, Featured, International, LGBTQIA+, News, Power LGBT
The Middle East is not an area known for progress in LGBT rights, but Israel is several steps ahead of its neighbors. The State of Israel inherited Great Britain’s Buggery Act of 1533, a mandate against same-sex sexual activity, when the country was formed in...
by admin | Mar 25, 2020 | Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Power LGBT, Queer Community
In the fall of 2019, two teachers at John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Washington let their employer know that they’d each gotten engaged to their respective partners over the summer. Michelle Beattie, who taught health and coached soccer, and...
by admin | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Bernie Sanders just earned an endorsement from a very special someone. Christine Hallquist, the first openly trans person to be nominated for governor in the U.S., has officially named Bernie Sanders her presidential candidate of choice. “As an open and proud...