by admin | Apr 20, 2018 | Featured, Gay and Lesbian
In New Zealand, homosexual activity between males was illegal until 1986. That’s recent enough that there are plenty of men alive today with convictions related to it, criminal records that follow them today, more than 30 years later. While records are...
by admin | Mar 30, 2018 | Featured, Gay and Lesbian
On Thursday, March 29th, Washington became the 11th U.S. state to ban gay conversion therapy, a practice of “treating” people (usually minors) for homosexuality. “Conversion therapy is not so much therapy, it’s abuse, and we are today prohibiting...
by admin | Feb 22, 2018 | Equality, Featured, Gay and Lesbian
Andrew Dvash-Banks met his husband Elad in Tel Aviv in the late 2000s, and they married in Canada before the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal across the U.S. They always planned for a family, and in 2016, a surrogate parent made that a...
by admin | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, Gay and Lesbian
The Supreme Court of India is considering (for the third time) a new civil code which would legalize same-sex sexual activity and maybe even marriage. If it’s passed, the new code will replace the current code, which rules same-sex relations as being...
by admin | Jan 19, 2018 | Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Politics
Palm Springs, California is the third gayest city in America, according to the Williams Institute’s 2017 LGBT census. A rat pack city from the 1960s, Palm Springs gained a reputation for discretion. That reputation attracted queer vacationers, many of...
by admin | Aug 29, 2017 | Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, News
Two men from Dallas, Texas, have pleaded guilty to the hate crimes of targeting gay men to rob and assault in a chain of home invasions. The perpetrators, four in total (two are still awaiting trial) used the queer-oriented dating app Grindr to select and contact...
