by Beth Holmes | Jan 31, 2022 | Gay and Lesbian, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Science
Epidemic disease is an undeniable part of queer history, and many LGBT people feel that the AIDS epidemic has prepared them, at least a little, for the current pandemic. The first case of HIV/AIDS in the United States was found in 1981, but it took until 1985 for AIDS...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 24, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality
LGBT veterans in the U.K. are given a chance to speak out in a review of the impact of the ban on LGBT military service, repealed in 2000. Until 2000, the British military banned LGBT service members. Out recruits were dismissed, and coming out after joining up could...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 10, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community
Senegalese lawmakers are working on a law update that would double prison sentences for those found guilty of same-sex sexual activities. Gay sex is already a crime in Senegal, with a sentence of up to five years in prison. The country doesn’t recognize same-sex...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 27, 2021 | Civil Rights, Education, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Religion
Jeff Green, who might be the richest man in Utah, donated $600,000 to an LGBTQ support group in Salt Lake City. Green, who was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left the faith over a decade ago. But on Monday, he officially resigned from the...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 20, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Sexuality
Chile has just moved marriage equality forward by an overwhelming majority vote in Parliament, a landmark in the Catholic country. The LGBT community in Chile has been pushing for marriage rights for years as other countries around the world have taken up the cause....
by Beth Holmes | Dec 13, 2021 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Transgender
Conversion therapy without full consent has been banned in Canada, after a unanimous vote in the House of Commons. So called ‘conversion therapy’ is a suite of practices meant to “cure” someone of same-sex attraction or gender nonconformity. Worldwide,...
