by Beth Holmes | Jan 30, 2023 | Civil Rights, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality
A new crackdown of anti-LGBT sentiment in Russia is sending refugees out of the country. In December, the Russian Parliament expanded their previous law against ‘LGBT propaganda’ to ban any positive depictions of same-sex relationships at all. Its original...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 11, 2023 | Equality, Homophobia, International, News, Power LGBT
The Black Eyed Peas play in Poland for New Year’s Eve, in a show of solidarity for the LGBT community. Poland’s relationship with its LGBT citizenry is rocky. While LGBT people have many legal rights and have since 1932, those rights are being eroded under...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 12, 2022 | Entertainment, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, Power LGBT, Queer Community
A gay men’s choir celebrates the holidays in Colorado Springs, bringing back the light that the Club Q shooting quenched. Out Loud, a gay men’s choir founded in 2005, is part of a tradition of gay and lesbian choirs that goes back to the 1970s, San...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 28, 2022 | Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, LGBT community, News, Power LGBT
The Club Q shooting suspect has been identified by police, after five people were killed and 19 injured Saturday in the LGBTQ nightclub. Club Q describes itself as an adult-oriented gay and lesbian nightclub, and has long called itself a safe haven for the LGBTQ...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 7, 2022 | Civil Rights, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, Politics, Power LGBT
Partnership certificates aren’t same-sex marriage, but they’re a big step forward for Tokyo and Japan. Japan is the only country left in the G7 group which doesn’t yet recognize same-sex marriage. Most polling indicates the Japanese people are in...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 31, 2022 | Civil Rights, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Transgender
Qatar police are detaining and abusing LGBT people, according to a Human Rights Watch report released in advance of the World Cup next month. Homosexuality has been illegal for men in Qatar since before it was Qatar, which made their selection to host the 2022 FIFA...
