by admin | Apr 13, 2016 | Equality, LGBTQIA+
Even though we live in the year 2016, we are not in a perfect or ideal society. Despite having passed many influential legal agreements in the name of civil rights and equality for all (such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and the Pregnancy...
by admin | Mar 23, 2016 | Entertainment, LGBTQIA+, News
“If you think Luke is gay, of course he is,” said Mark Hamill, in an interview with The Sun. That sentence doesn’t look like a big deal, but it’s a big deal. Anyone who’s been in the Star Wars corner of nerdom for a while might remember that...
by admin | Mar 11, 2016 | Entertainment, LGBTQIA+, News
It should be no surprise that Japan has a varied queer scene. The shades of its particular rainbow are unknown outside the country. Director Graham Kolbeins and his co-writer Anne Ishii are ready to dive into that deep well to see what they discover. Their documentary...
by admin | Mar 9, 2016 | LGBTQIA+, News
There is an unassuming brown brick row house with white columns and blue trim 219 11th St SE on Capitol Hill. But in January 2016, the seven-member board of the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board voted unanimously to designate the house as an LGBT...
by admin | Feb 22, 2016 | Human Rights, International, LGBTQIA+
On February 4th, 2016, the United Nations released a set of six new stamps to promote UN Free & Equal, the ongoing UN push for LGBT equality. The stamps, featuring pictures of gay and lesbian couples, queer families, and a trans woman, are the first set on this...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Education, Equality, LGBTQIA+
What Jared Fox wants most to do is to make sure that students don’t have to fear to go to school. That’s what his position as the new LGBT liaison for New York City Public School system amounts to—he consults with teachers and administrators to make sure...
