by Beth Holmes | Apr 25, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Sexuality
Qatar must suspend their anti-LGBT laws during the World Cup at the very least, says the head of Norwegian soccer. Lise Klaveness is a lawyer, the president of the Norwegian Football Federation, and a former commentator for the Men’s World Cup. She’s also...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 21, 2022 | Civil Rights, Gender, Homophobia, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Transgender
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is being sued over birth certificates, in a case crucial to trans and non-binary Oklahomans. In November 2021, Oklahoma Governor Stitt issued an executive order to direct the state to cease issuing birth certificates with a nonbinary...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 14, 2022 | Education, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Homophobia, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Sexuality, Transgender
“Don’t Say Gay” bill has passed the state legislature in Florida, despite waves of student walkouts protesting the proposed law. The “Don’t Say Gay” bill about sexual orientation and gender identity before third grade, with language vague enough that it...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 7, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Religion, Sexuality, Transgender, Women's Rights
LGBT Ukrainians fight for a country that disdains them, because Russia is certainly worse. Ukraine decriminalized same-sex sexual activity in the 1990s and allows trans people over 25 to legally change their gender, allows LGBT people to serve in the military and...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 28, 2022 | Bisexuality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Power LGBT, Resources & Info, Science, Sexuality, Transgender
A Gallup poll published on Thursday shows that over 7% of adults in the United States identify as being under the LGBT+ umbrella, a new high. Gallup surveys of 12,416 adults in 2021 asked Americans to say if they identified as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Sexuality, Transgender
Conversion practices are to be banned in New Zealand, after the third and final reading of a bill first proposed in 2018. The bill, which passed with 112 votes for, and 8 against, will still need to be signed off by New Zealand’s Governor-General for Royal...
