by admin | Oct 21, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, News, Religion
While people consider Pope Francis to be relatively progressive, the Catholic Church remains conservative in many ways. Monsignor Krzyzstof Charamsa came out in newspaper interviews in Italy and Poland, where he is from, announcing that he was proud to be a gay...
by admin | Oct 19, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, Transgender
In a world that has long denied their identities and even their existence, the medical community and society is now progressing toward inclusive healthcare options for transgendered people. This week, grocery chain Kroger announced that it would offer full coverage...
by admin | Oct 16, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, News
Sunday the 11th was National Coming Out Day, and to engage with the day the Fire Department of New York released a video PSA for the It Gets Better project, targeted at LGBT youth. Federal legislation, like the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and the Supreme...
by admin | Oct 16, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, News
The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.9 million to the lawyers who have won a landmark gay marriage case at the US Supreme Court. The Michigan case was one that led to the legalization of marriage equality for every state in the United States. The lawyers were...
by admin | Oct 16, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, News
A United States government report, backed by the Obama administration, says that the practice of “conversion therapy”—efforts to “convert” LGBT youth to heterosexuality—must stop. The therapy is dangerous and poses significant risk and harm to LGBT-identified youth...
by admin | Oct 16, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, News, Politics
This weekend Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech in support of gay rights in the 2016 presidential race, promising that she would end discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people. The fact that this would now be a central pillar of Clinton’s...
