by Beth Holmes | Sep 5, 2022 | Civil Rights, News, Power LGBT
A Nebraska school has shut down its student newspaper rather than allow it to print LGBT content. In March, the principal at Northwest High School in Grand Island, Nebraska visited the journalism classroom to deliver a new rule, allegedly from the school district...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 25, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality
The House of Representatives has passed a federal law enshrining same-sex marriage. Now it goes to the Senate. When Roe v. Wade was overturned in the U.S. Supreme Court, concerns were raised that Obergefell vs Hodges, the case that made same-sex marriage a right, was...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 4, 2022 | Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, LGBT community, News, Power LGBT, Racism, Sexuality
An Oslo shooting left two dead, 21 injured, and Norway on high terrorism alert on Saturday. Around 1am in the London Pub, Oslo’s self-styled “gay headquarters since 1979,” a man arrived with a bag. According to a witness, while still outside the pub, he pulled a...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 1, 2022 | Business, Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Health, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Power LGBT, Resources & Info, Transgender
David Ige, the governor of Hawaii, signed three new bills to support the state’s LGBTQ community last Thursday. House Bill 2405 requires health insurers to include medically necessary gender affirming care in their regular coverage. It will specifically prevent...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 20, 2022 | Civil Rights, Education, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Power LGBT
“You are loved. You are heard. You do belong,” said President Biden to LGBT youth, signing an executive order to push back against anti-LGBT state laws. Signed on Wednesday, Biden’s new executive order directs the federal Department of Health and Human Services...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 6, 2022 | Civil Rights, Education, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Rainbows in the White House this month, as President Joe Biden’s administration makes a point of celebrating Pride Month with action, not just lights. 2022 has been a rough year for the LGBTQ community, as bigotry of all forms surges in the U.S. According to the...