by Beth Huffington | Jun 25, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Queer Community, Religion
Discrimination in adoption cannot bar an organization from contracting with the city for adoption and foster care, ruled the U.S. Supreme Court on June 17. A Roman Catholic adoption agency has been involved in a lawsuit with the city of Philadelphia for well over a...
by Beth Huffington | Jun 21, 2021 | Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Queer Community
Japan failed to pass a law protecting its LGBT citizens in their last chance before the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2019, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Japan campaigned hard for the queer vote, promising civil rights protections and bills promoting “correct...
by Beth Huffington | Jun 11, 2021 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT
Fidesz, the political party of current Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, continues to march further right as the county prepares to vote on new legislation to ban any matter “promoting” homosexuality–under the guise of protecting children from pornography...
by Beth Huffington | Jun 4, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Queer Community, Religion, Transgender
The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See will be flying the Pride flag through the month of June this year. “The United States respects the dignity and equality of LGBTQI+ people. LGBTQI+ rights are human rights.” The tweet from the United States embassy in the Vatican on...
by Beth Huffington | Apr 30, 2021 | Equality, Gender, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Caitlyn Jenner announced that she plans to run for the California governor’s seat. This isn’t an election year, but a recall election for current Gov. Gavin Newsom seems likely, and candidates are putting their hats in the ring already. Jenner has no...
by Beth Huffington | Apr 19, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Back in July 2020, voters in anti-LGBT Russia passed a measure to amend the country’s constitution to redefine marriage and parenthood as a union between a “biological” man and woman. The measure passed with nearly 80 percent of voters in support, after years of...
