by Beth Holmes | Jan 31, 2022 | Gay and Lesbian, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Science
Epidemic disease is an undeniable part of queer history, and many LGBT people feel that the AIDS epidemic has prepared them, at least a little, for the current pandemic. The first case of HIV/AIDS in the United States was found in 1981, but it took until 1985 for AIDS...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 10, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community
Senegalese lawmakers are working on a law update that would double prison sentences for those found guilty of same-sex sexual activities. Gay sex is already a crime in Senegal, with a sentence of up to five years in prison. The country doesn’t recognize same-sex...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 27, 2021 | Civil Rights, Education, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Religion
Jeff Green, who might be the richest man in Utah, donated $600,000 to an LGBTQ support group in Salt Lake City. Green, who was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left the faith over a decade ago. But on Monday, he officially resigned from the...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 13, 2021 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Transgender
Conversion therapy without full consent has been banned in Canada, after a unanimous vote in the House of Commons. So called ‘conversion therapy’ is a suite of practices meant to “cure” someone of same-sex attraction or gender nonconformity. Worldwide,...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 6, 2021 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Health, Human Rights, International, Intersex, LGBT community, News, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Science, Transgender
Fertility treatment, as part of state-fund medical care, is considered a right in Spain. And for the first time, that right has been extended to lesbians, transgender, and nonbinary people. Most of the European Union has legalized same-sex marriages, but laws...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 12, 2021 | Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community
The USNS Harvey Milk was launched this Saturday, the first navy vessel named after a gay veteran. Harvey Milk was a diving officer for the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He served about the submarine rescue ship USS Kittiwake, diving to rescue trapped service men in...
