by Beth Holmes | Jan 24, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality
LGBT veterans in the U.K. are given a chance to speak out in a review of the impact of the ban on LGBT military service, repealed in 2000. Until 2000, the British military banned LGBT service members. Out recruits were dismissed, and coming out after joining up could...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 20, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Sexuality
Chile has just moved marriage equality forward by an overwhelming majority vote in Parliament, a landmark in the Catholic country. The LGBT community in Chile has been pushing for marriage rights for years as other countries around the world have taken up the cause....
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 | Nov 29, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Sexuality
Joshua Payne-Elliott, who teaches world languages and social studies, worked at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis from 2006 to 2019, under contract with the school. In 2017, he married his husband Layton, a teacher at another school in the same archdiocese,...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 22, 2021 | Business, Civil Rights, Entertainment, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality, Transgender
MTV is taking a stand for gay rights in Hungary, according to CEO Chris McCarthy. Back in 2019, MTV brokered a deal to hold its 2021 Europe Music Awards in Hungary. The long lead time is not usual; these things take a considerable amount of time to plan and execute....
by Beth Holmes | Oct 20, 2021 | Education, LGBTQIA+, Queer Community, Resources & Info, Sexuality
Acephobia reared its head again this past National Coming Out Day, as it does every year. So let’s talk. Asexual people are people who don’t experience sexual attraction, or libido, or both. Under that umbrella are gray-asexual people, who experience...
