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 | May 29, 2021 | Business, Gay and Lesbian, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Power LGBT
Matthew Ashton, a designer for the Danish toy company Lego, originally made the rainbow set-piece and minifigs for his own desk. “I’d moved offices, so wanted to make the space feel like home with something that reflected me and the LGBTQIA+ community I’m...
by Beth Huffington | May 21, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, Power LGBT, Queer Community
The “Safe To Be Me” event in June 2022 will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first official London Pride march. It will be the first-ever global conference on LGBT rights held by the UK government. It will also probably be the largest ever such event,...
by Beth Huffington | May 14, 2021 | Homophobia, Human Rights, International, News
Alireza Fazeli Monfared was 20 years old, and he was a gay man in Iran. Afraid for his life and future, he was about to travel to Turkey, which has offered asylum to LGBT people since the Geneva Convention in 1951. His partner, activist Aghil Abyat, was there waiting...
by Beth Huffington | May 10, 2021 | Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Resources & Info, Sexuality, Transgender
Matthew Verdun and his researchers at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology surveyed 175 gay and lesbian adults to investigate links between the support of their families and anxiety or depression. One of the major factors the study looked at was parental...
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 23, 2021 | Civil Rights, Racism
Bruce’s Beach was a resort in Manhattan Beach, just southwest of LA. Charles and Willa Bruce bought the empty beachfront property in 1912 for $1225 (approximately $33,000 today) and built a dance hall, a lodge, a cafe, and changing rooms. The resort catered...
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...
by Beth Huffington | Apr 9, 2021 | Education, Gender, Transgender
In 2016, Shawnee State University in Ohio instituted a school policy requiring that students be addressed by the pronouns that match their gender identity, after an Obama-era directive that schools do everything in their power to make gender-non-conforming students...
