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 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 | 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 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 admin | Nov 22, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Human Rights, LGBT community, Politics, Power LGBT
Ghana is not a new battlefield for the fight over LGBT rights, but new developments have brought it to the fore. On November 10, 2021, the country had its first public hearings on a piece of proposed legislation which will, if passed, make it a crime simply to be gay,...
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...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 11, 2021 | Featured, Homophobia, International, LGBT community, News, Politics
The Rainbow Hub in Sofia, Bulgaria, was the site of a violent mob attack on October 30, and it may have included a candidate for the country’s president. Not as a victim–but as a perpetrator. The Rainbow Hub, set in an apartment block, is a center for the...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 29, 2021 | Featured, Health, Homophobia, International, News, Power LGBT, Science
Nitzan Horowitz was thrilled to donate blood on Tuesday, October 26th. It’s the first time he’s ever been able to, because until this week, Israel, like many countries, banned gay men from donating blood. Nitzan Horowitz is also, coincidentally enough, Israel’s Health...
