by admin | May 10, 2016 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, News
LGBT historians in a future Ukraine may well regard April 9th, 2016 as a date of note. On that Saturday, the first visible gay wedding took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. Zoryan Kis and Tymur Levchuk decided a year ago that they weren’t content to wait for the...
by admin | May 4, 2016 | Education, Entertainment, LGBTQIA+
We may still be waiting for a lesbian Disney princess (or not, depending on your take on Elsa). Despite Disney’s slow progress many children’s books with same-sex couples are being published at a slow and steady rate. One of the latest children’s book...
by admin | Apr 29, 2016 | LGBTQIA+, News
We’ve all seen the LGBT pride flag, with its broad, bold rainbow stripes. Whether flown in front of inclusive churches, progressive schools, or draped around the shoulders of activists, it’s instantly recognizable. This worldwide recognition surprises...
by admin | Apr 19, 2016 | Civil Rights, Gender, LGBTQIA+, Transgender
A transgender man named Kendall Oliver, who uses the gender-neutral pronoun they, plans to sue a barbershop in Rancho Cucamonga, California for denying them service. Oliver had made an appointment there, but after arriving, was told that The Barbershop (the...
by admin | Apr 13, 2016 | Equality, LGBTQIA+
Even though we live in the year 2016, we are not in a perfect or ideal society. Despite having passed many influential legal agreements in the name of civil rights and equality for all (such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and the Pregnancy...
