by Beth Holmes | Sep 10, 2021 | Civil Rights, LGBT community, News, Power LGBT, Religion
Carl Bean, an icon of American LGBT history and acceptance and Motown music, has passed away 77 years after he was “Born This Way.” Bean was born in Baltimore in 1944, and raised by neighbors after his mother passed away. He was brought up in both the church and the...
by admin | Oct 30, 2020 | LGBTQIA+, News, Religion
“Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God,” said Pope Francis. “You can’t kick someone out of a family, nor make their life miserable for this. What we have to have is a civil union law; that way they are legally...
by admin | Feb 12, 2016 | Equality, LGBTQIA+
The Tempe Tourism Office has won the first-ever award of its kind from Pride Guide, a local LGBT publication, for highlighting Arizona’s LGBT-friendly businesses. The state has been working to become a more LGBT-friendly tourist destination. In a state that has...
by admin | Nov 18, 2015 | Religion, Transgender
In an overwhelmingly positive voice vote Reform Judaism embraced sweeping transgender rights policies. It’s the largest Jewish movement in the country and these are some of the most far-reaching policies adopted by a mainstream religious organization in the...
by admin | Oct 16, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, News
A United States government report, backed by the Obama administration, says that the practice of “conversion therapy”—efforts to “convert” LGBT youth to heterosexuality—must stop. The therapy is dangerous and poses significant risk and harm to LGBT-identified youth...