Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZonePlay buttonMastercard Mastercard will allow trans people to use chosen names on cardswashingtonblade.com - Mariah Cooper Mastercard will allow transgender customers to use their chosen names on their credit card, debit card and prepaid card. This is a huge step for …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneLGBTQI US high schoolers suspended for burning Pride flag, yelling ‘all gays die’pinknews.co.uk - Lily Wakefield Two US high school footballers who allegedly burned a Pride flag and yelled “all gays die” in a Snapchat video have been suspended from their team …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneEcuador Ecuador approves same-sex marriage as LGBT+ groups hail landmark weekweforum.org Ecuador’s decision to allow same-sex marriage has topped a landmark week for LGBT+ rights after Botswana decriminalised gay sex and Bhutan took the …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneLGBTQI LGBT milestones in Hong Kong: highs and lows of a 150-year road towards acceptancescmp.com - Lauren James In a place as culturally textured yet socially conservative as Hong Kong, it can be hard to know where the LGBT community stands. The city’s scene is …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZonePolitics House votes to block funding for Trump's transgender military banCNN - By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNNWashington (CNN) — The House of Representatives approved an amendment Tuesday night that blocks the Pentagon from using funds to implement President Donald Trump's transgender military ban. But the appropriations
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneJuneteenth 7 black LGBTQ leaders in honor of Juneteenth and Pride monthCNN - By Erin Davis and Brandon Griggs, CNN(CNN) — African Americans have long celebrated the legacies of leaders like Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., all formidable forces for change within the black community and beyond.
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneUniversity of Minnesota Nine-year-old who defies labels helps teach educators about queer youthReuters - Daniel Trotta(Reuters) - When a third-grade teacher from Texas asked her mostly 8-year-old students what they wanted to be when they grow up, one of them wrote on the white board: “drag queen.” That response came Keegan,
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneConversion Therapy State Bans On Conversion Therapy Have Protected 10,000 Teens, A New Report EstimatesBustle - Seth Millstein In 2012, California became the first state to ban conversion therapy, the discredited practice of attempting to make gay people straight, for minors. …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneMegan Rapinoe Why Queer Women Are Obsessed With the US Women's National Soccer Teamthem.us - Jill Gutowitz It's about thirst, sure. But the sheer number of out, queer players in professional soccer sets an inspiring new bar for lesbian visibility, too. I …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneLGBTQI What The "Q" In LGBTQ+ Stands ForRefinery29 - Erika W. SmithMost people can agree with the L, G, B, and T in the acronym LGBTQ+ stand for: lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. But when it comes to the Q, it gets a little more complicated. According to the Rights
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneHomosexuality 13 countries where being gay is legally punishable by deathUSA TODAY Money - Hristina ByrnesThe tiny nation of Brunei recently caused international outrage when it enacted draconian laws making gay sex a capital crime. After several weeks of fierce condemnation by world leaders, the sultanate
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneEcuador Ecuador Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage In Landmark Week For LGBTQ RightsHuffPost - The Huffington PostThe Latin American nation joined Botswana and Bhutan in securing a victory for LGBTQ equality. MEXICO CITY, June 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ecuador’s decision to allow same-sex marriage has topped
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneLGBTQI AP Explains: The rocky rise of LGBT rights in Latin AmericaAssociated Press - By CHRISTINE ARMARIOBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Despite a dark past, today many LGBT citizens in Latin America are enjoying the right to marry, choose their gender identity and adopt children. But while laws in several of the
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneGay Pride Police: 'Man with BB gun' caused gay pride parade panicBBC NewsA man is due to appear in court after allegedly causing a stampede at a gay pride parade in the US which left seven people needing hospital treatment. The man, named in US media as 38-year-old Aftabjit
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneNews Pride Flags and Foreign Policy: U.S. Diplomats See Shift on Gay RightsThe New York Times - By ERNESTO LONDOÑORIO DE JANEIRO — American diplomats in Brazil recently sought State Department permission to fly rainbow flags this month at the United States Embassy and a consulate, citing an increasingly hostile environment
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZonePolitics Trump Administration Blocks Embassies From Flying LGBTQ Flags for Pride MonthRolling Stone - Peter Wade Four United States embassies around the world have requested to fly the LGBTQ flag on their flagpoles for Pride Month, and all four requests have …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneRed Carpet Tonys 2019: Our Favorite LGBTQ+ Looks From the Red Carpetout.com - By Out.com Editors
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneChina China embraced gay ‘marriage’ centuries ago – until the West perverted historyinkstonenews.com - Sarah Ngu Anyone reading the headlines about Taiwan’s legalization of same-sex marriage would get the impression this was Asia’s first taste of marriage …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneTransgender World Health Organization Guidelines On Transgender Identities Got A Major UpdateBustle - Lani Seelinger In many countries, a transgender person wishing to undergo a transition has to first be classified as having a "gender identity disorder," a step …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneSame-sex Marriage China signals won't follow Taiwan in allowing same-sex marriageReuters India - by Ben Blanchard and Gao LiangpingBEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government signalled on Wednesday that it would not follow Taiwan's example on same-sex marriage after the first legal unions in Asia were hailed by activists as a social
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneWorld News Kenya's Supreme Court Upholds a Colonial-Era Anti-LGBTQ LawThe Atlantic - Jacob KushnerActivists argue it is homophobia, not homosexuality, that has been imported from the West. NAIROBI—When the Nigerian writer Unoma Azuah was growing up in the Asaba Niger Delta, she once asked her grandmother
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneTaiwan Thinking about a gay destination wedding in Taiwan? Not so fastQuartz - Isabella StegerTaiwan made history last week by becoming the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. Activists, however, say the fight is not yet over. When same-sex couples will be officially allowed to for
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneCentral China For China's LGBTQ people, Taiwan's rainbow victory is a moment of joy and painCNN - By Ben Westcott and Steven Jiang, CNNTaipei, Taiwan (CNN) — When Chinese gay rights activist Peng Yanhui heard that Taiwan had approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage on May 17 as he boarded a flight, he burst into tears of joy. "I crying
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneHomophobia French students accused of homophobic attack- La Croix Internationalla-croix.com The board of a Catholic university in western France is to call a dozen students before a disciplinary committee after they were accused of attacking …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneTransgender Trump Administration Proposes Nixing Health Care Protections For Transgender PeopleHuffPost - Julian Shen-BerroThe announcement comes just days after the Trump administration proposed removing homeless shelter protections for transgender people. President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a new regulation
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneTaiwan Watch: Taiwan couples tie the knot in Asia's first same-sex marriagesEuronews - By Euronews with ReutersAsia's first same-sex marriages took place in Taiwan on Friday, in a development hailed by activists as a social revolution for the region. Twenty couples queued to tie the knot at one Taipei registry
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneTaiwan Same-sex couples marry in TaiwanNBC News - NBCNews.com After decades of heated debate, couples were allowed to register their same-sex marriages in Taiwan after it was finally endorsed by lawmakers.
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneJair Bolsonaro Brazil's Supreme Court Makes Anti-LGBTQ Bias a Crimeadvocate.com - Jacob Ogles Brazil’s high court on Thursday ruled in favor of equality, saying discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity violates the …
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneLGBTQI Far-right Vox challenges Spain's acceptance of LGBT rightsReuters - By Belén CarreñoMADRID (Reuters) - Attacks by the far-right Vox party on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights are testing years of political consensus on the issue in Spain, which in 2005 became only third
Kyoung Mi Choiadded this to International Safe ZoneTaiwan Same-sex couples start registering marriages in TaiwanAssociated Press - By JOHNSON LAI, Associated PressTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Hundreds of same-sex couples in Taiwan rushed to get married Friday, the first day a landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage took effect. Taiwan became the first place
