Tampa Bay, FL Jane Castor Is Elected First Lesbian Mayor of Tampaadvocate.com - Trudy Ring Jane Castor has been elected the first out mayor of Tampa, Florida. The victory earns a place in LGBTQ history; Castor, Tampa's former police chief, …
LGBTQI How the Supreme Court Case on LGBT Rights Could Set Us Back DecadesRolling Stone - David S. Cohen It’s been almost four years since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage for everyone, and yet, anti-LGBT discrimination remains a real …
LGBTQI Royal Canadian Mint to unveil new Canadian one-dollar coin honouring LGBT rightsstraight.com - Craig Takeuchi 1 of 1 2 of 1 The Royal Canadian Mint announced today (April 18) that it will hold an official unveiling of a new Canadian one-dollar coin that it …
LGBTQI 15 States Where It's Legal To Fire Someone For Being GayBuzzFeed - Ajani Bazile It should be zero.
U.S. Supreme Court SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to NJ’s Anti-Conversion Therapy Lawhrc.org - Human Rights Campaign On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected for the third time a challenge to New Jersey’s 2013 law that protects LGBTQ youth from the …
Opinion (UK) Progressive Muslims, Jews and Christians must stand together for LGBT rightsThe Guardian - Michael SegalovStruggling to come to terms with being gay as a child is by no means an experience unique to those who grow up religious. For as long as being straight remains the dominant sexuality (and, despite the
Pete Buttigieg Pete Buttigieg Makes History As First Openly Gay Candidate From A Major PartyThe Inquisitr - Nathan Francis Pete Buttigieg made history on Sunday as he officially entered the crowded Democratic primary field, becoming the first openly gay candidate from a …
Human Rights Holidays and arms deals with Brunei don’t trump gay people’s right to existThe Guardian - Owen JonesA protest outside the Dorchester on Saturday should be well-attended: it will shame and embarrass this grubby regime Gay lives either matter or they don’t. Declaring that you support LGBTQ rights is cost-free;
Washington D.C. A Wyoming teacher complained about anti-gay flyers appearing in school. The principal fired her.metroweekly.com - By Rhuaridh Marr on April 4, 2019 @rhuaridh The racist, anti-gay poster found in McCormick Junior High A high school teacher in Wyoming has lost her job after complaining about racist and …
LGBTQI Implying Being Gay Is No Longer Difficult Is a New Kind of Homophobiaadvocate.com - Advocate.com Editors Gay South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg is surging in the polls and surprising many with his fundraising prowess. But some corners of the internet …
Transgender Rights The Atlantic Has a Transphobia ProblemJezebel - Esther Wang On Friday, the Atlantic continued its recent tradition of giving a platform to transphobes and bigots under the cover of “ideological diversity” when …
LGBTQI Gay Couple Ordered to Remove Pride Flag or Face Evictionadvocate.com - Neal Broverman Kevin Kollman and Merle Malterer, a couple in Oak Park, Wisc., are being forced to choose between displaying their pride and having a roof over their …
News (U.S.) Transgender, gay migrants allegedly suffer 'rampant' abuse at New Mexico ICE facilityNBC News - Tim Stelloh“When I complained, I was thrown into solitary confinement for five days,” one gay migrant said. Transgender and gay migrants held at an immigration facility in New Mexico have been subjected to “rampant
Michigan rules that adoption agencies can no longer deny same-sex couples on religious groundsgaytimes.co.uk Michigan’s Attorney General made the ruling after two lesbian couples sued the state. Following a legal battle, Michigan’s Attorney General, Dana …
LGBTQI In Middle Finger to Gays, Alabama Pushes Bill to End Marriage Licensesadvocate.com - Trudy Ring Even though major homophobe Roy Moore is off the state Supreme Court, same-sex marriage remains controversial in Alabama, to the point that lawmakers …
It’s Not Just Japan. Many U.S. States Require Transgender People Get SterilizedThe Daily Beast - Samantha Allen More outrageous than The Economist asking in a tweet, “Should transgender people be sterilized before they are recognized?”—more outrageous still than …
Queer Eye fundraiser to send Jess back to college is restoring our faith in humanitymetro.co.uk - Cydney Yeates Queer Eye fans are proving they’re best ever by setting up a fundraiser to send Jess Guilbeaux to college. Jess, 23, starred in the fifth episode of …
Japan Urged to Stop Requiring Sterilization for Altering Gender on ID CardsTIME - Mari Yamaguchi / AP(TOKYO) — Human Rights Watch urged Japan on Wednesday to drop its requirement that transgender people be sterilized to have their gender changed on official documents. A 2004 law states people wishing
Art Groundbreaking Artist and Filmmaker Barbara Hammer, Who Brought a Lesbian Gaze to Cinema, Has Diedartnet.com - Naomi Rea People The artist died on Saturday after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was 79. , Barbara Hammer, the artist and a pioneer of feminist and …
‘World's strongest gay’ married his boyfriend over the weekendgaytimes.co.uk The self-described “world’s strongest gay” has married his partner. In a touching post on Instagram, Rob Kearney, one of the world’s strongest men, …
Poland's ruling chief speaks strongly against LGBT rightsAssociated Press - By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, Associated PressWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland's right-wing ruling party used hostile language Saturday while speaking against rights for LGBT persons, a subject that has risen to prominence in his political
Gay Men Must Stand Up Against Relentless, Toxic Attacks On Our Trans SiblingsHuffPost UK - Anthony Watson History has judged those who fought against gay rights – it will be no less damning of those who viciously fight against trans rights AlxeyPnferov via …
Iowa Supreme Court rules that Medicaid must cover gender transition surgerieswashingtonexaminer.com - Cassidy Morrison The Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday that Medicaid must cover gender transition surgeries, reasoning that the procedures are medically …
Iowa pastor expects to be shut out by United Methodist Church vote to continue LGBTQ bandesmoinesregister.com - Shelby Fleig
South Korea: Military ‘Sodomy’ Law Violates Rightshrw.org (Seoul) – South Korea’s law that bans same-sex conduct for soldiers violates its international human rights obligations and should be repealed, Human …
Transgender man gives birth to first babypinknews.co.uk - Patrick Kelleher A transgender man from Texas has opened up about his experience of giving birth to his first child. Wyley Simpson and his fiancé Stephen Gaeth were …
There are no gays in Malaysia, tourism minister claimspinknews.co.uk - Nick Duffy The Malaysian tourism minister has claimed that gay people do not exist in his country. Government minister Datuk Mohamaddin bin Ketapi made the claim …
Stop talking about testosterone – there’s no such thing as a ‘true sex’The Guardian - Katrina KarkazisSports bodies want a biological criterion to indicate an athlete’s sex. But it’s mind-bogglingly more complicated than that Debates are raging again over who should be allowed to compete in women’s sport.
Tennessee's Proposed Anti-LGBTQ Bills Attempt To Ban Gay Marriage And "Erase" Trans PeopleNylon - Bailey Calfee12 bills have been introduced this year alone Tennessee legislators are intent on having their homophobia and transphobia legitimated with legislation. Just this year, Tennessee residents have seen 12
