Delaware Becomes 15th US State to Ban Conversion Therapy
The bill’s sponsor calls conversion therapy ‘pseudoscience and child endangerment, plain and simple’ Delaware yesterday enacted SB 65: legislation that bans the damaging practice of conversion therapy on minors. Delaware Governor John Carney signed the bill into law. In doing so, it becomes the 15th US state (in addition…
LGBTQ Activists are Protesting Mike Pence’s Visit to Kansas City with a “Sausage Fest”
“Bring your friends and family, bring a sign, bring a flag!” Vice President Mike Pence will be greeted with a “sausage fest” by LGBTQ activists today (11 July) as he speaks at an event in Kansas City. Alternative rock station KRBZ announced the protest yesterday on Twitter, and said they’ll be…
Jimmy Carter: ‘Jesus Would Approve of Gay Marriage’
Former Democratic president Jimmy Carter is proving again why he’s considered America’s gentle moral authority by speaking out again in favor of same-sex marriage rights. As far back as 2014, Carter was speaking up for human rights. Speaking to a packed house at Grand Rapids Community College, Carter responded…
‘Gay Cure’ Conversion Therapy Still Legal in Most Countries
UK needs to convince other nations to ban practice The UK government’s plan to ban ‘gay cure’, conversion therapy practices have been welcomed, but it now also needs to convince other nations to follow suit. ‘It is of course welcome that the Government are looking to ban dangerous and…
Gay Sex Has Been Legal in Texas for 15 Years Today
Today marks 15 years since gay sex was decriminalised in Texas and a string of other US states. On June 26 2003, the US Supreme Court ruled that state-level sodomy laws banning gay sex were illegal. The 6-3 ruling in Lawrence V Texas struck down laws banning gay sex in…
The Supreme Court is Okay with Homophobic Jurors Judging Gay Defendants More Harshly
Suppose you were facing trial on serious charges. You would want to make sure that someone on the jury didn’t want to make an example of you because of anti-LGBTQ bias. But the Supreme Court just said that, as far as they’re concerned, that’s not a problem. This week the Court decided…
LGBT+ migrants 97 times more likely to be sexually assaulted in detention
A shocking report has revealed that LGBT+ migrants are 97 times more likely to be sexually assaulted in detainment in the United States. Queer people detained in U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) centres are facing devastating rates of assault, according to a new report. Out of 467 detainees in 2017, 28…
Most Americans Disagree with ‘Religious Exemptions,’ Poll Finds
Most Americans don’t think that businesses should have a religious right to discriminate, a poll found. A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted this past week found that 72% of Americans said that business owners should not be allowed to cite their religious beliefs as a justification for refusing LGBTQ customers, while 14% said…
Republican Candidate Films Herself Confronting Transgender Woman Using Bathroom At A Denny’s
GOP congressional candidate Jazmina Saavedra confronted a transgender woman using the ladies’ restroom at a Denny’s in Los Angeles and live-streamed the incident on Facebook. Saavedra, who is campaigning for a seat in California’s 44th District, entered the bathroom and filmed the outside of the stall. “I’m trying to…
Passage of Adoption Bill Represents Shift in Oklahoma
Despite a recent turn toward support of gay rights, the Oklahoma Legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow some agencies to deny LGBTQ couples. OKLAHOMA CITY — Bills aimed at curtailing LGBTQ rights have been derailed in the deeply conservative Oklahoma Legislature in recent years as many Republicans…
He’s A Veteran. He’s Gay. He Likes To Wear Heels. Now Ralphy Lozano Is Mayor Of This Texas Town.
“I’m not going to bow down,” says Lozano. “I am who I am. Accept me or not.” A gay service member who once wore heels in a Veteran’s Day parade will become the next mayor of a small border town in Texas. Democrat Bruno “Ralphy” Lozano captured more than 60% of…