Egypt’s LGBTQ Crackdown Continues
Egypt’s anti-LGBTQ crackdown that gained traction after a rainbow flag was raised at a concert in Cairo last November is worsening; where October 2017 saw 70 people arrested and a significant number sentenced t...
Clarksdale is third Mississippi city to pass LGBTQ-Inclusive Ordinance
Mississippi is one of thirty states not legally bound by LGBTQ-inclusive non-discrimination protections. However, the state is slowly changing. Local communities are moving to guarantee protection toward all ci...
Trinidad and Tobago hold first Pride Parade
The island nation of Trinidad and Tobago has just held its first Pride Parade in recorded history. Members of the nation's LGBTQ community congregated together to advocate in an organized display. The event too...
GOP rep introduces bill to ban Pride flags at U.S. Embassies
“We fly the rainbow flag in solidarity,” the U.S Embassy in Jamaica tweeted after the Pulse nightclub shooting that killed 49 people in 2016.In 2014, the Israeli U.S. Embassy flew the rainbow flag in observ...
LGBTQ Activists in India Push for Decriminalization
The LGBTQ community in India stands on the verge of what could be a massive breakthrough.The gay community and its allies in India are currently awaiting the ruling of that country's Supreme Court on a lega...
Government is revoking our passports, trans women claim
A pair of trans women claim that the federal government of the United States has revoked their passports. They say that the government's refusal is based on a scheme to deny trans women their preferred identity...
Cuba proposes pro-marriage-equality constitution
The country of Cuba is considering a new draft of its constitution. And here's an interesting turn: there's a part of the new charter that would open the door for LGBTQ marriage equality.The National Assemb...
Support for the Equality Act is growing in Congress
Is Congress moving forward on a vital issue?The Equality Act was introduced in the United States Congress almost exactly three years ago. And it looks like support is growing after a long wait.The Act, ...
Michigan Civil Rights Commission, Attorney General clash over nondiscrimination law
The Civil Rights Commission of Michigan has decided to continue to investigate claims of anti-LGTBQ discrimination.They're doing this despite active disagreement from that state's Attorney General, Bill Sch...
Delaware becomes fifteenth state to ban youth conversion “therapy.”
The state of Delaware is joining a progressive club.The governor of Delaware, Democrat Jay Carney, signed a brand-new statute on Monday.The recently-passed law, Senate Bill 65, bans the practice of the ...
North Carolina woman seeking to honor wife denied personal license plate
Amy Bright will remember her wife—even if North Carolina would prefer otherwise.The resident of Greensboro requested a license plate reading "LSBSNLV," or "Lesbians in Love."Now Bright says her request ...