LONDON (CNN) — As concerns about rising Islamophobia in Britain grew amid anti-Muslim protests and attacks targeting mosques, authorities made a 10th arrest in last week’s knifing death of a British soldier. Armed police arrested a 50-year-old man on a street in the town of Welling in southeastern England. The man’s connection to the case…
(CNN) — Four weeks. Four major legal rulings. What the Supreme Court decides by the end of June could fundamentally change lives and legacies on a range of politically explosive issues. The justices will meet in at least five public sessions to release opinions in its remaining 30 cases, among them some the most strongly-contested…
(CNN) — Protesters filled Paris’ Esplanade des Invalides on Sunday, rallying against a new law that will allow same-sex marriage in France starting Wednesday. Paris police estimate 150,000 demonstrators marched along three different routes before converging in the sprawling plaza along the Seine River. The arguments against same-sex marriage in France sound similar to those…
(CNN) — Change.org was hacked late Friday by someone who made “cosmetic” changes on the popular petition website, officials said. No personal information was stolen, spokesman Benjamin Joffe-Walt said in a written statement. He added that none of the 12 petitions targeted had its number of signatures affected. The modified petitions included one calling for…
(CNN) — Robbie Rogers was introduced as the newest member of the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, making him the first openly gay male athlete to compete in Major League Soccer and ending his brief retirement. The Galaxy signed Rogers to a multi-year contract after acquiring him from the Chicago Fire, who held the rights…
SAN DIEGO — Celebrating the legacy of Harvey Milk, an audience of more than 1,200 assembled at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel this morning for the 5th annual San Diego Harvey Milk Breakfast. In a fast-moving program and through inspirational speakers the sold-out audience was taken through a journey that celebrated LGBT history, advances…
(CNN) — Eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt, charged with a crime for having sex with a 14-year-old girl, rejected a deal Friday that would have required her to plead guilty to child abuse, according to Hunt’s attorney. Hunt was charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery after the parents of the 14-year-old went to…
Xiang Yuhan, 19, has been detained for at least twelve days in the southern Chinese city of Changsha by authorities after he organized a rally on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, reports Voice of America. The young activist was detained shortly after police showed up at his hotel room. In China, a person…
As we reported here last week, a pro-gay rights rally to be held at Freedom Square in Tbilisi, Georgia was cut short after anti-gay demonstrators – mainly Christian Orthodox conservatives and their believers – disrupted the peaceful, state-authorized gathering with violence and intimidation. This week, however, Georgian authorities are reporting that two priests have been…
WASHINGTON – Marriage equality could be on its way to the Sliver State, as the Nevada state Assembly has passed Senate Joint Resolution 13, a bill that would repeal the state’s ban on same-sex marriage and replace it with pro-marriage equality language. SJR13 cleared the state Senate earlier this month, but must pass in both…
