UN Security Council meeting challenges international community to develop more effective protections for LGBT persons

The UN Security Council held its first-ever meeting on the persecution of homosexuals by Islamic State terrorists, Monday. The closed-door session, sponsored by the U.S. and Chile,focused on LGBT rights and issues. According to cnsnews.com The U.N. Security Council heard from two homosexual Arab men, including a Syrian named Subhi Nahas who has been resettled…

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‘Where the Bears Are’ Season 4 starts with a bang! (VIDEO)

In the fourth season opener, the Bears throw a wedding shower in their backyard to celebrate Nelson and Todd’s upcoming nuptials, but things go south fast when Nelson’s mother Doris starts taking potshots at Todd, Nelson invites Todd’s estranged brother Jimmy without telling him, and a spiteful party crasher makes an insulting toast that threatens…

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In a historic first, U.N. Security Council convenes to discuss LGBT rights

The U.S Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and her Chilean counterpart Ambassador Cristián Barros Melet are holding the first ever U.N. Security Council meeting on LGBT rights later today.  Open to all U.N. member states, the gathering will focus on the appalling abuse and violence being perpetrated against LGBT people in areas in…

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Jerusalem Gay Pride attacker charged with murder

Today, Jerusalem’s District Court indicted Yishai Schlissel for murder for last month’s deadly attack during Jerusalem Pride, along with multiple attempted murder charges for those he wounded. Last month, Schlissel went on a stabbing rampage at Jerusalem Pride killing Shira Banki and wounding five others. Last Thursday, Schlissel was deemed fit to stand trial following…

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GOP candidates duck on the Equality Act (VIDEO)

HBO’s Last Week Tonight reported last night that the entire field of Republican candidates for president refused to answer a simple yes or no question about whether they would support the Equality Act. The segment also noted that Gov. Bobby Jindal and Gov. John Kasich both weakened non-discrimination protections for LGBT people during their tenure. Meanwhile, Hillary…

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Man found with Rosie O’Donnell’s daughter Chelsea charged

The man found with Rosie O’Donnell’s daughter Chelsea has been charged with  endangerment of a child and public communication of obscenity. Steven Sheerer, 25,  was taken from his Village Drive home in Barnegat, New Jersey,  Friday and charged, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced. Chelsea O’Donnell went missing on Aug. 11 and was found by police on Tuesday….

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Man who went on stabbing rampage at Jerusalem Pride deemed fit to stand trial

Yishai Schlissel, the man who went on a stabbing rampage at Jerusalem Pride killing Shira Banki and wounding many others has been deemed fit to strand trial. The decision was made after Schlissel was examined by a court-appointed psychiatrist during a 48-hour detention at a psychiatric hospital. A previous psychiatric evaluation was inconclusive, reports The…

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Ellen Page serves Ted Cruz ‘Equality on a Stick’ at Iowa State Fair for defending LGBT discrimination (VIDEO)

ABC Latest News | Latest News Videos Friday, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz found himself on the defensive in Iowa after his speech on the Des Moines Register Soap Box after taking questions from actress Ellen Page, who came out in 2014 at HRC’s Time to Thrive conference. Page has since become an activist and…

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