LGBTQ Task Force celebrates International Women’s Day by joining UN call for acceleration of gender equality

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National LGBTQ Task Force is celebrating International Women’s Day 2016 by joining the United Nation’s call for the acceleration of gender equality. “As we celebrate International Women’s Day, and the progress that has been made toward gender equality here and across the globe, it’s vital that we intensify all efforts for…

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SSA grants spousal benefits to Texas widow in Lambda Legal case

Today Lambda Legal and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare announced the resolution of a lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) brought on behalf of Kathy Murphy, a Texas widow denied spousal benefits after the death of her wife, and the National Committee. “The basic tenets of the Social Security program…

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Australian government sends gay refugee couple to a country where homosexuality is a crime

The global gay and lesbian community has been asked to help a gay refugee couple currently living in fear after the Australian Government’s punitive refugee policies have left them languishing on the tiny island country of Nauru in Micronesia, northeast of Australia, where homosexuality is a crime. Ashkan and Nima* fled Iran – where they…

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Colombia: International adoption now legal for LGBT couples

In November of 2015, the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled to lift the country’s existing restriction on gay and lesbian couples’ right to adopt. This landmark ruling will not only allow same-sex adoption within Colombia, but will extend internationally, thus granting same-sex individuals and couples in other countries the ability to adopt Colombian children—a huge…

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Pink Lake Festival returns to Lake Woerthersee, Austria Aug. 25-28

The spectacular Pink Lake Festival returns to beautiful Lake Woerthersee, Austria Aug. 25-28. Pink Lake guests can look forward to new events and locations, alongside the much loved and traditional event classics. The Pink Lake Beach Club will again be held in the beautiful Sol Beach Club at Park’s Hotel in Velden. With its (almost)…

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