MANAMA — Kuwait has deported 76 homosexuals and shut down 22 massage parlors this year, the head of a morals committee has said. Gulf News reported that the gay men were apprehended during nationwide campaigns aimed at enforcing the law regulating massage parlors. The committee, made up of representatives from the Ministry of Social Affairs…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Oasis, a non-profit organization with office locations in La Mesa and Escondido, is working with the LGBT community to bring awareness to the issues that impact older LGBT Americans. As a result, Oasis will be hosting a class, “LGBT Issues and its Aging Population” Monday, Sept. 25 at 1:00…
LOS ANGELES , Calif. — Watching transgender characters on fictional TV shows has the power to influence attitudes toward transgender people and policy issues, according to new research from USC Annenberg. Just published in the peer-reviewed journal Sex Roles, the research further highlights the ways political ideology shapes viewer responses to transgender depictions in entertainment….
BOSTON — For the first time in its history, the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) has taken a bold stance on two issues directly related to correcting chronic injustices committed against Latinos and many other Americans. NHCSL today approved two separate resolutions calling for the decriminalization of cannabis at the state and federal…
MONTREAL – According to the recent Fondation Jasmin Roy survey “LGBT Realities”, 13% of the Canadian population belongs to the LGBT community. Because they fear being rejected, hindered from progressing in their careers or mocked and bullied, 54% of LGBT respondents have not come out to their work colleagues, and 45% have not come out to…
Friday afternoon, ELLE.com released a video featuring Nemis, an eight-year-old boy who transforms into his drag queen alter ego Lactatia. Since it was posted, the video has been viewed more nearly 25 million times, shared more than 200K times and received more than 50K comments. In the video, Nemis opens up about his love for…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Equality California today announced the launch of a new logo and visual identity for the organization as well as the adoption of a refined mission statement and tagline. “Our new logo, mission statement and tagline embrace California’s leadership as a beacon of hope for LGBTQ people and the role Equality California…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Today Equality Florida announced that Former State Representative Joe Saunders is rejoining the organization’s staff as the new Senior Political Director. In this role Saunders will be charged with leading the organization’s civic engagement programs, pro-LGBTQ mobilization efforts, and electoral programs. After nearly a ten year tenure serving as Equality Florida’s Field…
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and its affiliates in the District of Columbia and Virginia today challenged the Washington area transit system’s advertising restrictions as violations of the First Amendment. The free speech lawsuit follows the rejection of ads from four groups that hail from across the political spectrum, images of which are below:…
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival (Cinema Diverse), which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, will open with The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin – the new documentary about the beloved writer of the Tales of the City novels, which were set in San Francisco, beginning in…
