A rainbow flag has been ripped off the building of the Metropolitan Community Church in San Diego and a theft report was filed with San Diego Police. The 4×6 flag was displayed for most of July until it disappeared overnight July 24 from the front of the church at 2633 Denver Street near Mission Bay….
http://youtu.be/-jDpJm1TgFs A court in Uganda struck down the country’s anti-homosexuality law, Friday amid cheers from a packed courtroom in the capital Kampala. According to a report in the New York Times, a panel of five judges announced that the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which punishes some homosexual behavior with life in prison, was invalid because it had…
INDIA — Indian celebrities are taking to social media to support the rights of the lesbian, gay and bisexual community by pushing for equality in a country that criminalizes same-sex relations, reports GayAsiaNews.com. This is in response to Humsafar Trust, an organization that promotes LGBTI rights, that recently started a petition against Section 377 on…
WASHINGTON – In response to the violent attack of a 15-year old transgender teenager on the DC metro this week, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has renewed calls for stronger measures to protect transgender people – especially transgender women of color – from violence and harassment. According to the reports, friends who were with the victim…
WASHINGTON – If passed, a new piece of federal legislation (S. 2706/H.R. 5285) introduced this week would open a floodgate of adoption discrimination around the country. Penned by Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA), the new bill would allow adoption or foster care providers to refuse service on the basis of their…
China — For the first time, a Chinese court will hear a challenge against “gay conversion therapy.” This is in a country where same-sex relations were only removed from the list of mental illnesses in the early 2000s, reports GayAsia News.com. Gay rights activists say this could be a legal milestone in their fight to…
Media Matters of America latest posts reveal how Family Research Council (FRC) president Tony Perkins — whose organization has been labeled an anti-gay “hate group”– has appeared significantly less frequently on CNN and MSNBC in the wake of petitions calling on the networks to stop hosting him. Perkins remains a frequent guest on Fox News. Perkins Is President…
BANGKOK — A voluntary organization working with people living with HIV is embarking on a new online campaign to help build supportive social environments and combat HIV discrimination against gay, transgender men and women in Thailand, reports GayAsia News.com. The HIV Foundation Thailand begins its new online campaign called “You are Not Alone” August 1 to…
The seventh annual Pink Lake International LGBT Festival, will again be held on the beautiful Lake Wörthersee, Austria from Aug 28-31. At Lake Woerthersee summer starts earlier – and ends later – than much of Europe. The 17 kilometer long alpine Lake Woerthersee in the Austrian state of Carinthia lies in the region where Austria, Italy and…
WASHINGTON—Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced Rob Hill as state director of HRC Mississippi. Hill will lead the organization’s Project One America effort across the state to bring equality to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Using the resources of HRC and collaborating with local organizations, Hill will work to change hearts and minds, advance enduring legal protections,…
