According to research performed by InterPride with the participation of close to 100 Pride organizations around the world, the most active support from local authorities for Pride events can be found in Canada followed by Europe. In the United States, support from local authorities is perceived to be more passive. These results were established from…
A transgender couple in Ecuador have made history with a unique pregancy, believed to be the first of its kind in South America. The Associated Press reports that Fernando Machado and Diane Rodriguez went public with the pregnancy through Facebook, announcing that the father-to-be is carrying the baby. The report states that Rodriguez, who was…
Why do people use the word ‘gay’ in a derogatory way? Filmmaker Amy Ashenden traveled around the south east of England to find out why some people have started to say ‘eurgh that’s gay’. Is it homophobic or has language evolved? Ashenden wrote in the Guardian, “I decided to make a documentary exploring how this…
Lawmakers in Greece legalized same-sex civil unions Tuesday voting 193 in favor versus 56 against. The measure passed despite opposition from the Church and a rebellion by some right-wing members of the ruling coalition, reported Politico. “The relationship between two people is about love, and this bill recognizes the possibility for two people to live…
Lesbian Air Force Major and DADT repeal advocate Adrianna Vorderbruggen has been killed in action in Afghanistan. Maj. Vorderbruggen was one of six American service members killed in Monday’s suicide attack in Bagram when a motorcycle bomb detonated, reports The Advocate. LGBT service member group Military Partners and Family Coalition confirmed Vorderbruggen’s death with a…
Slovenia, considered to be one of the most liberal countries in Eastern Europe has rejected marriage equality. In a referendum on Sunday only 36.5 percent voted for a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry; 63.5 percent opposed it, reported The Washington Post. Conservative groups — backed by the Catholic Church — had pushed the country’s government…
The West Coast Prison Justice Society (WCPJS) has filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) on behalf of Laura Bulyk, a transgender inmate who alleges bullying, intimidation and sexual abuse from male prisoners and staffers and the facility where she is serving her sentence. The complaint…
A leading Caribbean LGBT and HIV advocate in Jamaica has filed a claim challenging the constitutionality of the country’s sodomy laws. Lecturer and HIV policy analyst, Maurice Tomlinson has called the longstanding laws a “gross violation of my human rights” and those of all LGBT people in Jamaica. Tomlinson is challenging the constitutionality of the…
Lawmakers on Guernsey, a British Crown dependency in the English Channel and one of the Channel Islands, yesterday voted 37-7 in favor of introducing marriage equality. Guernsey politicians rejected two alternatives to same-sex marriage: the introduction of civil partnerships or a Union Civile, a single legal form of civil partnerships available to all couples, reports Gay…
The United Nations Human Rights office today launched powerful video highlighting the intense discrimination the LGBT community faces on a regular basis. The video released by Free & Equal, the United Nations campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality is narrated by movie star Zachary Quinto and exposes just how much LGBT exclusion really…
