A lot has changed since the first version of the emoji keyboard was released: After garnering criticism, emojis became more racially diverse and included same-sex families and 32 new flags in April 2015. And developers are currently mulling a proposal to add more professional female emojis. But many activists say another key flag is still…
A Disney fan has started a Care2 petition urging Disney to #GiveElsaAGirlfriend in the upcoming sequel of the 2013 film Frozen. The Care2 petition captures the support surrounding the viral hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend, which was started by Twitter user Alexis Isabel on April 30. Julie Rodriguez, who who started the petition, writes, “I was a huge Disney princess…
LONDON – More than 70,000 have signed a petition in support of two Moroccan men arrested under the country’s anti-gay law after being brutally attacked in their own home. The petition was delivered Friday to Morocco’s Minister of Justice, urging him to release both men immediately, to properly investigate the attack and bring the perpetrators…
KANSAS — A Care2 petition with over 22,000 signatures is demanding the Kansas legislature reject two bills that would penalize transgender students for using a bathroom that does not correspond with their physical anatomy. The “Student Physical Privacy Act” would allow public school and university students who believe the law isn’t being enforced to sue…
A petition on Change.org is calling for stars to boycott the Mormon Tabernacle Choir after a recent anti-LGBT policy from the church. Scott Fausett, the starter, has three children, all of whom have been raised in the church. He had this to say about the new ruling, “I am afraid [the] new policy from the…
After Tuesday’s vote in Houston, Texas that repealed anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people, a petition has sprung up on Change.org calling for the NFL to relocate the 2017 Super Bowl from Houston. The petition, started by football fan Ben Douthett, urges the NFL to take a stand on behalf of LGBT equality and avoid scheduling…
Nearly half a million Catholics have signed a petition urging Pope Francis to condemn same-sex unions as unnatural and rule out allowing divorced believers who remarry to receive communion, organizers claim, reports The Manila Times. The petition, The Filial Appeal on the Future of the Family, was launched by a group describing itself as an…
One of San Diego’s most important early LGBTQ sites, the small saltbox house at the corner of Florida Street and El Cajon Boulevard has been demolished without warning. HG Fenton, the developer of the property, demolished the house at 5 p.m. Friday May 29. Charles Kaminski of Lambda Archives of San Diego, who had organized…
TLC has pulled all airings of “19 Kids and Counting” from its lineup after tabloid reports of child molestation allegations against Josh Duggar proved to be true, reports The Huffington Post. TMZ first reported the decision stating that the fate of the show is uncertain, but there’s now so much heat in the wake of…
ENCINITAS, Calif. — A San Dieguito Academy student has started a Care2 petition asking Principal Tim Hornig to install a gender-neutral bathroom. The petition has more than 16,000 signatures. Milo Spearman says he started the Care2 petition because there is a growing population of transgender students at the school. “Hopefully if the school creates a…
