Results for: bisexual
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Indiana Lost $60M After Passing Anti-Gay Law Last Year, Doesn’t Stop Them From Proposing New Ones This Year
Indiana’s tourism took a hit after last year’s RFRA law was passed and they have six new anti-gay bills up for debate tomorrow, a grand jury indicts anti-choice activists who shot undercover video of Planned Parenthood, Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles, a bisexual Jamaican receives asylum and more news!
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Score One for Lesbian Parental Rights with Judge’s Landmark Ruling
A Virginia Beach judge ruled a lesbian parent has the right to custody of her non-biological child, California’s got a lot of LGBT-friendly laws going into effect this year, more “religious freedom” bills in Georgia, Creating Change un-invites ICE from speaking at the conference, and more!
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Daily Fix: New South Wales Education Minister Nixes High School Showing of “Gayby Baby” and More News
Kids in New South Wales won’t see Gayby Baby at school for Wear It Purple Day, Donald Trump kicks Jorge Ramos out of his press conference, women vote in Saudi Arabia, Walmart no longer selling assault weapons, and more.
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Also.Also.Also: Why We Really Need Gay Bars and Other Stories We Missed This Week
The more we talk about things, the better they get. 2013 was proof.
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Also.Also.Also: Jean Grae and The Rando Have Their Eyes on The “Harvard Lampoon” and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Romi Klinger’s getting divorced, Dot-Marie got married, trans* voices are getting published, and we’re celebrating the holidays in a special space where it’s just you, Ari Fitz, and the rest of the Internet.
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Back to the 80’s and Section 28: Anti-Gay School Policy Resurfaces in the UK
A decade after its repeal, sex ed policies which are alarmingly similar to Section 28 have cropped up again, raising questions as to how much autonomy schools should have over sex and relationship education syllabi.
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Dutch Filmmakers Face the First Backlash Against Foreigners from Russia’s Anti-Gay Law
Homophobic legislation escalates and expands in Russia, despite the international attention for the 2014 Olympic Games. Four Dutch immigrants were recently arrested for filming a LGBT themed documentary.
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Québec Government Wants to Know What Your Deal Is With Homosexuality
A new government campaign asks simple questions to win all the points.
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“We Support At-Risk LGBT Youth” Deemed “Offensive Language” By Youth Festival
In news from Australia, the City of Parramatta council has deemed a banner promoting Twenty10’s support services for LGBT youth to be “offensive.” What the hell.
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Homophobic Swedish Soccer Squad Sacked in the Name of Love
Sweden’s sports officials have no time for homophobic bullshit, leaving Sörskogens IF players with plenty of time on their hands.
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Indonesian LBT Women Exposed to Backlash
CEDAW–the international beacon for women’s rights–does not shine on lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Indonesia. This is a painful disappointment, given LBT people’s need for protection from a fundamentalist backlash.
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Chevi Rabbit is Attacked for Being Gay but Won’t Stop Being Fabulous
“…yes, this was a terrible hate crime and attack! But I will not let that change who I am! I will continue to wear makeup and live a fabulous gay life!”
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“Gay Propaganda” Law Passes in St. Petersburg, Is Completely Terrible
“No legal experts seem able to explain how this law would be applied in practice… The language of the law is so vague that it could apply to any kind of public discourse, any discussion of gay issues, in almost any venue.”
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Irish Independent Publishes Stupidest Anti-Gay Article of All Time
Someone published these words: “Like many, I’ve recently begun to get impatient with the endless trumpeting of gay ‘identity’, and the growing appetite for more and more rights and privileges.”
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Russia’s “Gay Propaganda” Law Recognized As Disgraceful By Everyone Except Russia
Russia’s “gay propaganda” law might make anything that “promotes” homosexuality illegal.
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Dan Choi Beaten at Moscow Pride Parade
Dan Choi, among other LGBT activists in Russia, were detained this weekend after being attacked by neo-Nazis and police.
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Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” Bill: Why Now, What Happens Next, What You Should Sign
Sign this petition, for starters.
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Leading Ugandan Gay Activist Murdered, Antagonistic Newspaper Clarifies “We Said [Gays] Should Be Hanged, Not Stoned.”
“We want the government to hang people who promote homosexuality, not for the public to attack them. We said they should be hanged, not stoned or attacked.”
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Czech Republic’s Porn-Watching-Test is Today’s Gaydar Fail
The Czech Republic uses a “sexual arousal” test on gay men seeking asylum. And they aren’t the first ones. Time to get depressed about the state of the world/ history.
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United Nations Votes Against Being Against Executing Gay People
A UN General Assembly Committee just voted to stop including sexual orientation on a list that protects people against discrimination-based arbitrary executions. In other international news: two Brazilian troops arrested in connection with gay shooting, couples get married in the air, Australia tracks its own gay-friendliness and in France gay marriage goes to the courts.