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  • Published on Oct 11, 2019

    Elizabeth Warren wows gay-rights town hall with marriage zinger

    Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren won a laugh from a town hall crowd when she made a quip about how she would respond to an Evangelical supporter opposed to gay marriage.  Warren made the remark at a town hall sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign and …

    Source: Charleston Daily Mail
  • Published on Oct 11, 2019

    Democratic candidates vow to reverse Trump’s rollback of LGBTQ rights

    Nine Democratic presidential candidates vowed Thursday to reverse President Trump’s rollbacks of LGBTQ rights as they sought to appeal to a key group of voters in the race for the party’s 2020 nomination. In back-to-back appearances at a CNN town hall in …

    Source: Los Angeles Times
  • Published on Sep 27, 2019

    Can gay, small-town mayor Pete Buttigieg topple Donald Trump?

    Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size It was a humid Sunday in June, a quiet afternoon that Pete Buttigieg knew would not remain quiet. “You know, there are always going to be ups and downs,” the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, …

    Source: Sydney Morning Herald
  • Published on Sep 22, 2019

    US Election 2020: Is America ready for gay president? Iowa casts vote

    Image Source : AP IMAGES US Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg The question posed to Pete Buttigieg — gay, married and running for president — came from a supporter at an Iowa campaign stop: What should he tell friends who say America isn’t ready to …

    Source: India TV News
  • Published on Sep 13, 2019

    New York City to end ban on gay conversion therapy to avoid Supreme Court fight

    Members of the New York City Council plan to repeal a nearly 2-year-old ban on LGBT “conversion therapy” to avoid a lawsuit that, if it reaches the Supreme Court, could establish a legal precedent protecting the practice, The New York Times reported. The …

    Source: Hill
  • Published on Oct 11, 2019

    4 winners and 3 losers from the LGBTQ town hall - Vox.com

    Last month, when 10 Democratic presidential candidates took the stage to discuss LGBTQ rights, the actual issues were often overshadowed by the number of gaffes and awkward moments. Tuesday night’s LGBTQ town hall, hosted by the Human Rights Campaign and …

    Source: Google
  • Published on Oct 11, 2019

    Discrimination, bullying, HIV: Candidates address LGBTQ issues at presidential forum

    Nine Democratic presidential candidates touted their support for LGBTQ rights and sought to illustrate a stark contrast between their views and those of the man they hope to defeat in 2020: President Donald Trump. A town hall Thursday hosted by the Human …

    Source: NBCNews
  • Published on Sep 9, 2019

    Slog AM: Shoreline Christian School Denounces Gay Marriage, Trump's Taliban Talks Crumble, the Most Expensive Beer in ...

    "Thanks, that will be $68,120." Ridofranz/Getty Images Someone please buy Paul Allen's boat: And by boat I mean "megayacht." It's only $325 million. Come on, you coward, pony up and buy the 414-foot megayacht. It's …

    Source: Stranger
  • Published on Sep 9, 2019

    Sarajevo hosts landmark gay pride parade

    Hundreds of people in Sarajevo on Sunday defied threats of violence to march, sing and wave rainbow flags in the first gay pride event in the predominately Muslim city, with about 1,000 police officers deployed along the parade route.  Bosnia is the last …

    Source: DW.DE
  • Published on Aug 14, 2019

    Gay military doctor now fights for trans troops, LGBT health equity

    Jesse Ehrenfeld testifies for trans military service. (Blade file photo by Michael Key) Six months ago, five service members made history on Capitol Hill by becoming the first openly transgender witnesses to testify before Congress. Alongside them was …

    Source: Washington Blade
  • Published on Aug 3, 2019

    Nemat Sadat: Gay, Muslim, Afghan, immigrant

    Rejection followed by triumph — not once but several times — this defines the life of author and LGBTQIA+ activist Nemat Sadat. Faced with racism and homophobia, and barred from returning to his home country, Afghanistan, Sadat has overcome all these …

    Source: The Hindu
  • Published on Jul 26, 2019

    Pete Buttigieg's High School Wouldn’t Hire Him Today -- Because He’s Gay.

    The Roman Catholic high school that Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg attended has a policy against hiring educators in same-sex relationships, HuffPost has learned. This means even Buttigieg, the nation’s first openly gay White House …

    Source: Politics Daily
  • Published on Jul 26, 2019

    Cabinet's voting record shows lack of support for abortion and gay rights

    A significant number of ministers in Boris Johnson’s new government have been either hostile to or ambivalent about abortion and gay rights, according to their voting records. The new prime minister has hailed his “cabinet for modern Britain”, but five of …

    Source: The Guardian
  • Published on Jul 23, 2019

    W.Va. lawmakers mull civil rights for LGBTQ

    WHEELING — West Virginia Senate Majority Whip Ryan Weld says now is the time to extend civil rights protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in West Virginia. “It’s never the wrong time to do the right thing,” said Weld, R-Brooke. His …

    Source: The Herald Star
  • Published on Jul 15, 2019

    Green Parties, British Leaks, Afghan Women: Your Monday Briefing

    (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering the rise of environmentally focused political parties in Europe, a second round of leaked British diplomatic cables and the fear among Afghan women of a resurgent …

    Source: International Herald Tribune
  • Published on Jul 13, 2019

    Being Afghan, American, Muslim and gay poses many challenges, says activist and writer Nemat Sadat

    Like the US-based activist and writer Nemat Sadat, the protagonist of his debut novel ‘The Carpet Weaver’ too identifies as gay, refugee, Afghan and “ex-Muslim”. Reconciling these conflicting identities has been the central theme of 40-year-old Sadat’s …

    Source: The Times of India
  • Published on Jul 12, 2019

    UN Human Rights Council renews LGBTI rights watchdog’s mandate

    Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the U.N.’s LGBTI rights watchdog, speaks at ILGA-Europe’s annual conference in Brussels on Oct. 27, 2018. The U.N. Human Rights Council has approved a resolution that extends Madrigal-Borloz’s mandate for three years. (Washington …

    Source: Washington Blade
  • Published on Jun 30, 2019

    I Was Kicked Out of the Military for Being Gay

    Cadets walk across campus at Norwich University in Northfield, the nation's oldest private military academy and the first private military academy to host a gay pride week. (Reuters / Herb Swanson) “You’d have thought we were a bunch of fags,” the …

    Source: The Nation
  • Published on Jun 26, 2019

    GOP congressman urges: ‘Don’t be an asshole, don’t be a homophobe’

    ‘Don’t be an asshole. Don’t be a racist. Don’t be a misogynist, right? Don’t be a homophobe,’ said Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas). (Photo public domain) Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), the only African-American Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, …

    Source: Washington Blade
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