Tag: equality

All children must learn about same sex couples regardless of their religious background, the head of Ofsted says. Hundreds of parents protested outside a Birmingham school against it teaching pupils about same sex couples and gender identity. Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman told the BBC it was crucial children were exposed to differences in society. She said it was important children knew "there are families that have two mummies or two daddies". Parents of Muslim and Christian faith have held demonstrations outside Parkfield...

Sarah McBride, who works for the Human Rights Campaign, was specfically targeted A shocking video posted on Facebook shows two women barging into a meeting in Washington, DC, and harassing a transgender woman. Posie Parker began streaming the live video on Wednesday (30 January) morning. The video depicts her and Julia Long spewing transphobic harassment toward Sarah McBride. McBride is the National Press Secretary of the Human Rights Campaign. In the video, both Parker and Long continuously misgender McBride. At one point, Parker states:...

Saint Helena has seen its first ever same-sex wedding. Swedish national Michael Wernstedt tied the knot with native citizen Lemarc Thomas in a beautiful ceremony on December 31 2018. The event came just over a year since Governor Lisa Phillips signed marriage equality into law on December 20 2017, the Saint Helena Independent has reported. Registrar Karen Yon oversaw the historic gay wedding on the tiny British territory, which is home to 4,500 people and sits in the South Atlantic Ocean island...

A man is suing the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Los Angeles after he says homophobic abuse at the hands of a hotel pool employee caused his blood pressure to skyrocket and his kidneys to flare up. The alleged incident happened in July 2017. Angel De Los Santos says he and his boyfriend were minding their own business while relaxing by the pool when an employee approached to say “you don’t belong here” and questioned how they could afford a room at...

I don't know what it is about businesses refusing service to LGBTQ people but I do know that I'm tired of it. First the Masterpiece Cakeshop debacle and now this. Colton Southworth and his husband were denied service specifically because they're a gay couple. Southworth and his husband had recently moved to Atlanta, Georgia and had dreams to transform their lawn into a beautiful garden. Colton researched different lawn services and found Botanica Atlanta Landscape and Design. Southworth was enamored by...

I love seeing the pictures of prides around the world. Viewing how some countries that are further along in and others that are just starting out in the LGBTQ+ equality fight are celebrating their prides is full of emotions. Knowing that some have such a long way to go, others are doing it better than the US, and knowing that the entire overall theme is L.O.V.E. The American Pride movement of course started with the riots at Stonewall Inn. Not...

A spokesperson called the mural "a symbolic way for the community, including police, to show that we’re taking a stance against violence and discrimination." Students threw balloons filled with paint against a police station in Australia to create a rainbow design to show support for LGBT equality. Around 400 students, from seven different schools, took part in the action at the Fawkner police station in Victoria, creating a mural that stretches some 260 fee https://twitter.com/VictoriaPolice/status/990826403233857536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fstudents-pelted-a-police-station-with-paint-filled-water-balloons-to-promote-lgbt-equality%2F05%2F2018%2F The project was organized ahead of the International...

New research has found that Iceland is the most gay-friendly country on Earth. The report, titled Polarized Progress: Social Acceptance of LGBT People in 141 Countries, found that 80 out of 141 countries had seen an increase in acceptance of LGBTQ people since 1980, while 46 had seen a decline, and 15 had seen no change. Researchers at the Williams Institute at UCLA analysed findings from 11 different surveys to develop their own LGBTQ Global Acceptance Index (GAI), which ranks the...

The stakes are high. The peculiarities of Northern Ireland politics have provided us with a unique and historic opportunity. With enough support, the right to marry the person you love, to be a full and a equal citizen of the UK, could finally come to the people of Northern Ireland. With direct rule in operation, the promise of a free vote in the UK Parliament from the Northern Ireland secretary, and a private member’s bill to be introduced at the end...

Volunteers who were promoting a in Stratford-upon-Avon were barraged with homophobic abuse over the weekend. Warwickshire Pride had been running a stall at the market in Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday, sponsored by Stratford Town Trust. However, organisers say that the presence of the stall led to a string of homophobic incidents. In a statement, Warwickshire Pride said: “A member of our volunteer team, who was lone working at the time, was subjected a shocking amount of anti-LGBT+ comments and behaviours from members of...

"There just seems to be more people feeling they have a duty or right to be mean and destructive." Hudson, Wisconsin, has a population of just over 12,000 and is a good 300 miles from Milwaukee. But it’s being plagued by a big-city problem: Someone keeps stealing rainbow flags from people’s porches. In April 2017, Pride flags were stolen from two homes and a third was set on fire, with the burned remains left on the sidewalk. It wasn’t the first...

45% of the men who have cheated on their partner say they never found out Over half of gay men have cheated on their partner, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted by the Health Equality and Rights Organization (HERO). It also found 17% got HIV or an STI from someone who was not their partner. And then, 61% of those men did not inform their partner and continued to have sex with them. 52% of gay men admitted to having cheated...

With the Winter Olympics around the corner, the global spotlight is on Korea. In just a few days, hundreds of athletes will descend on Pyeongchang, South Korea, for the 2018 Winter Olympics, including a number of gay and lesbian Olympians. But what’s the state of LGBT equality in South Korea? Historically, the country’s conservative government and large Christian population has meant slow progress: In 2013, a Pew Research poll indicated almost 60% of Koreans believed society shouldn’t accept homosexuality. There have never been...

The former U.S. ban on same-sex marriage has made citizenship for the children of same-sex bi-national couples difficult—and it’s led two couples to sue the U.S. government. Immigration Equality, an LGBT immigrant legal advocacy group, and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP filed two lawsuits on Monday against the State Department on behalf of LGBT parents and their children. “The State Department is refusing to acknowledge the citizenship of children whose parents are same-sex married couples. This policy is not only illegal, it...