Tag: equality

Log Cabin Republican president: 'What a way to start the year!' President Donald Trump sent a letter congratulating a group of gay Republicans for their 40th year anniversary. The Log Cabin Republicans started in 1977 in California as a voice for gay conservatives. So President Trump wanted to mark their 40-year milestone with a signed letter of congratulations. He wrote: ‘We are a Nation founded on the undeniable truth that all of us are created equal. We are equal in the eyes of...

An Australian equal marriage campaigner has said that LGB couples are waiting to tie the knot because “they are too tired” after campaigning for their rights to marriage. After enduring nearly three months of campaigning to score an overwhelming 66.1% “yes” vote in the Australian same-sex marriage referendum, Australian Marriage Equality board member Sarah Midgley said that people probably need “a little break” before they get hitched in droves after the vote. “Many people maybe need a little break since the...

A new testing procedure will allow gay and bi men to donate blood from April Gay and bisexual men in Israel will soon be able to donate blood. It was announced last year gay and bisexual men would be able to wait after a 12 month period since they last had sex with a man. But a number of LGBTI rights groups complained about this decision. Israel AIDS Task Force and Agudah LGBT Taskforce are amongst the groups who said the decision was...

Australia said yes! Equal marriage passed in the Australian parliament on December 9 but, thanks to the traditional 30-day waiting period, most same-sex couples had to wait until January 9 to tie the knot. (A few couples got special exemptions to marry early.) Below, browse images from some of the first same-sex weddings from Down Under. Love wins! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdrs80NBud0/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bds-rTVAJlC/ Hundreds of couples had their ceremonies at the stroke of midnight, like Gillian Brady and Lisa Goldsmith (above) who were wed at The Court...

Here's a fun story. The Guardian is reporting that two heterosexual Irishmen have married each other in order to avoid inheritance tax on a house. The total amount? Roughly $59,000. https://twitter.com/emmamcm/status/944195775923478529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Finstinctmagazine.com%2Fpost%2Ftwo-straight-guys-got-married-one-another-avoid-inheritance-tax Best friends Matt Murphy and Michael O’Sullivan are both straight, but decided to get married when they discovered how much tax would have to be paid on the house Murphy, 83, intended to leave in his will to O’Sullivan, 58, who is his carer (cares, unpaid, for a friend or...

Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth's remarks sparked a nasty homophobic response from the Queen's former chaplain. A Church of England minister has apologised after he said that Christians should pray for Prince George to be gay. The Very Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth, the provost of St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow and an LGBT equality advocate, remarked that a future wedding between the fourth in line to the the thrown and a same-sex partner would force the Church of England to back marriage equality. The comments,...

Next week, Canada’s government will issue a formal apology to citizens who were persecuted just for being gay. For decades, thousands of Canadians working across the civil service were fired purely because of their sexual orientation. The persecution took place from the 1950s right up to 1992, with LGBTQ military personnel being forced out of their jobs for fears they were susceptible to foreign intimidation and blackmail because of their sexuality or identity. The government had also developed a “fruit machine” test...

A school health teacher has been suspended for teaching that gay and transgender people exist. The teacher at Cambridge high school in Cambridge, New York was suspended this week after complaints from parents, according to the Post-Star. The row erupted over handouts on sexuality and gender that were given out to students aged 12 to 16 during health class in the New York school. The handouts were provided by the Pride Centre of the Capital Region , a New York based LGBT...

There are just a few days left to vote in Australia’s same-sex marriage survey, but the most heart-warming vote of them all has only just been cast. Many older voters have been voting against equality in this the national ballot, according to polls. But one grandfather couldn’t disagree more – and has recorded a campaign advert to tell everyone exactly why he supports same-sex marriage. 104-year-old Alex was married to his wife, Betty, for 45 years, before she died in 2009 after...

A supreme court judge in Panama has reportedly ruled against two separate efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. We first reported about gay Panamanian lawyer Iván Chanis Barahona's fight earlier this month. The highest court in the country heard arguments over the last two months and now, Justice Luis Ramón Fábrega has reportedly delivered a draft ruling against two cases that were combined into one: a suit filed by a gay couple who wed in the UK and...

Politicians voted in favor of allowing gay couples free community venue hire for 100 days if the law is changed to allow them to marry The City of Sydney has passed a motion that will allow gay couples to hire community facilities for weddings for free – if marriage equality comes to Australia. The country is currently holding a postal vote to gage public opinion on the matter. The results of the vote will be announced 15 November. The government is...

13 Reasons Why actor Brandon Flynn has a response for the anti-same-sex marriage message in Australia. Actor Brandon Flynn has spoken out for marriage equality in Australia in response to news that someone had written “Vote No” in skywriting above Sydney. In an emotional Instagram post in which the actor appears to identify as LGBT, the 13 Reasons Why star wrote: “Just saw the ‘vote no’ message in the sky, looming over Sydney. Thank you for raising money and hiring a...

The England and Wales Cricket Board is backing Stonewall's Rainbow Laces campaign. The England and Wales Cricket Board has joined up to Stonewall’s famous Rainbow Laces campaign, in partnership with Sky Sports. Matches over the coming weekend (10-13 August) in both the Natwest T20 Blast and the Kia Super League will see cricket grounds across the country getting a rainbow makeover. Rainbow flags will be used in the guard of honour at every match and they will be using specially designed rainbow...