Tag: equality

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently announced through a letter that he plans giving away 99% of his fortune for causes to support a better living for everyone. The money will go to Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a new foundation set by Zuckerberg and his wife. “We want you to grow up in a world better than ours today,” he wrote. The decision comes after his wife, Priscilla Chan gave birth to their daughter, Max. Zuckerberg hinted at equality and supporting minorities, and how human progress relies in...

Phillip Davies is a Tory Member of Parliament, a master of the filibuster, and a conservative who has his own distinct opinion about the meaning of equality in the bill of same sex marriage.  No question he voted against the bill during the last Parliament, but until now, his true reasoning was not known. Davies apparently has opined that the bill does not represent equality at all. His contention is that in allowing same-sex unions to be marriages is an act...

We're taking a whistle-stop tour around the globe as we explore what's happening at Pride events as 2015 closes and going into 2016. Amsterdam Leather Pride zaptravel.com Let's start as we mean to go on, with Amsterdam's incredible Leather Pride. Taking place this week, we've already missed the launch night and the naked bar night (damn!), there's still plenty to, ahem, get up to before the events end on Monday the 26th. Plenty of leather, rubber, briefs-only and general fetish events, this is...

In the LGBT world, every voice of support is a step forward. And when that voice is Julianne Moore or Ellen Page, we know that it will be heard. This October, Julianne Moore and Ellen Page stars in Freeheld, a movie based on the true story of police officer Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore) who, back in 2005, being in a terminal state of her illness, fought for her right to pass on the pension benefits to her domestic partner Stacie...

Would you consider going out and getting a tattoo to support marriage equality, or perhaps one that symbolizes indigenous health? Well, Greg Inglis considered it and actually had it done. Inglis, an Australian professional rugby player, decided to get a couple of new tattoos in support of both indigenous health and marriage equality. Then he showed them off on Instagram, receiving much applause by advocacy groups and generating enormous buzz! One tattoo is a dotted symbol to support One Disease,...