Tag: lgbt

This may be a short work week here in the US, but it’s going to be worth it.  As we say goodbye to May, we’re going to say hello to June and Pride Month with a nice little giveaway. Skip to the bottom if you wish (that’s what he said).  Thanks to OMG Blog, we have some seriously distracting snaps of hunky actors Steven Strait and Drew Van Acker from a new...

Trump and Mike Pence have proposed a revision to a section in the ACA that, if it goes through, will remove protections for LGBTQ people. Image by Doug Mills from the New York Times.I really wish I didn’t have to write about this but I suppose it’s best to bring attention to it. It’s no secret that Trump and his administration has not been kind to LGBTQ people and he and Mike Pence have to the potential to make...

A New Jersey charter was forced to cover up a pro-LGBTQ mural after a Catholic church became upset by the mural’s existence. Image via TheArtLeague.orgA student at the Bergen Arts and Science Charter School in Hackensack, New Jersey painted a pro-LGBTQ mural in the form of a rainbow heart to promote gay rights. Unfortunately, the Catholic church that owns the school was upset about having pro-LGBTQ artwork and demanded that it be covered up, according to NorthJersey.com As a resident...

Governor Kay Ivey has the final say on whether or not Alabama will get rid of marriage licenses. Image via FacebookI’ve written about how Alabama’s Senate voted in favor of getting rid of marriage licenses and replacing them with a probate judge recording the marriage after an engaged couple signs and submits an affidavit. Unfortunately, the House has also recently voted in favor of the legislature, and if Governor Kay Ivey signs the bill, it will become law, according...

Two days after a California school board approved new curriculum that includes LGBT history, parents of more than 700 students kept their children home in protest. The Rocklin School District Board OK’d the curriculum May 1 by a vote of 3-2, requiring students in kindergarten through fifth grades to learn about the contributions of key LGBT figures in history and social studies curriculum, according to the Sacramento Bee. Rocklin is about one-hour northeast of Sacramento. A group of parents known as...

Homosexuality is forbidden in some countries. Again, some countries allow it. But, is it always bad? Sometimes, it’s a blessing for someone. That’s what we are going to talk about. Recently, a guy has saved a girl from being raped by raping the guy who wanted to rape the girl. People often look up for “LGBT legal countries” but United States of America is where all the heroes are born. United States of America allowed homosexuality. So, love between same...

LGBT people are typically depicted as city and coastal dwellers. And those who live in rural America are often characterized as people yearning to escape rural life for more acceptance in urban areas. But a new study from the Movement Advancement Project, a think tank that advocates for LGBT equality, shatters that stereotype. Between 2.9 million and 3.8 million LGBT people live in rural America, that's up to 5 percent of the rural population and up to 20 percent of the...

Proposing during an Ariana Grande concert is the cutest (and gayest!) thing ever!! We already know pop queen and LGBT ally Ariana Grande is crazy talented, but did you also know that she's good at bringing people together through her music? That was the case during the opening show of her Sweetener World Tour in Albany, New York when a fan in the audience named Jordan took some time during Ari's performance of her song "goodnight n go" to propose...

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...

Netflix India screened a same-sex love story for the first Valentine’s Day since gay sex was decriminalized in the country Netflix India marked Valentine’s Day this year with an adorable romance between two young men. The short film, directed by Reema Sengupta, shows two young men fall in love in an Indian city. ‘We made a sweet Valentine’s Day video because we couldn’t write everyone a personalized letter about why we love them’ the online streaming service wrote on Twitter. ‘It isn’t love...

AT&T has released a commercial advertisement which spotlights an interracial gay couple. The “Just OK” campaign argues that their products are built to excel, as opposed to their competitor’s “just ok” options. The beautiful ad delivers this message by showing a gay couple leaving their children with a “just ok” babysitter. The babysitter quickly shows that she’s not up to the task of taking care of the children, and the couple become worried about her care. This is, of course,...

The video's creator now wants people around the world to share it in protest of Russia's 'gay propaganda' laws The man behind a YouTube video that feature same-sex kisses is ‘sad’ they have been banned in Russia. Roman Bashinsky launched his social justice channel Bashinsky Time (BT) to help promote tolerance in Russia and has more than 438,000 subscribers. A recent series of videos featured a blindfolded person kissing a range of people. Those blindfolded did not know the identity of the...