Tag: LGBTQ community

The saying is "everything in Texas is bigger", and that may just relate to its ever growing LGBTQ community as it was just revealed that at least 44 LGBTQ Texans are running for office in 2018! Yee haw! The number is the most in the state's history, tripling the previous record. The bulk of the challengers this year are Democrats, where a smattering of others are running in other parties or non-partisan races. One of the people running happens to also...

We have been hungrily awaiting Ryan Murphy’s newest baby American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace. The master has created so many hyper sensual shows that dive into very topical themes and have elevated the LGBTQ community. Coming later this year will be Murphy’s show Pose, about the 80s voguing culture in New York City. What sets The Assassiation of Gianni Versace aside is the luxury that will be captured via fashion, color, and unique actors who will breathe...

In 2006, Indian Crown Prince of Rajpipla Manvendra Singh Gohil came out publicly, shattering global news as the world's first out prince. This news caused his family to disown him because of the humiliation they felt from his public display of self-affirmation. Since then, Manvendra has used his removal from his family as a means to create change for not only the people of India, but for the LGBTQ community that is so under represented. Despite his family's disapproval of his...

Last month, we reported to you that Bermuda's government was considering banning gay marriage despite only legalizing it earlier this year. Gay marriage came to the island in May after gay couple Winston Godwin and Greg DeRoche (shown above) fought several court battles to gain its legalization. That said, the government wasn't ready to stop and the Minister of Home Affairs, named Walton Brown, introduced the “Domestic Partnership Bill.” That bill, though unable to affect already married couples, now makes it so...

Compensation comes after former federal government employees launched class-action lawsuit The Trudeau government has earmarked more than $100 million to compensate members of the military and other federal agencies whose careers were sidelined or ended due to their sexual orientation, The Canadian Press has learned. The money will be paid out as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement to employees who were investigated, sanctioned and sometimes fired as part of the so-called gay purge. An agreement in principle in the court action...

With the recent & very exciting news that the people of Australia voted yes for same-sex marriage, it's important for the LGBTQ community and its supporters to truly see how far we have come in this epic battle for our legal rights. Over 25 countries have legalized same-sex marriage so far, with Australia hopefully being the next one on that list. This includes The United States, Columbia, Malta, Argentina and so much more, with the list hopefully expanding over the...

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...

It's been an incredible week for the LGBTQ community and its supporters in Australia and all over the world. The country overwhelmingly voted yes for marriage equality with 61 percent of the votes after an eight week postal survey. It is now up to the parliament to debate how to turn the people's choice into law, but the simple fact that the majority of Aussies want gay marriage legalized and for them to become the 25th country in the...

"It could be a case of mistaken identity." The Providence Baptist Church in Vale, North Carolina was set on fire early Monday morning, but locals think the arsonists mistook it for another church in the area. At the scene of the fire graffiti was found spray painted on the church and the surrounding sidewalk which read “Anti-Gay Hate Group.” https://twitter.com/CarolineHicksTV/status/929995621506912256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newnownext.com%2Fchurch-fire-providence-baptist-vale-north-carolina%2F11%2F2017%2F The problem is that the church isn’t anti-LGBT. “All are welcome,” Pastor Ernie Richards told local news station WBTV. According to WBTV there is...

Meet James Gelb. He’s a slumlord, er, landlord from Santa Barbara, California who may be facing charges by police after a video of him shouting antigay slurs at a man in public went viral. The ugly confrontation happened on November 7 in downtown Santa Barbara. In the video, Gelb can be heard shouting the word “fag” more than a dozen times. According to The Noozhawk: Early in the video, the two men appear to be talking about Gelb’s property holdings, a Del...

His name is Michael Nance, he is a family court judge in Kentucky and his specialization is children adoption. Everything was good until April 2017, when the judge issued an order, demanding all layers who represented gay parents to inform him of their sexual orientation. The purpose, according to his own words, was for him to be able to decline hearing the cases. As Michael Nance declared: The best interest of the child can never be promoted by the adoption by...

Rest In Power. Gay rights activist Edith Windsor has passed away aged 88, her wife Judith Kasen-Windsor confirmed to the New York Times. Windsor’s Supreme Court case back in 2013 overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, giving same-sex married couples federal recognition in the US for the first time. After her previous wife, Thea Spyer, died she sued the US government after being ordered to pay $363,053 (£224,940) in federal estate tax. They had been together for 44 years and married in Canada...

It’s been announced that ABC has greenlit the production of a new comedy. The series will be a merging of multiple groups such as the LGBTQ community, the South, and the Latin-American community. The story will be about a Tejano, a Mexican-American living in Southern Texas, who moves back to be with his family. But the thing is, he moves back with a husband and baby. This family story will be both something we’ve all seen before (meaning a "modern family"...

A new law in Haiti would ban gay marriage, along with showing any public support for LGBTQ rights. Charlot Jeudy, of the gay rights organization Kouraj, is leading the charge to stop the proposed new law. It passed last week in the senate and would fine either party not in a marriage between a man and a woman, $8,000 and up to 3 years in prison. The bill would also outlaw any public support for LGBTQ rights. At the moment,...