Tag: LGBTQ

Other patrons witness the discrimination When a couple at a restaurant openly discriminates against their lesbian waitress, other patrons decide they’re not having it. This is exactly the scenario a recent episode of ABC’s What Would You Do? series posed. Inspired by a real-life event where a lesbian server received no tip due to her pride tattoo, the segment asks whether or not bystanders would intervene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfBktuMXV00 Both the couple discriminating and the waitress are played by actors. For the waitress, it’s an especially...

In a new survey of 1,615 straight and gay workers by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 46% of LGBTQ employees stay closeted in the workplace because they are afraid of being stereotyped, damaging business relationships or making folks feel ‘uncomfortable.’ That’s a drop of only 4 points from 50% ten years when the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Degrees of Equality report was issued in 2008. Of the straight respondents, half said there aren’t any LGBTQ employees at their place of employment. According...

An LGBTQ church in the Philippines’ Quezon city held several gay weddings earlier today. The weddings, which were merely ceremonial as gay marriage is still illegal in the country, were held by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Straight (LGBTS) Christian Church at 8 am, according to Efe which also has video and photos of the event. The Church holds this mass wedding every year to give LGBTQ citizens the opportunity to at least participate in the wedding ritual. While the Philippines...

Indian actor Manoj Bajpayee says there needs to be more LGBTQ representation in gay films. Bajpayee was recently in London to participate in the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival (or LIFF), which encompassed three LGBTQ-inclusive films this year titled “Venus,” “My Son is Gay,” and “Bird of Dusk.” In an interview with Reuters, Bajpayee stated that he thinks its time that Bollywood become more inclusive of LGBTQ characters. “There is not enough portrayal or enough films on LGBT rights or LGBT...

LGBTQ people have faced attacks and arrests at the games, but this stands as a shining moment England soccer fan, and organizer with Three Lions Pride, Di Cunningham traveled to Russia to cheer on the national team and fly a Pride version of the Three Lions flag. Despite legitimate cause for concern, she displayed it proudly from the stands, while watching her team come out victorious in their World Cup opener against Tunisia, with a score of 2-1. The situation for...

With somewhere between 5-10% of the population reported to be LGBTQ, its easy to see why gay folks might have a more difficult time finding a potential romance in the workplace. For those reasons, many have found dating apps to be useful in connecting with like-minded folks outside of work. However, The New York Post recently reported on a new study shows that for those who do make a ‘love connection’ at work, a substantial number say they’ve done the deed...

Being a single parent is no easy task, but being an LGBTQ single parent comes with its own unique set of challenges. Tuvia Borok has a successful career in the City, but after his marriage ended to his ex-husband, he now raises the son he adopted back in 2013 on his own. “From a very young age, I always wanted to have a family and raise kids,” he told The Independent. “Whilst I have a small immediate family with only one...

Here’s an inspiring story to start off the week with some positivity. This weekend, the first ever LGBTQ+ pride in a refugee camp took place. Rainbow flags flew and demonstrators marched through Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp. The organizers of the event were from Refugee Flag Kakuma, and most of the participants were LGBTQ+ refugees who fled from neighboring Uganda. Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda. The Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act was passed in Dec. 2013, inciting a punishment of life in prison for...

News is spreading that Tyler Posey and Avan Jogia are set to play gay roles in an upcoming Starz comedy series. Deadline has released the news about an upcoming half-hour comedy show called Now Apocalypse. The 10-episode series follows a group of friends, Carly (Kelli Berglund), Ford (Beau Mirchoff), Severine (Roxane Mesquida), and Ulysses (Jogia), as they pursue love, sex, and fame in Los Angeles. Both Jogia and Posey have amassed gay followings thanks to their good looks and their earlier...

It's the second time in a week riders have reported anti-gay discrimination in New York City A yellow taxi cab driver in New York City allegedly insulted his passengers earlier this week, telling them, “I don’t drive gays.” Ryan Smith and a friend hailed the cab Wednesday morning from Manhattan to Brooklyn, NBC News 4 reports. While en route, “the driver turned around to interrupt our conversation and was like, ’Are you gay?'” Smith says. “We were like, ’Uh…?’ But before...

If Tom of Finland and Arabian Nights had a lovechild, it would look something like the work of Artqueerhabibi. The artist, who chooses to remain anonymous out of safety concerns, uses his work to showcase diverse gender expressions and homoerotic love in the Arab world. Speaking to Pink News recently, Artqueerhabibi says he wants to show the world that LGBTQ people do, in fact, exist in Arabic countries. “I want to show the world that you can live in Arabian countries and...

LGBTQ fans and advocates have decried FIFA’s choice of Russia to host the World Cup this year, saying the notoriously antigay country would be unsafe for LGBTQ fans. While the sporting authority and the Russian government have tried to downplay the concerns, two fans have already been brutally attacked before the games have even started. French citizen O Davrius and his partner had traveled together to Russia to cheer on French athletes according to Metro UK, but the first match...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued a new order in his never ending quest to keep the U.S. as white and straight as possible. In a wide-reaching move, Sessions says that the government will no longer accept the threat of gang violence or domestic abuse as grounds for asylum in the U.S. “The mere fact that a country may have problems effectively policing certain crimes — such as domestic violence or gang violence — or that certain populations are more...

Root for equality at tonight's match Russia - Saudi Arabia When audiences come to watch the first game of the World Cup tonight (14 June), there will be a secret LGBTI message hidden in plain sight. The first game will be between Russia and Saudi Arabia, two countries which prosecute against the LGBTI community. Using this link, fans will see a gay couple kissing with the Russian and Saudi Arabian flags on their cheeks. It is similar to the way Snapchat and Pokemon...