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A gay couple is suing the State Department for refusing to recognize their daughter as an American citizen. Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg filed a federal lawsuit against the State Department because they are being forced to go through a lengthy process to get an American passport for their daughter Simone, who was born to a surrogate in England with the help of an anonymous egg donor. Mize and Gregg are married, both are listed on their daughter’s birth certificate, and...

Shawn Mendes has been criticised (and praised) for telling a fan he won’t help her come out as bisexual to her parents. During the Canadian singer-songwriter’s pre-concert Q&A session in Oakland, California, a fan told Shawn about her sexuality and said she’s refrained from telling her parents because they’re “strict”. She then asked if he could record a video to help her come out to her parents, but he politely declined. “This is what I want to tell you, your parents are...

Research conducted by Rainbow Community Kampuchea (RoCK) has found that over 80% of queer women and trans men have faced violence in Cambodia. The research is one of the first of its kind in the country. The study met with 61 LBT people, 23 of them being lesbians, four of them being bisexual women and 34 being trans men. Over half the participants (51%) were under the age of 35. The researchers also met with parents of LBT children, UN...

Over the past few months, Birmingham primary schools have faced anti-LGBTQ protests over the teaching of No Outsiders. No Outsiders – developed by Andrew Moffat, 2017 MBE recipient for services to equality and diversity in education – is a program of lessons that covers topics such as gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability and age. As the protests continue, MPs in the House of Commons have urged the government to take action to make what is being taught clearer to parents. Yesterday,...

Anti-LGBTQ groups are planning nationwide protests against the inclusion of LGBTQ-inclusive relationships education. The protests are planned to happen in September. Earlier this year, MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of introducing LGBTQ-inclusive relationship and sex education in schools. 538 MPs at the House of Commons backed the proposal, with only 21 voting against it. Groups like Stop RSE, Parent Power, the Values Foundation and the School Gate Campaign have been set up in the past year with the aim of stopping...

The Argentinian actor, singer and director – who plays Fernando on Netflix sitcom Fuller House – spoke about his sexuality for the first time earlier this year during a TedX talk, but has now told People he’s been out in private for two decades years. “I’ve been out for 20 years. It’s not like this is a secret that all of a sudden I needed to bring out to the surface,” he said. “I live my life freely. I told the...

Given that the two teams in the Women’s World Cup final had the most out lesbians and bisexuals in history with five apiece, and with 40 out players and coaches in the entire tournament, there was bound to be some girl-on-girl kissing at some point. The final scored a combined television audience of 14.27 million viewers on Fox, according to the network and Nielsen, which peaked at 19.6 million. And since a lot of people now get their entertainment...

A homophobic group in the United States called One Million Moms have called for a boycott of Toy Story 4 due to a subtle same-sex scene. In a powerful yet blink and you’ll miss-it moment within the film, two mothers are seen picking up their child from kindergarten and although it’s an extremely subtle reference, it was the only thing One Million Moms focused on. The leader of the group, Monica Cole, laid out the reasoning behind the boycott by ridiculously...

“One Million Moms” is calling for a boycott of Pixar’s Toy Story 4 over what the conservative anti-LGBT group admits is a “subtle” nod to the LGBTQ community. “At the start of the movie, when Woody’s new owner Bonnie goes for her first day of kindergarten, in the background there is a quick scene where one child is dropped off by two moms,” the group explains on their website. “Later, the moms return to pick up their child who gives...

A gay teenager’s heartbreaking letter written to his parents explaining why he had to leave home after they refused to accept him as their gay son. Kent Mendez, 19, shared a copy of his letter – written in both English and Spanish – on Twitter Monday. The letter has been retweeted over 15,000 times and has received an outpouring of sympathy and love. “There hasn’t been a day where I haven’t cried or struggled to find the energy to get out of...

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...

Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon made it into the top six, with a performance of Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever." Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon has shared the struggle he is going through with his parents not accepting that he’s gay, but the American Idol contestant was able to perform in front of them on the show for the first time on Sunday. His take on Queen’s “Who Wants to Live Forever” brought them to their feet, as well as the rest of...

Find out if Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon made it to the top 20 finalists of American Idol Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon is the gay son of a pastor. He made headlines last month for his moving American Idol audition with an original song about not getting into heaven because he’s gay. Harmon also revealed his parents didn’t have a positive reaction when he came out as gay to them. ‘I first came out to my parents and my family three years ago,’ he said during...

The older man warned the younger, bisexual man to break off the relationship with his daughter. What should he do? A letter to the weekly relationship agony aunt in British newspaper The Guardian has gone viral. In it, a man says that he recently met his girlfriend’s parents for the first time. He says that he’s enjoyed relationships with men and women previously, but is now committed to his girlfriend. He wanted to marry her. However, meeting her parents has truly thrown a...