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President Trump and his administration just voted against a United Nations ban on the death penalty for being gay, making the United States of America (it’s hard to think this is actually really happening) just one of 13 other countries in the world to oppose such a historic vote. A few other notable countries who voted against the ban were China, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. The resolution wasn’t sought to ban the death penalty entirely, but instead to keep...

Respondents said they faced more physical or verbal assaults following the announcement of the postal vote than before. The number of assaults against LGBT people doubled during Australia’s equal marriage postal vote, new research has revealed. Over 9,500 LGBT people and allies participated in a survey conducted by the Australia Institute and the National LGBTI Health Alliance to investigate the impact of the postal vote. Preliminary results were released this week, and it found that the vote took a massive toll on...

There are just a few days left to vote in Australia’s same-sex marriage survey, but the most heart-warming vote of them all has only just been cast. Many older voters have been voting against equality in this the national ballot, according to polls. But one grandfather couldn’t disagree more – and has recorded a campaign advert to tell everyone exactly why he supports same-sex marriage. 104-year-old Alex was married to his wife, Betty, for 45 years, before she died in 2009 after...

Now is not the time to be complacent, if you're an Aussie and haven't posted your vote or voted online yet, do it now! LGBTI advocates are reluctant to celebrate the results of a new Reachtel poll that shows Australia is on track to vote ‘yes’ to same-sex marriage. Australians are currently posting back survey forms which ask them if they think the law should be changed to allow same-sex marriage. If the majority of the 16 million eligible voters agree,...

Awesome news for our LGBT people in Germany! Today, October 1st, makes it the first official day that German same-sex couples can marry! Congratulations! Germany became the 23rd country in the world to do so back in June, with 393 politicians voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage while 266 voted against. Per Pink News, Same-sex couples from October 1st will be able to have all the rights connected to existing marriage laws. This includes joint adoption. The German legal code now...

The singer-songwriter wants you to vote for equality. As part of Vevo's Why I Vote campaign, Kesha opened up about why she's voting and the importance of getting as many other people to vote as possible. "In this election, especially, I feel like you're choosing between someone who is promising to build walls and someone who is hopeful," she said. "And if those are my two options, I definitely want to go with hope." She reflected on being bullied and struggling with her...

Director Joss Whedon has assembled a “shit ton” of celebrities in a new video asking you to vote, with the promise of a Mark Ruffalo nude scene if you do. Whedon returned to Twitter to announce the spot, which he filmed as part of his new Super PAC Save the Day‘s initiative to get progressive voters out to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Robert Downey, Jr., Neil Patrick Harris, James Franco, Julianne Moore, Rosie Perez, Keegan-Michael Key, Don Cheadle and...

A large majority of registered LGBT voters support Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, according to results of two weeks of the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll. Seventy-two percent of registered LGBT voters support Clinton, compared to 20 percent who support Trump. On the campaign trail, Trump has touted himself as the better candidate to fight for LGBT rights, but his decision to pick Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running-mate was seen by some as contradictory to his LGBT-friendly claims. When Libertarian...