Tag: landmark
Boystown’s rainbow pylons and ‘Legacy Walk’ become city landmarks
The Zoning and Landmarks Commission issued a final recommendation to the City Council in favor of the designation on May 2. The City Council approved the designation on July 24."I wanted to say the designation will make the Legacy Walk and the rainbow pylon streetscape the only multi-acre site in the world to be declared a landmark because of its importance to the LGBT people," said Ald. Tom Tunney (44th), who chairs that committee and in whose ward the pylons stand.Tunney was...
Cayman Islands legalizes same-sex marriage in landmark decision
One more place in the world has marriage equality
In a landmark ruling, the Cayman Islands has legalized same-sex marriage across its territory.
Chief Justice Anthony Smellie of the Grand Court ruled on Friday (29 March) morning that defining marriage as between a man and a woman is unconstitutional. He also added that it violated numerous rights.
Chantelle Day and her partner Vickie Bodden Bush brought the initial ruling challenging the original law.
Smellie’s ruling stated the law must change in all areas...
Windows Of London’s Gay’s The Word Bookstore Smashed By Vandals
"It didn't stop us for a single second," says store manager Uli Lenart.
Vandals targeted at landmark LGBT bookstore in the U.K., smashing the shop’s windows early Sunday morning.
Gay’s The Word has been a London mainstay for nearly 40 years and the staff say the incident hasn’t deterred them. “We see it for what it was,” manager Uli Lenart told The Bookseller. “We immediately boarded it up and then got a new window put in. It didn’t stop us ...
Landmark gay wedding cake case to appear before the US Supreme Court
A decision in favour of the baker could lead to widespread discrimination
A gay couple’s landmark wedding cake case will appear before the US Supreme Court today (December 5).
The legal battle began back in 2012 when baker Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, refused to make David Mullins and Charlie Craig a cake for their wedding.
Phillips claimed making the cake went against his Christian beliefs and said it was his “standard business practice not to provide cakes for same-sex...
Gay man wins landmark legal battle over husband’s pension rights
John Walker has defeated the government in a case that could change the lives of thousands of same-sex couples.
A gay man has won a landmark legal battle to give his husband the same pension rights as a wife would receive.
Ex-cavalry officer John Walker, 66, was told by Court of Appeal judges two years ago that his attempt to claim equal pension rights for his husband had failed because his pension had been accrued before civil partnerships were recognised by...
Miami landmarks light up in rainbow colours in memory of Pulse nightclub victims
Love shines brighter than ever.
Miami Pride took place this weekend with a typical explosion of noise, colour, and fabulous-ness, but this year’s event was marked by a more sombre start than usual.
The city’s three-day Pride event began on Thursday night (April 6) with an emotional event to mark to last June’s tragic events just 200 miles away in Orlando, where 49 LGBT people and allies lost their lives when gunman Omar Mateen opened fire on crowds at Pulse nightclub.
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NYC’s oldest gay bar officially listed on the State and National Registers of Historic...
Greenwich Village gay bar Julius’ is part of gay rights movements in the 60's when homosexuals and lesbians weren't served alcoholic beverages "since their presence was considered de facto disorderly."
In 1966, three members of the gay rights organization Mattachine Society embarked in an action meant to change the legal landscape that wasn't allowing gays and lesbians to have alcoholic drinks in bars. Since then the action is known as "sip-in at Julius'."
So they went to Julius' and after ordering drinks...
