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By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer Police serving the conservative government of Indonesia's Aceh province, conducted a crackdown on a group of transgender women on Sunday Jan. 28, which resulted in the women being forced to shave their heads and forcing the transgenders to wear men’s clothing. Police took the 12 trans women into custody and [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C — President Donald J. Trump once joked that vice president Mike Pence whom you will remember received major backlash for attempting to put into law, LGBT discrimination legislation, “wants to hang” all gay people, according to The New Yorker. The mainstream media outlets immediately began tweeting, and reporting [...]
By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer, Staff Writer EGYPT — Alarming news is going viral over seven men being arrested in Egypt for what authorities call, “promoting sexual deviancy” on social media. Under Egyptian law, the seven men must submit to an “anal examinations” prior to their October 1 trial date. The arrests of these men [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer HONG KONG — Hong Kong's court of appeal has made history in its ruling that a British lesbian who moved to the territory with her spouse, should be granted a dependent visa. Usually visas are issued to husbands and wives of foreigners working in Hong Kong but had never in [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer UNITED KINGDOM — The 21st Century has brought new thoughts of acceptance in the Church but not as much as some would hope. However this time around, LGBT Rights Activists in England are elated over the latest vote that took place in the Church of England as members of England's [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — The right wing conservative Israeli government cites "Difficulties’ for the child" as many in Israel call lawmakers actions homophobic. In fact, Israeli prime minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu promised Russia that they would not allow same-sex married couples the right to adopt children in Israel. The Knesset [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff WRiter WASHINGTON D.C — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday to reaffirmed its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right for same-sex marriage, ruling that states can not treat married same-sex couples differently from others in issuing birth certificates. As expected, the only dissents in the unsigned ruling were Justice Neil [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer After the huge backlash from gay rights activists, top national Democratic Party official Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake, is now making it public that he is requesting a refund of his $1,000 campaign contribution to a New York City Council candidate who is on record opposing same-sex marriage. RELATED: Supreme Court [...]
Pink Triangle Press, Canada’s leading LGBT media group, has appointed David Walberg as its executive director, effective April 3. Walberg will lead a team of 55 staff in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver, as announced today by board members Negar Farjadnia and Jim Bartley. After a rigorous search, the board of directors for Pink Triangle [...]
By: Michael "The Sizzler" Jacobs, Staff Writer Gay Hook-Up Site Banners Go Up Nationwide in Support of LGBT Rights TORONTO, ONTARIO — Gay hookup site Squirt.org sent word over to our newsroom that they are making a statement in support of LGBT rights with a billboard campaign that launched on January 17 to coincide with [...]