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SYDNEY, NSW — (03-22-24) — LGBTQ groups are celebrating legislation passed after a marathon of overnight debate. The ban on conversion practices was one of the Labor party's election promises, and it was welcomed by equality groups not only domestically but worldwide. The upper house debated the issue in a marathon session overnight before it [...]
MOSCOW, RU — (03-20-24) — In a first under Russia's LGBTQ Extremist Law, two Gay Club employees have been arrested under the new draconian law and have been sent to pretrial detention for two months on a charge of creating an extremist group. It is the first criminal case brought since Russia's Supreme Court outlawed [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.— (03-13-24) — LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S.A grew from 5.6% to 7.6% among adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual, according to Gallup. The current figure is up from 5.6% four years ago and 3.5% in 2012, Gallup’s first year of measuring sexual orientation [...]
CANYON, TX — (03-07-24) — We can now confirm that a West Texas A&M University LGBTQ+ student group has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for emergency relief, saying their freedom of speech is being violated after the public university’s president canceled a planned campus drag show. Unfortunately the appeal has gone directly to anti-LGBTQ Justice [...]
PHILADELPHIA, PA — (03-05-24) — Philadelphia's Executive Director of the Office of LGBT Affairs and her husband's arrest last weekend has the mayor's office describing the incident as "very concerning." Last weekend, a Pennsylvania state police trooper who has not been identified, executed a car stop on the Vine Street Expressway in Philadelphia, reportedly for [...]
NASHVILLE, TN — (03-03-24) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed the state's new anti-LGBT law last Wednesday, that will allow public officials statewide to refuse to perform same-sex marriages if doing so goes against their beliefs, a clear slap in the face to the Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling in 2015 that legalized [...]
ACCRA, GHANA — (02-28-24) — Ghana's parliament passed legislation on Wednesday that critics are calling a draconian anti-LGBTQ law that gives law enforcement more authority to crack down on LGBTQ activists who are promoting LGBTQ civil rights in the West African country. Gay sex is already punishable by up to three years in prison in [...]
ATHENS, GR — (02-16-24) — In a landmark vote, Greece's parliament approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption rights to gay couples last Thursday, a landmark victory for LGBT civil rights that was greeted with cheers by thousands of onlookers in parliament and millions around the world via news broadcasts that were covering the [...]
SEATTLE, WA — (02-01-24) — Police raid four Gay bar venues last weekend that resulted in patrons being cited for alleged 'Lewd Conduct' violations. This action incited anger and fear among patrons and employees of all four LGBTQ+ nightlife locations. Over the weekend, law enforcement officers from Seattle Police, fire, and LCB officials did not [...]
CHARLOTTE, NC — (01-31-24) — A federal complaint has been filed by LGBT Advocates of the Southern Equality, claims that North Carolina's Parents' Bill of Rights, "are systematically marginalizing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students." The Title IX complaint includes testimonials from unnamed students, parents, educators and school staff. Attorneys working with the [...]