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WASHINGTON D.C. — (03-29-23) — Lawmakers U.S. Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA), introduced a bill on Tuesday that would require the U.S. State Department to promote LGBTQ and intersex rights abroad through its public policy. Garcia and Jacobs introduced the 'International Human Rights Defense Act' on Tuesday and is already being sponsored [...]
ORLANDO, FL — (03-24-23) — Disney World fights back against Florida’s rightwing Republican governor Ron DeSantis' crackdown on LGBTQ+ civil rights, by hosting the largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world. The Out & Equal Workplace Summit says that they are “largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world” who attracts over 5,000 attendees annually. For the next [...]
TAMPA, FL — (03-21-23) — Rumors are swirling that the DeSantis administration's anti-LGBTQ ideology is moving to expand it's 'Don't Say Gay' Law to go up to the 12th Grade. In fact the GOP's war on the LGBTQ Community is moving to bar all public school teachers from providing classroom instruction on sexual orientation or [...]
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — (03-19-23) — Gay rights activists in the Serb-run part of Bosnia were assaulted on Saturday, hours after police banned an LGBT planned event over the weekend, citing security concerns. The assault took place as gay rights activists were leaving a meeting at the offices of the Bosnian branch of the global anti-corruption [...]
FRANKFORT, KY — (03-15-23) — A late night amendment proposed in the Kentucky Senate would dramatically scale back the limitations placed on transgender youth, their families and health care providers by the controversial House Bill 470. Following the blowback from both sides of the aisle, Senator Danny Carroll, R-Benton, filed an amendment late Tuesday night [...]
KYIV, UKRAINE — (03-08-23) — Ukraine’s former deputy culture minister announced on Tuesday that Zelensky's government is proposing to legalize same-sex civil partnerships, saying it would both reward the service of LGBTQ soldiers and please the European Union. Inna Sovsun of the Golos party announced on Tuesday that she has submitted the same-sex civil partnership [...]
DES MOINES, IA — (03-01-23) — The Republican controlled state Legislature is considering a bill that would permit residents to deny recognition of same-sex marriages on religious grounds. Nearly eight years after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage and several months after Congress codified same-sex marriage, Iowa Republicans have now proposed banning such unions in [...]
PLANO, TX — (02-28-23) — A megachurch in Texas voted overwhelmingly to leave the United Methodist Church (UMC) for ordaining LGBTQ clergy and officiating at or hosting same-sex marriages. The church's departure comes as more than 2,000 U.S. churches have disaffiliated from United Methodist Church since 2019, when they publicly came out in support of [...]
SEOUL, KR — (02-26-23) — South Korea' Supreme Court ruled in favor of LGBTQ+ couples in a landmark ruling that says spousal coverage under the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) should be applied equally to both LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ couples. “The plaintiff and his partner are both male, but they agreed to recognize each other [...]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — (02-25-23) — Utah lawmaker Rep. Jeff Stenquist, says he has listened to concerns from the LGBTQ community and has updated a bill known as Utah's "Don't Say Gay' bill, over the concerns of the LGBT Community. “It was never my intention to do harm or anything like that.” - Rep. [...]