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LINCOLN, NE — (01-31-21) — Nebraska state Senator Patty Pansing Brooks presented a ballot measure to a legislative committee last Friday that would abolish the state’s unenforceable gay marriage ban. Senator Brooks argued that voters should have the chance to once and for all get rid of the ban on same-sex marriage that is currently [...]
TEGUCIGALPA, HN — (01-23-21) — Members of the Honduran Congress voted last Thursday to amend their constitution making it much harder to reverse existing anti-LGBTQ bans on same-sex marriage and abortion. This move taken by the conservative lawmakers was announced to appease their social conservative constituents. Lawmakers voted to require a three-quarters super-majority to change [...]
ESTONIA — (11-13-20) — The equality initiative petition which was introduced by the Estonian Green party, validating same sex marriages in the country, is gaining momentum with over 33,000 signatures collected since October 29. The equality inititive petition demands that the Estonian parliament, Riigikogu, amend the provision for marriage under the family law act to [...]
MOSCOW (02-16-20) - President Vladimir Putin announced last Thursday that Russia would not legalize gay marriage as long as he was president. Putin made clear he would not allow the traditional notion of mother and father to be subverted by what he called “parent number 1” and “parent number 2”. “As far as ‘parent number [...]
SAINT PAUL, MN — (08-26-19) — Homophobic GOPer who was unseated from his one term in Congress in 2018, and who likened Gay marriage to Rape, has announced his run for U.S. Senate. This is the same homophobic former congressional politician who tried to use anti-LGBT propaganda in his reelection bid for the U.S. House [...]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — (05-17-19) — The Taiwan Parliament has made history as it legalizes gay marriage. LGBT rights supporters were out in the rain in front of the parliament building in the capital celebrating the historic ruling. Hundreds were celebrating the ruling while others embraced each other in tears of joy. The historic event was [...]
NORFOLK, VA — (11-30-18) — Openly gay firefighter Scott Phillips-Gartner, based in Norfolk, Virginia, was not only harassed by his co-workers but also forced into retirement. In today's climate of anti-LGBT ideology, Scott Phillips-Gartner becomes the latest publc worker to fall victim to the current era of targeting public service workers who are LGBTQ. Phillips-Gartner [...]
Bermuda Supreme Court has handed the LGBT community a victory in their ruling on Wednesday which struck down the law banning gay marriage saying that it was unconstitutional. With their ruling, gay couples once again, are allowed to marry on the island. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley wrote in his opinion that sections of the Domestic [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The pick for the next Secretary of State and who is currently the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director and well known hawkish foreign policy advocate Mike Pompeo, was grilled on Thursday during his appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his Secretary of State confirmation hearing over his past [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer AUSTIN, TX — Mark Phariss, the gay man who sued over the right to marry his spouse confirmed Tuesday that he is now running as a Democrat and hopefully the first openly gay state senator in Texas if elected in 2018. Phariss, who is a lawyer from the Dallas suburb [...]