By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer South Carolina's first openly gay legislator is capturing nationwide attention as he is the first Gay legislator in the ultra-conservative state. In fact the state of South Carolina is known to be the home of the Christian fundamentalist school Bob Jones University. Newly elected Republican Rep. Jason Elliott, a 46-year-old [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Sun Wenlin and his fiance Hu Mingliang, were denied a marriage licence from the Civil Affairs Authority in Changsha, China. In what is being called a first such court case in the mainland over Gay marriage, Wenlin and Mingliang have captured worldwide press coverage over their lawsuit for marrige equality. [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer President Donald Trump made history this week when he became the first sitting Republican president to issue a public affirmation of LGBTQ individuals and vowing to protect them from discrimination if they’re working for the federal government and/or federal contractors. Before and after the election, President Trump called gay marriage [...]
By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer Gay marriage now being allowed at Norway's Lutheran Church as sent shock waves through right wing religious extremists. The Lutheran Church voted on Monday in favor of new ceremonial language that will allow its pastors to perform same-sex marriages. This action brings the Lutheran Church of Norway into line with [...]
By: William Lopez, Staff Writer Grace Bible Church Receives Huge Backlash Over Homophobic Comments JOHANNESBURG, SA – Members of the #OccupyGraceBibleChurch have said that they are eager to discuss gay rights for the LGBTI community with the institution. The group has claimed that the 'Grace Bible Church' has been making homophobic comments during their sermons [...]