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ACCRA, GH — (07-26-24) — Ghana’s Supreme Court upheld the country's six-decade-old law criminalizing gay sex, as the west African country awaits another court decision on whether to authorize harsher penalties upon its LGBT population in a new bill. The seven-member conservative packed court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the law on Wednesday, with presiding Justice [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (07-21-24) — Following president Biden dropping out of the November election on X Sunday, Biden announced his endorsement for Kamala Harris for President. Vice President Harris has already filed for president and takes over Biden’s $96 Million war chest. Harris has also secured the majority of the democratic congressional members in Washington, [...]
HOUSTON, TX — (07-19-24) — Texas Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee died Friday at the age of 74. The long standing advocate for gay rights and iconic Congresswoman passes away just over a month after she revealed her diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. “Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life [...]
WASHINGTON D.C — (07-11-24) — Former president Donald Trump and his Republican party have removed all language pertaining to anti-gay marriage in their 2024 platform. This was shocking to say the least considering the Republican party has been on an anti-LGBT crusade over the past 4 years. In their new 2024 platform Republicans, the document [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA — (07-04-24) — Samuel Woodward, the man accused of killing his former classmate Blaze Bernstein in an anti-LGBTQ and anti-Jewish hate crime, was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday. Gay Teen Blaze Bernstein Murder Suspect Charged With Enhancements Blaze Bernstein's body was found in a lake forest park in January 2018. [...]