by admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Bisexual, Education, family, Featured, gay, Health, International, Intersex, lesbian, LGBT, LGBT Youth, LGBTQ Youth, News, Politics, queer, same-sex marriage, Sexuality, trans, Transgender
“Today’s children and young people are growing up in an increasingly complex world and living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. In this environment, children and young people...
by admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Bisexual, Entertainment, Featured, identity, LGBT, LGBT Youth, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Youth, Opinion, queer, Transgender
“Bury Your Gays.” “Dead Lesbian Syndrome.” “But Not Too Gay.” “Out of the Closet, Into the Fire.” There are dozens of names for the common trope in media to include a queer character for diversity, but to kill them off for the twin ‘benefits’ of increased...
by admin | Sep 2, 2020 | Featured, Human Rights, Intersex, Politics, trans, Transgender
While no one is having a good time in prison, for transgender women and men it is a particularly grueling ordeal. More than half of trans women in California prisons (59%) reported some manner of sexual assault, according to a 2007 research study. Trans women in...
by admin | Sep 2, 2020 | Equality, LGBTQ, Power LGBT
Most cities in the countries of the European Union receive some measure of EU funds. The amounts tend to be modest – between $6000 and $30,000 for an average-sized town, but they do a bit to defray the costs of local administration and intercity cooperation. Six...
by admin | Aug 19, 2020 | Equality, Featured, Human Rights, International, LGBT Youth, LGBTQ, News, Sexuality
Conversion Therapy, or therapy meant to alter one’s sexual orientation or gender identity, is a so-called treatment inflicted on LGBT people to allegedly make them straight and/or cisgender. Practitioners over the years have used techniques like aversion therapy...
by admin | Aug 12, 2020 | Featured, International, LGBT, LGBT community, Sexuality
“For gay men in China, desires for unity and familiar acceptance are unrealistic,” says Yang Yiliang, a Chinese artist in talking about one of his cut-paper pieces of art, a romantic portrait of two men titled “Paper Grooms.” He continues: “The paper is symbolic...
by admin | Jul 29, 2020 | gay, homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQ, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality
Mohamad al-Bokari fled Yemen last year after threats were made to his life over his sexuality. Yemen criminalizes consensual sexual activity, with penalties ranging from whipping and prison (if unmarried) to death (if either man is married to a woman). Unfortunately,...
by admin | Jul 22, 2020 | Equality, homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Politics, Power LGBT
In 2019 and 2020, a large number of Polish towns have declared themselves “LGBT-Free” zones, possibly as many as a third of all towns and cities in the country. Under their current leader, Catholic Andrzej Duda, Poland has become increasingly conservative and hostile...
by admin | Jul 17, 2020 | #Russia, Bisexual, Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, Gender, homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Transgender
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow hung a pride flag from its building in the last week of June 2020, and that’s newsworthy. It’s newsworthy because flying the pride flag is barely legal in Russia. In 2013, President Putin signed a law called “for the Purpose of Protecting...
by admin | Jul 15, 2020 | Africa, feminism, Gender, Human Rights, Women's Rights
“We [will] drop all the laws violating the human rights in Sudan.” The quote by Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari reflects a nearly jaw-dropping truth. Sudan has, in just a week, put into effect a battery of new laws protecting their vulnerable citizens and...
