by admin | Mar 25, 2020 | Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, gay, LGBT, LGBT community, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Youth, Power LGBT
In the fall of 2019, two teachers at John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Washington let their employer know that they’d each gotten engaged to their respective partners over the summer. Michelle Beattie, who taught health and coached soccer, and...
by admin | Mar 18, 2020 | Equality, Human Rights
Lucio Delgado was brought to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 17. He was blind then, and he’s blind today. He uses a cane for mobility and cannot see anything at all. He was born without sight. Now 23, he tried to take the test for U.S. Citizenship in May, 2019....
by admin | Mar 10, 2020 | gay, LGBT, LGBTQ, News, Politics, Power LGBT
Aaron Schock was a Representative for Illinois’s 18th Congressional District from 2009 through 2015. Once, he was the youngest member of the U.S. Congress. Before that, he was the youngest member of the Illinois House of Representatives. Every election, he ran...
by admin | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Bernie Sanders just earned an endorsement from a very special someone. Christine Hallquist, the first openly trans person to be nominated for governor in the U.S., has officially named Bernie Sanders her presidential candidate of choice. “As an open and proud...
by admin | Jan 10, 2020 | Featured, Sexuality
Thanks to LGBT awareness campaigns, most everyone understands what it means to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, and/or transgender. Yet, there are many other sexual orientations that aren’t as well understood. In this article, we explore the aromantic spectrum and what it...
by admin | Dec 11, 2019 | Education, Featured
Rising numbers of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents has sparked a controversial debate over sex education. Conservatives have used the alarming figures to argue in favor of abstinence-only programs; while liberals counter that the best way to reduce...
by admin | Nov 18, 2019 | Featured, LGBTQ
On November 17, the PwC Charitable Foundation presented the Trevor Project with a six million grant—marking the largest contribution ever made to the organization. The Trevor Project, which aims to reduce suicide amongst LGBTQ youth, will use the money to expand its...
by admin | Nov 1, 2019 | Featured, News
The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that would allow tax-funded adoption agencies to reject applicants based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. The rule would reverse Obama-era rules that were put in place to protect against this type of...
by admin | Oct 11, 2019 | family, Featured
Family court statistics in the U.K. show that adoptions by same-sex couples are on the rise. In England and Wales, for example, same-sex couples comprised 12 percent of all adoptions in 2018-2019. Compare that to just seven percent five years prior. “As adoption rates...
by admin | Sep 24, 2019 | Featured, homophobia, News
Soccer star Megan Rapinoe is putting her fame to good use. The lesbian athlete, who was named FIFA’s Best Women’s Player in the world, used her celebrity platform to draw attention to homophobia and other social injustices. “If everybody was as outraged about...
