ADDED ON: 02/11/2019
LGBTQ pride and Mexican culture in sweet harmony
Mariachi music is one of Mexico's most beloved forms of music. It's also among the most traditional. After coming out as a gay man, Carlos Samaniego found that he was not welcome…
United States
ADDED ON: 02/11/2019
Can Businesses Turn Away LGBT Customers? Court Battles Bubbling Back Up
The original story behind the Masterpiece Cakeshop case is both undisputed and well known: a gay couple in Colorado walked into the bakery in 2012 and asked for wedding cake. The owner…
ADDED ON: 02/10/2019
ICE confirms 45 transgender women being held at Texas detention center
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week confirmed to the Washington Blade that it is currently housing 45 transgender women at a privately-run detention center in Texas. Danielle Bennett on Tuesday said…
ADDED ON: 02/10/2019
School forced to close after inviting black, gay speaker for assembly
Protesters forced a school to close after they invited a gay councilperson to speak. Immaculata Catholic School in Durham, North Carolina, told parents that due to several groups planning demonstrations at the…
ADDED ON: 02/09/2019
LGBT police officers say they’ve faced horrible discrimination, and now they’re suing
It didn't matter whether Jay Brome called for backup during high-speed stolen car pursuits, intense vehicle impoundments or hit-and-run investigations. His fellow officers at the California Highway Patrol would not respond even…
ADDED ON: 02/08/2019
Tennessee lawmakers file bills that would allow adoption agencies to refuse service to LGBT couples
Tennessee lawmakers this week introduced a set of bills that would allow adoption agencies to deny services to LGBT couples on religious grounds. One bill, filed by state Sen. Joey Hensley (R)…
ADDED ON: 02/07/2019
When Religion Leads to Trauma
“We think of church as a place of healing and transformation, and it is,” says Michael Walrond Jr., pastor of the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem. But for some, he says,…
ADDED ON: 02/05/2019
CA would ban infant intersex surgeries under Wiener bill
California would become the first state in the nation to ban surgeries performed on intersex infants if state lawmakers approve a bill authored by gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). At…
ADDED ON: 02/03/2019
Gay cure therapy ban could be blocked because it limits ‘free speech’.
A US federal magistrate judge has said that a ban on gay cure therapy should be blocked because it violates constitutional free speech protections. Evangelical law firm Liberty Counsel had brought a…
ADDED ON: 02/02/2019
Transgender airman to attend State of the Union as Trump pursues ban.
Transgender service member Air Force Staff Sgt. Logan Ireland is set to attend President Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address on Tuesday as a guest of Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.). Speier,…
ADDED ON: 02/01/2019
28 US states still lack basic equality for LGBT people, State Equality Index says.
28 US states are still lacking in basic equality for LGBT people, according to the Human Rights Campaign’s State Equality Index. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute…
ADDED ON: 02/01/2019
Mexico border city provides assistance to LGBTI migrants.
Nogales, Mexico — The mayor of a Mexican border city that has provided assistance to LGBTI migrants says President Trump’s continued demands for a border wall is a political “tactic.” Jesús Antonio…
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