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NOM Associated Manif Pour Tous Gay Haters Mail Bullets To French Openly Gay Mayor
Share this: In what seems to be an escalation of threats and assaults on LGBT men, women, and gay friendly politicians in France the openly gay mayor of the French town of Sigolsheim was mailed bullets this week in yet another death threat about same-sex...
Canada enshrines transgender rights
Share this:NDP MP Randall Garrison, sponsor of Bill C-279 The Canadian House of Commons has approved a bill that makes it illegal to discriminate against transgender persons. The legislation, C-279, An act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the...
Former President Bill Clinton Asks For DOMA To Be Struck Down
Share this: This nation’s 42nd president Bill Clinton signed the now infamous Defense of Marriage Act 17 years ago. In retrospect President Clinton felt that the world we live in now is much different than when there were no states that add any...
Lesbian Couple Could Bring Down Michigan’s Law Against Same Sex Marriage
Share this: Two Detroit-area nurses filed a lawsuit to try to overturn restrictions on adoption by same-sex partners. But at the judge’s invitation, the case took an extraordinary turn and now will test the legality of a 2004 constitutional amendment...
Gay rights impact Malta election
Share this:Labour Party club, Valletta, Malta This week, voters in the tiny European country of Malta go to the polls in the first Maltese election in which LGBT rights have featured prominently. Traditionally a conservative and largely Catholic country,...
Supreme Court of Canada Upholds Anti-Hate Human Rights Code
Share this: Finding against anti-gay “activist” Bill Whatcott, the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld hate-speech provisions of the province of Saskatchewan’s Human Rights Code. In a unanimous decision, Canada’s top court found...
Progress on same-sex marriage in New Zealand
Share this: A private member’s bill to amend the Marriage Act has cleared another hurdle on its way to ensuring marriage equality for LGBT New Zealanders. The change has been spearheaded by openly lesbian Labour MP Louisa Wall, who is of...
Obama Adminsitration Asks Supreme Court To Strike Down DOMA!
Share this: Even with President Obama’s evolution on marriage equality, many from both sides of the political fence doubted that his administration would intervene the DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and Prop 8 court cases to be heard by the Supreme...
Queer India Youth Shut Down Mumbai With Bollywood Style Flashmob For Gay Rights – Video
Share this:A queer India youth advocacy group called Yaariyan shut down a major Mumbai plaza during rush hour with an intricate Bollywood-style dance routine to support LGBT rights Very very awesome. H/T to Lester Brathwaite of Queerty