Lena Waithe and Aziz Ansari took home the Emmy for outstanding writing for a comedy series for their work on Master of None — but Waithe’s powerful acceptance speech deserves an award of its own. After thanking Ansari, her mom, her girlfriend and more, the actress and screenwriter took the time to give a major shout out to the LGBT community.
Dallas’ Oak Lawn gay pride parade has celebrated acceptance of people’s differences for decades. But Sunday’s event felt more welcoming because of new efforts to accommodate disabled spectators.
They are two communities that often find themselves exposed to vitriol and hate masquerading as respectful debate. Muslims and gays, unlikely bedfellows in some circumstances, know the battle scars of discrimination and prejudice.
The state on Sunday said it would submit a bill giving same-sex couples equal rights to adopt a child. It was responding to the High Court of Justice, which had given it two months to reconsider its opposition to same-sex adoption, and said that it would present the bill by June 2018.
Serbia’s first ever openly gay prime minister joined several hundred gay activists Sunday at a pride event in Belgrade amid tight security in the conservative Balkan country.
During the Sept. 14 Decatur School Board meeting three people calling themselves a parents’ coalition spoke out against the school system’s policies regarding transgender students. The school system has had a policy protecting transgender students for at least 10 years.
Edith Windsor, a hero of the marriage equality movement who died this week at age 88, not only achieved a significant victory at the Supreme Court, but inspired many in the LGBT community.
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