Elton John has called on Australians to vote ‘yes’ in the current same-sex marriage vote. A postal vote is taking place in the country to decide whether or not to legalise gay marriage. Voting opened on September 12 and the result will be announced on November 15.
Self-identified polygamists have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent gay marriages in Mississippi, saying the law doesn’t pass the constitutional test prohibiting the government from favoring one religious view over another. If gay marriage is legal, then polygamy marriage should be legal, the lawsuit says.
Just weeks after a damning report into the culture of the game in New Zealand called for a change in culture, respect and responsibility. However, NZR chief executive Steve Tew says that more must be done for the LGBT community within the sport, with no All Black in history having ever come out as gay.
Imagine seeing a monument to executed gay men and thinking literally anything other than, “how sad and poignant”. In September, the National Trust unveiled exactly such a memorial at one of their properties in Dorset. Kingston Lacy was once owned by William John Bankes, a man whose sexuality, in nineteenth century Britain, was a capital offence.
The University of Tennessee Knoxville is using private funds to invest in its LGBT pride center following last year’s decision by state lawmakers to strip state dollars from the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, including the pride center.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for a ban on transgender personnel in the military doesn’t make sense to Aaron Stewart, born Bethany, who is sharing his story so that other transgender individuals — in the military and otherwise — can be inspired by how he overcame adversity. “As long as you can perform your job, it’s nobody’s business.”
Derry Sinn Féin Councillor Sandra Duffy has welcomed the news that First Housing will be launching their Safe Space Housing for the LGBT community today at their Jefferson Court Project.
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