Jeremy Gavins was 18 years old when he saw his boyfriend Stephen knocked down dead in front of him. It was late 1972 and a snowstorm was raging in Bradford. As the body lay crushed under the vehicle, Gavins staggered back through the blizzard and sank into the snow, howling.
Thousands of gay marriage advocates marched through the streets of Melbourne to show their support for the ‘yes’ campaign. The campaigners marched down Swanston Street in the CBD with 600 metres of bright fabric. Also sporting rainbow colours was the Victoria Police LGBTI liaison officer (GLLO) who was observing the rally from the sidelines alongside dozens of colleagues.
Before he died in a wingsuit accident, Donald Zarda filed a lawsuit claiming he had been sacked from a skydiving instruction job for telling a client he was gay. Now, a federal appeals court in New York is trying to decide whether U.S. anti-discrimination law protects employees from being fired over their sexual orientation.
A top Mormon leader reaffirmed the religion’s opposition to same-sex marriage on Saturday during a church conference watched by members around the world. Dallin H. Oaks, a member of a top governing body called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, urged members to follow church teachings that dictate that marriage should be reserved for heterosexual men and women. He said that’s the ideal home for children to be raised.
Star Trek: Discovery is about to debut a same-sex couple for the first time. It was announced earlier this year that Discovery would feature the first gay couple on Star Trek in 51 years. And stars Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz also spoke out about playing a gay couple on the new Star Trek TV series.
The LGBTQ community made great progress under President Obama in the fight for their rights, but on the heels of a new presidential administration, many in the community said they are worried about the prospect of moving backwards.
Dozens of transgender teenagers are freezing their sperm or preserving their eggs on the NHS so that they can have babies after changing sex, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Adolescent boys – some as young as 12 – who believe they are female are having their sperm frozen before receiving powerful hormone treatment that halts the onset of puberty and shuts down their reproductive system.
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