A former judge who refused to handle adoption cases involving gay parents was publicly reprimanded Tuesday by the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission. The commission found that W. Mitchell Nance, the former family court judge for Barren and Metcalfe counties, violated judicial rules. Bryan Beauman, a Lexington attorney who represents Nance… Read the full article HERE.
A man who sued over the right to marry his partner said Tuesday that he is running as a Democrat in 2018 in a bid that would make him the first openly gay state senator in Texas if elected. Mark Phariss, a lawyer from the Dallas suburb of Plano, said he is encouraged by recent high-profile Democratic…
Travel opens up a world of possibilities, but with new experiences, come new destinations, cultures and people with minds that I’ve found may not be as open as you’d expect. Even with the modernization of most of the world, I’ve found travelling can come with its fair share of obstacles… Read the full article HERE.
On Nov. 16, news came that the German LBGTQ Film Festival organized in cooperation with the German Embassy in Ankara had been cancelled. The human rights and LGBTQ communities were stunned. Yet for me, I had in mind the past incidents that had led to that moment in Turkey… Read the full article HERE.
High school students who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual are more likely to report planning or attempting suicide compared with their heterosexual peers, a new study finds. In a nationwide survey in 2015, 40 percent of adolescents who identified as one of these sexual minorities or said… Read the full article HERE.
Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin has a mixed messaging problem. On Monday, he called for Indonesia’s beleaguered lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population to be, “nurtured, not shunned.” That would appear to mark a reprieve from the onslaught of anti-LGBT harassment… Read the full article HERE.
Houston made international news in 2009 when it became the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor. Six years later, Houston voters made a stunning about-face by repealing a city ordinance shielding LGBT people from discrimination. Behind that electoral backlash was Dave Welch, a sturdy, serious-looking man… Read the full article HERE.
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