A lesbian sheriff is trying to become governor in the deeply right-wing state of Texas. Guadalupe “Lupe” Valdez, a four-term sheriff, will be running as a Democrat in the primaries this year, and is expected to win. Valdez is part of a wave of LGBT candidates, with 35 out people expected to run for public office in Texas this year, according to OutSmart. Read the full article HERE.
taring at the Berlin Wall mural of Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev kissing East German leader Erich Honecker on the mouth, Yevhenii Kalashnyk knew it was time to come out as gay. The 20-year-old Ukrainian kissed a friend in front of the graffiti painting in September and posted the photo on Instagram. The decision changed his life. Read the full article HERE.
Money talks. And now, more than ever, the private sector is listening to the collective voice of the LGBT community. In many ways, our dollar is as strong as our votes at the ballot box. We have fought hard to secure our rights in the name of equality, but our true equity and ability to bring about change for our community lies with our economic power. Read the full article HERE.
Merritt’s findings come from a project called Church Clarity, an organization that reports evangelical churches’ stances (or lack thereof) on LGBT equality. (We posted about them a couple of months ago when they launched.) Their most significant report yet reveals troubling, yet unsurprising, data about America’s 100 largest churches. For starters, none of them are overtly LGBTQ-affirming:… Read the full article HERE.
Italian university students were shocked to reveal their maths professor was a gay porn star. Ruggero Freddi, previously known as Carlos Masi, teaches at La Sapienza University, in Rome, but in a previous life he played a very different role. Mr Freddi left his native Italy for the US where he made a career in the adult film industry, starring in titles including ‘Big N Plenty’ and ‘Man Country’. Read the full article .
The leader of Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland has warned that people will no longer tolerate same-sex couples being treated as “second-class citizens”. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that still bans same-sex couples from marrying, as the ultra-conservative Democratic Unionist Party has employed peace process powers to block equal marriage bills in the region. Read the full article HERE.
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