There has never been an out gay man to play in a tennis Grand Slam and 2018 is no different. This year’s U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York will be business as usual when it comes to the number of out LGBT players — a couple of women and no men. When action starts Monday. there will be two open…
Here’s some background information about same-sex marriage in the United States and worldwide. According to Pew Research Center, support for same-sex marriage in the US has steadily increased over the last several years. More than twenty other countries (and parts of Mexico) also have laws allowing same-sex marriage. Most of these are in…
A two-year investigation of sexual abuse of children within six Catholic diocese came to a head on Tuesday, with the release of a report that details decades of abuse, and names 301 priests. Even in a list filled with hundreds of shocking accusations, several stick out as particularly horrific or extreme cases of leadership turning their heads away from situations…
A project to open an LGTB friendly retirement home has been given the green light by authorities in Madrid with plans to open it by the end of the year. A building in the Villaverde district in the south of Madrid has been earmarked to house the retirement home, which will be…
In 2015, when Leo Varadkar was serving as Ireland’s health minister, he came out as a gay man on national radio. The country was preparing to vote in a same-sex marriage referendum, and Varadkar told the radio host that his sexuality is “not a secret, but it’s not something that everyone would necessarily know.” He also said…
John McCain, the Vietnam war veteran, senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81. He had been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in July 2017 and had been undergoing treatment. McCain’s family announced he had decided to cease treatment on Friday and he died on Saturday in Arizona, his office said.
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