“This is historic, so close to the Russian border and still it feels safe,” says Valentina Likoshva, LGBT activist from Murmansk. She was one of about 50 people from Russia, Belarus and Kazhakstan who joined the first ever pride parade in Kirkenes, Norway’s border town to Russia in the north.
Just a few months ago, it was unclear if there would be a Pride event in Humboldt County this year. Within months of last year’s event, Humboldt Pride, the nonprofit that organized the event, dissolved. Operations ceased Nov. 30.
Matilda star Mara Wilson has revealed that she “often wishes” she did not come out as bisexual/queer when she did. The actress opened-up about her sexuality in the wake of the June 2016 Orlando Pulse nightclub tragedy, but has now revealed that she received a lot of backlash over the timing of her coming out.
Some 200 people attended an LGBT pride parade in Montenegro on September 23 calling for more rights and tougher punishment for violent acts against gay people in the small Balkan nation.
Mississippi, 1863. The men of G-Company in the 95th Illinois Voluntary Infantry must have cheered loudly as ‘Little Al’ Cashier clambered up the tree, pulled off the tattered, gun-shot Union flag and hoisted a new one.
The Immigration Department is working with the police and Malaysia Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to obtain information about individuals who could be entering Malaysia for the beer festival and gay party, said Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali.
Aside from being divisive topics in the world, pineapple pizza and marriage equality seem to have little in common. Yet both have staunch supporters as well as people who believe that they just aren’t “natural.” The difference, of course, is that hating pineapple pizza is just a benign opinion, while hating the idea of marriage equality is homophobic and can negatively impact the lives of all LGBTQ people.
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