Almost seven years after a video of Zach Wahls defending his lesbian mothers went viral, the LGBT activist has announced his plans to run in the 2018 election for Iowa Senate. Addressing the Iowa House Judiciary Committee during a 2011 public hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in Iowa, Wahls, then a 19-year-old University…Read the full article HERE.
A 99-year-old gay man who was persecuted by the Nazi regime for being gay has died without receiving compensation. Wolfgang Lauinger passed away on Tuesday night after a lifetime of activism against the wrongdoings in Germany against the LGBTQ+ community. Read the full article HERE.
Britain’s transgender community recently got an unlikely new ally: the Church of England. Last month the church released guidelines for its 4,700 schools, which aim to tackle transgender bullying. Most of the advice deals with anti-bullying policies and training for staff. But one section stated that pupils should feel able… 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…
Same-sex wedding cakes are turning out to be a divisive political symbol in the U.S., but at one bakery north of the border, it’s a much different story. Chris Farias and Jared Lenover of Ontario, Canada, wanted to get a head start on their forthcoming wedding by “making a statement.” Read the full article HERE.
Ellen sat down with Nathan Mathis, whose gay daughter took her life. Nathan protested against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore the night before he lost the senate election, and denounced the politician’s stance against homosexuality. What the video HERE.
A gay Indian prince is opening an LGBT centre on the grounds of his family palace, despite his family’s disapproval. The centre, which will be named Hanumanteshwar 1927, will be based on the grounds of Prince Manvendra’s palace in the Indian state of Gujarat. Read the full article HERE.
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