Some people might think a liberal Latina lesbian has no chance to unseat an incumbent Republican governor in a conservative state like Texas. But some people aren’t Lupe Valdez. “Everybody’s telling me this is an uphill battle,” says Valdez, the Democratic candidate for governor of the Lone Star State, challenging anti-LGBT incumbent…
Former Irish President Mary McAleese critcized the Catholic Church’s teaching on homosexuality, calling it ‘evil,’ and urged Pope Francis to change it. McAleese made the comments Friday at the centenary celebration for the Missionary Society of St. Columban, saying that the church’s teaching amounted to homophobia and…
The vice mayor of Dixon has defended a portion of a recent column he wrote for the city’s independent newspaper after several readers and residents called the piece homophobic. The most recent edition of Vice Mayor Ted Hickman’s column, “That’s Life,” appeared Friday in Dixon’s Independent Voice…
Supreme Court observers are discussing which 5-4 decisions where Anthony Kennedywas in a liberal majority might be overturned after he is replaced on the court. Perhaps second-most mentioned after the Roe and Casey abortion cases are the key line of cases legalizing gay marriage…
Three trans black women have been fatally shot in Jacksonville, Florida, since the beginning of this year, and local activists fear that the murders are linked. Three transgender black women have been fatally shot in Jacksonville, Florida, since the beginning of the year, and local activists fear that the killings are linked.
In the wake of this month’s inconclusive Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, here’s a prediction of what happens next: another wave of lawsuits and state bills aimed at sanctioning discrimination against LGBT people. This is exactly what opponents of LGBT equality have been doing since the Supreme Court’s…
The UN’s top LGBT expert has said that gay ‘cure’ therapy must be outlawed globally as part of a bid to tackle the “scourge” of homophobia, biphobia and transphobic violence. Independent expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz delivered findings from his work at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week.
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