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Donald Trump set to allow health workers the right to reject transgender patients
- Released Date: 18-Jan-2018
This is the use of religion to hurt people because you disapprove of who they are. Any rule that grants a license to discriminate would be a disgrace and a mockery of the principal of religious freedom we all cherish.Donald Trump’s administration are
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This UKIP politician just blamed same-sex marriage for drugs, murder and violence
- Released Date: 18-Jan-2018
A UKIP councillor has said that if same-sex marriage were abolished, murders, drug abuse and violent crime would just disappear.Tom Aldridge, a UKIP councillor for the Lyngford ward in Somerset, south-west England, made the comments during a public m
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Donald Trump claims he supports gay equality, one day after supporting legal discrimination
- Released Date: 18-Jan-2018
A letter signed by the billionaire was released by the Log Cabin Republicans, a group that claims to advocate for LGBT rights within the Republican Party..The letter says: I send my congratulations to the Log Cabin Republicans on the celebration of y
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Donald Trump’s ‘Religious Freedom Day’ proclamation is a brazen attack on LGBT people
- Released Date: 17-Jan-2018
Donald Trump has released his comments about Religious Freedom Day – and it’s a clear assault on LGBT rights.As the US President does every year, Trump issued a presidential proclamation yesterday, announcing that January 16 would be known as Religio
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Christian group at University of Iowa insist they have the right to discriminate against LGBTQ members
- Released Date: 16-Jan-2018
One of its students, Marcus Miller, told staff last February that he was rejected as vice-president of the group – called Business Leaders in Christ – after revealing his homosexuality. Shortly after, the group deservedly had its status revoked by th
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Queer Asia: a hot new docu-series exploring LGBTI life in the region Taiwan’s first out gay singer will be one of the hosts of the show
- Released Date: 15-Jan-2018
Asia’s first LGBT streaming service is going from strength to strength and has created original queer content.Queer Taiwan is the first LGBT original series produced by GagaOOLala which launched last year.The show is a docu-series taking a look at th
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President Donald Trump ‘invited adult film stars for bisexual threesome’
- Released Date: 14-Jan-2018
Trump has consistently worked to undermine and destroy protections for LGBT people since becoming President last year. Among many hateful acts, he has tried to ban trans people from the military, appointed an anti-LGBT Supreme Court justice and endo
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Costa Rica to legalise same-sex marriage, as court rules that 15 other countries need to do the same
- Released Date: 13-Jan-2018
The ruling ordered that all of the countries guarantee access to all existing forms of domestic legal systems, including the right to marriage, in order to ensure the protection of all the rights of families formed by same-sex couples without discrim
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European Court advises all EU nations must recognise same-sex couples
- Released Date: 12-Jan-2018
Adrian Coman lives in Romania, one of the six EU countries that have no legislation relating to same-sex marriage or civil partnerships.His spouse Clai Hamilton, an American, was denied a residence permit from Romanian authorities as marriage equalit
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Gay spouses have rights in all EU countries, says European court official
- Released Date: 11-Jan-2018
The rights of same-sex spouses must be recognised by every member of the EU, even if a country’s government has not authorised gay marriage, the European court of justice has been advised.In what has been hailed as a major step forward for equal righ
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Opinion: Conservatives must change approach to LGBT people or risk losing out
- Released Date: 11-Jan-2018
Writer Finn Oldfield looks ahead to what the future may hold for LGBT people following a year of political hardship.Let’s get it straight. 2017 was a rough year for LGBT people. From President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people joining the mil
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This Kentucky town passed a historic law to protect its LGBT community
- Released Date: 10-Jan-2018
In a 4-1 vote on Tuesday (9 January), the city leaders of Paducah, Kentucky voted to pass an anti-discrimination law.Paducah became the ninth city in the state to pass what’s known as a fairness ordinance. It consists of explicit laws banning discrim
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