Singapore’s Straits Times reports: Chinese gay dating app Blued is halting new user registration for a week, it said on Sunday (Jan 6), following media reports that underage users caught HIV after going on dates set up via the world’s largest networking app for the LGBT community. On Saturday (Jan 5), citing academic research, financial(…)
Islam once considered homosexuality to be one of the most normal things in the world. The Ottoman Empire, the seat of power in the Muslim world, didn’t view lesbian or gay sex as taboo for centuries. They formally ruled gay sex wasn’t a crime in 1858. But as Christians came over from the west to(…)
Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has stayed true to his word and signed executive orders targeting the LGBTI community. The ‘proud homophobe’ used his first day in office to sign the orders. They will affect the LGBTI community, indigenous groups and descendants of slaves. Just hours after his inauguration Bolsonaro removed LGBTI issues from consideration(…)
Nancy Pelosi has vowed to pass the Equality Act law, banning anti-LGBT discrimination across the US, in her first speech after being elected as speaker of the House of Representatives. As a record number of openly lesbian, gay and bisexual lawmakers were sworn in on Thursday (January 3), the Democratic leader told Congress, “We will(…)
Two new members of Congress were among those who spoke at a Human Rights Campaign event that took place at the Mayflower Hotel in Northwest D.C. on Thursday. U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.), who succeeds former Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, in her remarks said the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will pass the Equality Act, which(…)
Kevin Hart and Ellen DeGeneres. (Screenshot via YouTube) Ellen DeGeneres is facing backlash for supporting Kevin Hart and actively campaigning to have Hart host the Oscars. Hart was tapped to host this year’s Oscars but stepped down after old homophobic jokes and tweets resurfaced. DeGeneres invited Hart on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to talk about(…)
A federal appeals court has sided with President Trump on his attempt to ban transgender people from the military, marking the first court victory for the administration on the anti-trans policy as litigation against it moves through the courts. In a five-page decision, a three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a(…)
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) will become the most senior openly gay member of the U.S. House as Democrats take the majority this week. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) will become the most senior openly gay member of the U.S. House as Democrats take the majority this week, but he’s(…)
Days before leaving office, Michigan’s governor has signed a directive to protect against LGBTI discrimination. The directive signed by Republican governor Rick Snyder states that companies seeking loans, grants or other contracts must agree not to discriminate against LGBTI employees. Snyder announced the directive on Friday (28 December) after signing it the day before. ‘Michigan’s(…)
A self-ID law that allows transgender people to change their legal gender has come into effect in California. Parts of California’s Gender Recognition Act, which was passed in October 2017, came into effect on January 1. The law allows transgender and non-binary people in the state to submit paperwork to update the gender listed on state(…)
