Republican state lawmakers have said parents should get an ‘opt-out’ from history lessons that relate to LGBT public figures. Rep. Darren Bailey, who represents the 109th district in the Illinois House of Representatives, made the claim as the body approved a bill on the issue. HB0246, which passed the House by a vote of 60(…)
The uptake of HIV-preventing PrEP drugs by gay and bisexual men faces a huge racial disparity in the US, experts have warned. The news comes from research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which was presented at an HIV conference on Friday (March 8). PrEP use faces ‘huge disparity’ between ethnicities The research presented by the(…)
Republicans have gutted a bill that would have banned gay cure therapy in Utah. A group of lawmakers in Utah had fronted a bipartisan push to outlaw conversion therapy in the ultra-conservative state, putting forward a bill that would have placed a legal ban on conversion therapy for minors in the state. The legislation would have made(…)
Germany plans to push ahead with a ban on gay cure therapy, the country’s health minister has said. Germany’s health minister Jens Spahn, the country’s most senior gay politician, told newspaper Die Tageszeitung that he would seek a ban on the discredited practice. In the February 15 interview he said: “Homosexuality is not a disease and it doesn’t need(…)
Major US airlines including Delta, JetBlue, United and American Airlines have agreed to allow passengers to book tickets without specifying a binary gender. The Airlines for America trade association has agreed a new industry standard which will end the practice of forcing passengers to pick between “male” or “female” on booking forms. An “unspecified” option(…)
Gay codebreaker Alan Turing has been named the greatest icon of the 20th century. Alan Turing prevailed in Tuesday’s (February 5) final of BBC Two Icons series, winning a public vote that saw him go up against Dr Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Ernest Shackleton, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali and Pablo Picasso. Alan Turing was persecuted for being gay During(…)
The Pet Shop Boys have released a new single that takes aim at President Donald Trump and Brexit, calling out “bigotry.” The pop duo, comprised of out singer Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, are hardly newcomers to pointedly political lyrics—many of their 1980s songs were inspired bythe AIDS crisis, while the band have also released a musical(…)
The colonial-era Singapore law banning gay sex is facing a legal challenge from LGBT+ rights activists. Section 377A of Singapore’s penal code has the same British colonial roots as the anti-gay law that was struck down in India in September 2018. The law bans gay sex in the city state, stipulating that any man who(…)
LGBT+ Texas lawmakers Celia Israel, Jessica González, Erin Zwiener, Mary González and Julie Johnson (Equality Texas) Five out Democrats in Texas have formed the first LGBT+ caucus in the state’s legislature. The five lawmakers came together to launch the first official LGBT+ caucus, which will fight for equal rights in the traditionally-conservative, Republican-controlled state. The(…)
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(…)