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These Gay Men Created a T-shirt Made of Their Blood to Protest Donation Ban

The proceeds from the T-shirt will go to an LGBTQ health centre (Mother/screengrab) Signup to receive a daily roundup of the top LGBT+ news stories from around the world Gay employees at the creative company Mother have created a T-shirt printed using their blood to protest the gay blood donation ban in the US. The company, which has offices in New York and London, launched the Blood is Blood T-shirt to highlight the discrimination LGBT people face when donating blood. The front of the T-shirt reads: “This shirt is printed with the blood of gay men.” On the back, a […]

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5 Things You Can Do to Fight Family Separation Right Now

If you’re like me, the news of the past week about the Trump administration’s policy of separating kids from their parents at the border has you both livid and emotionally drained. What’s worse is that every time you think the story is as bad as it could possibly get, it sinks deeper and deeper. Children changing diapers of even younger children. Border guards taunting – in Spanish – a room full of crying kids, saying that all they need is a conductor for their orchestra. Trump openly using these children as pawns in negotiations with Congressional Democrats over immigration reform […]

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World Refugee Day: Let in More Queer and Trans Asylum Seekers, Says Rainbow Railroad

A leading lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender refugee organisation is rallying to ask Canada to invite more LGBT+ asylum seekers into the country. Rainbow Railroad, an organisation in Canada, saved the lives of 206 LGBT+ asylum claimants in 2017. After working with some of the most vulnerable claimants on record, the charity wants the Canadian government to step up and save more lives. Rainbow Railroad’s size is ever-increasing. They helped 206 Canadian refugees to safety in 2017 (Rainbow Railroad) “It’s fitting that World Refugee Day falls during Pride Month,” said Rainbow Road executive director Kimahli Powell. “LGBTQI asylum seekers are […]

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Ireland Apologizes for Historical Persecution of LGBT People

Ireland is to issue an apology for historical persecution under anti-gay laws. The Republic of Ireland only decriminalised homosexuality in 1993, five years after its archaic sodomy law was found to be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Prior to decriminalisation, laws dating from the nineteenth century made “buggery” an offence punishable by imprisonment, and gay men in the country lives under a culture of fear. In a poignant move today, the government of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is set to issue an apology to men who were persecuted under the laws. The move has a particular resonance as Varadkar is the […]

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‘Nothing short of torture’: Amnesty International Finds Trump Camps Are Breaking International Torture Laws

FILE PHOTO: A four-year-old boy weeps in the arms of a family member as he and others were apprehended by border patrol agents after illegally crossing into the U.S. border from Mexico near McAllen, Texas, U.S., May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Adrees Latif Amnesty International on Monday said that President Donald Trump is breaking U.S. and international torture laws by using “coercive” tactics that “intentionally” cause mental suffering on immigrant children that have been separated from their families. In a statement released Monday, the human right organization called the Trump administration’s “no tolerance” policy for undocumented immigrant families “sickening.” “This is a […]

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Kamala Harris Demands Resignation Of DHS Secretary

Via press release from Sen. Kamala Harris: “The government should be in the business of keeping families together, not tearing them apart. And the government should have a commitment to transparency and accountability. Under Secretary Nielsen’s tenure, the Department of Homeland Security has a track record of neither. As a result, she must resign. “During her time as the manager of the government’s third largest agency, the Department has implemented a policy that has separated thousands of children from their families, issued a directive to make it easier to detain pregnant women, tried to use DACA recipients as leverage to […]

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Isle of Klezbos In Concert at Congregation Ner Shalom in Cotati

Isle of Klezbos In Concert Sunday, July 8 at 7:00PM Klezbos TIckets Brooklyn-based Isle of Klezbos approaches tradition with playful irreverence and deepest respect. Now celebrating two decades together, the soulful, fun-loving powerhouse all-gal klezmer sextet has toured from Vancouver to Vienna since 1998. The band repertoire ranges from rambunctious to entrancing: neo-traditional folk dance, mystical melodies, Yiddish swing & retro tango, late Soviet-era Jewish drinking songs, re-grooved standards, and genre-defying originals. Broadcast credits include CBS Sunday Morning, The L Word, PBS, as well as over a dozen film soundtracks such as Grace Paley: Collected Shorts and Esther Broner: A Weave of Women. […]

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Federal Judge Stops Donald Trump’s Transgender Troops Ban

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump from passing a ban on transgender people from serving in the military. US District Judge Marsha Pechman compared the policy to the historical exclusion of blacks from the military and the ban on mixed units when she rejected a revised ban in April. And the Seattle judge has once again stood in Trump’s way, handing down a ruling on June 15 which rejected the administration’s request to stop most trans people from serving while it appeals her order from April, which created an injunction on instituting the ban. In her latest ruling, […]

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US Supreme Court to Decide on Historic Case of Man Sentenced to Death by ‘Homophobic’ Jurors

The US Supreme Court is to decide whether to review the case of a gay man who was sentenced to death over a fatal stabbing because the jury was allegedly “homophobic.” Charles Rhines was sentenced to death by a jury in 1993, after he bound and stabbed a man to death while robbing a doughnut shop in South Dakota. Explore new homes in Northern California. Don’t wait – request more information today! See More However, Rhines’ lawyers have petitioned for a reduction in his sentence to life without parole due to alleged homophobia shown by the jury during the sentencing, […]

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‘Shame Is A Good Thing’: Dave Daubenmire And Crew Will Be Protesting A Mosque, An Abortion Clinic, And A Pride Parade This Weekend

This weekend, Dave Daubenmire is hosting an “All Hands On Deck” gathering in Thornville, Ohio during which he and several other Religious Right activists will hold protests outside a local mosque and a local women’s health clinic, as well as at the Pride parade in Columbus. On his “Pass The Salt Live” webcast this morning, Daubenmire explained that the purpose for these protests is to “shame” people into accepting Jesus. “I think shame is a good thing,” he said. “Shame breaks you down. Shame drives you to your knees. Shame lets you know that you need a savior.” “What do […]

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