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Top official at nation’s largest LGBTQ group fired over ties to Cuomo

The president of Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, was fired Monday after a report found he tried to help discredit an accuser of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the group said. Alphonso David was fired effective immediately after an internal investigation was completed and the group’s boards of directors voted to remove him, Human Rights Campaign Chairs Morgan Cox and Jodie Patterson said in a joint statement They said David violated his contract. David’s apparent role working with Cuomo was revealed in a report this year in which New York Attorney General Letitia James accused David of being involved […]

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LGBT hate crime bill polarizes Italy

 A proposed law that would criminalize violence and hate speech against LGBT people in Italy has thrown together an unlikely alliance of opponents. Some feminists and lesbian associations have joined the Catholic church and the political right in opposing a bill that would add gay, transgender people and the disabled to the categories protected by a law punishing religion and race-based hate crimes. Conflict over the proposed legislation has become an ideological battle at the heart of the culture wars in Italy, pitting freedom of expression against protection of those at risk of discrimination and victimization. Catholic leaders say the […]

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Film Review: “Leading Ladies”

For her latest feature film, Spanish queer filmmaker RUTH CAUDELI continues with her fixation with ‘navel-gazing’ which was the topic of her sophomore movie SECOND STAR ON THE RIGHT.  Leading Ladies, filmed in Colombia,  is the tale of five young women who have gathered together for a celebratory dinner for one of their number who has been away for the past two months.  They have no idea why Marce (MARCELA ROBLEDO) disappeared suddenly without warning and it soon appears that they will not necessarily believe or accept her explanation anyway.Caudeli films the dinner party that ensues from each of the participant’s perspectives, and […]

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AZ bill that would let parents stop kids from learning about queer people

Arizona Republicans have passed an anti-LGBT+ bill that would allow parents to stop their kids from learning about queer people. SB 1456 would require the “school governing board to develop procedures by which parents will be notified in advance, and given the opportunity to opt their children into, any instruction regarding sexuality, gender identity or gender expression”. The bill would also prohibit schools from providing sex-ed classes which include information about AIDS and HIV without parent’s permission. The new legislation comes just two years after Arizona state lawmakers overturned a different law that prevented LGBT+ students from receiving medically accurate information in classes at school. The law, […]

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Wedding venue turns away gay couple ‘under the guise of Christianity’

A devastated same-sex couple say they were turned away from a popular wedding venue “under the guise of Christianity”. McCae Henderson and Ike Edwards got engaged on Valentine’s Day and began searching for wedding venues in North Carolina. They settled on Highgrove Estate, a romantic estate overlooking Lake Laurel in Fuquay-Varina. The first red flag came when the couple filled out an intake form on the estate’s website, which only provided spaces for the name of the “bride” and “groom.” “In the notes section I just said we were a groom and groom,” Edwards told ABC11. “It’s not like we can […]

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Tennessee becomes third state this year to sign indefensible anti-trans sports ban

Tennessee became Friday (26 March) the third US state to cruelly pass a bill banning trans girls from playing in middle and high school sports as their correct gender. State governor Bill Lee announced on Twitter he had signed Senate Bill 228 to “preserve women’s athletics and ensure fair competition”. Under the ban, student-athletes in Tennessee will be required to prove what sex they were assigned at birth to participate in school sports. It follows Arkansas and Mississippi passing similar prohibitions which are part of a 25 state-strong wave of Republican legislatures bulldozing imperilling anti-trans laws. More than 20 statehouses have similar anti-trans sports bills in the docket. As Lee signed […]

Training sessions from Families Belong Together

Saturday, March 27 at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST – register These trainings are 2 hours maximum and following, you will have a chance to sign-up for direct opportunities on the efforts to welcome asylum seekers and campaigns Families Belong Together are a part of in the fight to end family separation and detention, and promotion of family dignity.

Christian baker who refused to bake a trans woman’s cake to face discrimination suit in court

A Colorado judge will allow a discrimination complaint against Christian baker Jack Phillips, who refused to make a cake in the colours of the trans Pride flag, but has thrown out a second complaint against him. In 2017, Phillips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop, refused to bake a pink and blue frosted cake to celebrate the transition of Autumn Scardina, a transgender lawyer based in Denver, Colorado.×ADVERTISING After Phillips refused to bake the cake, Scardina filed a complaint against him in 2018 through the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Scardini alleged that Philipps’ refused to create the cake because she is trans. Phillips then sued […]

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Lesbian Forced to Flee Zimbabwe after Facing Death Threats Denied Refugee Status in Ireland

A lesbian who was forced to flee Zimbabwe after facing death threats from her own family has been denied refugee status in Ireland. In April 2019, an International Protection Officer (IPO) recommended that the woman – who has not been named – be denied asylum, arguing that her claim lacked credibility.× The woman said she forced into two separate marriages as a child in Zimbabwe at the ages of nine and 13. She claimed she was forced to flee her home country after her family found out that she was a lesbian, leading to threats of violence. The woman subsequently […]

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Hundreds of Thousands Demand the EU Intervene in Poland’s LGBT-free Zones

More than 340,000 people have signed a petition demanding the EU fight back against the rising homophobic hate in Poland’s “LGBT-free” zones. The petition was launched by the global equality movement All Out and delivered to EU commissioner for equality, Helena Dalli, on Tuesday (September 22).× It urges her to denounce the discriminatory policies and pass legislation on hate crimes to protect the Polish LGBT+ community. “LGBT+ people in Poland are under attack,” it reads, describing the spread of “LGBT-free zones” and aggressive “nationalist hooligans and far-right groups” at Pride. “We call on you to condemn these acts of violence and discrimination and […]

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