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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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Thirty People Arrested in Russia, Charged with Spreading ‘Gay Propaganda’

Police in Russia have detained over 30 people for protesting the arrest of Yulia Tsvetkova, an LGBT+ and feminist activist charged with spreading ‘gay propaganda’. Yulia Tsvetkova, 27, faces a six year sentence for running a social media page called Vagina Monologues, which encouraged people to share artistic depictions of vaginas to “remove the taboo”. She was charged with the distribution of “criminal pornography” under Russia’s gay propaganda law, which prohibits the positive depiction of LGBT+ people. On Saturday (June 27) more than 30 people, mostly women, gathered in in central Moscow to stage separate one-person protests against Tsvetkova’s charges. […]

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Joe Biden Slams Trump for Giving ‘Safe Harbor to Hate’ Against LGBT+ People

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has accused Donald Trump of giving “safe harbour” to anti-LGBT+ hate. In a message marking the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Biden called out the Trump administration’s “odious” agenda on LGBT+ issues. He wrote: “The Trump-Pence administration has done everything it can to undermine LGBT+ rights: giving safe harbour to hate and rolling back protections for LGBT+ persons, blocking the ability of transgender individuals to openly serve their country, denying LGBT+ people access to critical health care, and failing to address the epidemic of violence against transgender people, among other odious policies. “Today, many […]

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Here Are 5 Ways You Can Support Palestinian Queers

Palestinian Authority (PA) police also issued an official statement on August 18 encouraging members of the public to report on the activities of LGBT+ groups. Palestinian LGBT+ group Al-Qaws says that the PA police statement “promotes incitement against Al-Qaws” and followed an “unprecedented” attack on the group via its social-media channels. Al-Qaws had been planning a “queer camp” for the end of August in Nablus, northern West Bank. “The statement promotes incitement against Al-Qaws – and LGBTQ Palestinians – by encouraging members of society to report on Al-Qaws activities. Al-Qaws has since denounced such fear-mongering by Palestinian authorities,” the group […]

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Frameline43 Film Review: “An Almost Ordinary Summer”

This crowd-pleaser Italian rom-com is the tale of two polar opposite families who have unwitting been brought together for a summer vacation because the two patriarchs have a secret they want to share. The setting is a stunning seaside mansion which is the home of the rather grand art dealer Toni (FABRIZIO BENTIVOGLIO) who has invited his pot-smoking hippy sister, and his two daughters Olivia a famous actress and Penny (JASMINE TRINCA) a deeply unhappy kindergarten principal.  Tony has lent the mansion’s guest house to Sandro (FILIPPO SCICCHITANO) and his pregnant wife Carolina, and Sandro’a  father Carlo (ALESSANDRO GASSMANN), who […]

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