United Nations Condemns Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Russia’s anti-gay laws, as has the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child. — This post originally appeared at ThinkProgress By Zack Ford...
View ArticleObama Condemns Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill: This Will ‘Complicate Our Valued...
“We believe that people everywhere should be treated equally, with dignity and respect, and that they should have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential, no matter who they are or whom they...
View ArticleFrom Uganda: The President Wants to Test Our Blood
Uganda GayDadSwag is in contact with residents in Uganda, who are keeping them updated on the situation. Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Gay Ugandans now...
View ArticleThe U.S. Might Just Let Uganda Get Away With Its New Anti-Gay Law
The consequences of Uganda passing a bill that places gay people in jail for life are looking hard to come by. This post originally appeared at ThinkProgress By Hayes Brown With the stroke of a pen on...
View ArticleScotland Wants to Offer Asylum to Gay Ugandans
Scotland’s Minister For External Affairs has announced that the European country is willing to offer asylum to Ugandans persecuted under Uganda’s latest harsh anti-gay laws. — By Yesha Callahan Last...
View ArticleLebanon Court Rules Being Gay Does Not Violate ‘Laws Of Nature’
The Lebanese penal code states that sexual relations that contradict the “laws of nature” are punishable by one year in prison. — After criminal charges were filed by the Lebanese state against a...
View ArticleUganda’s Anti-Gay Law and Media Outings Threaten Everyone
Martin Luther King, Jr wrote from jail in 1963 that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — By Vanessa Kerry, Harvard University There are few aspirations that almost all of the...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Franklin Graham Regarding His View on Homosexuality
Warren Blumenfeld wants Franklin Graham to know that there is plenty he can be thankful for right here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. — Hey Franklin, How’s it going? By the way, can I call you Frank? So...
View ArticleBill in Tennessee will Allow Bullying of Gay Students and Religious Answers...
Oklahoma will soon pass its own version of the Religious Viewpoints Anti-discrimination Act and Texas made it a law in 2007. — Religious freedom. It’s the concept Arizona Republicans used to try to...
View ArticleThe Country of Brunei is Exploring the Possibility of Stoning Gay People to...
Taking an unexpected lead in the world’s most abominable laws against homosexuality is the southeast Asian country of Brunei, which will soon list death by stoning as a possible punishment for gay...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Michigan’s Anti-Gay Culture
When you tell LGBT folks that they aren’t welcome, and not necessarily even safe, you’re setting your state up for failure – financially and socially. Rohin Guha explains. - Several days ago, the...
View ArticleA Man in California Wants to Kill My Son
Amelia knew her son might be bullied. She never imagined something like this might ever be proposed. It’s been a long week, and my oldest son and I are curled up on the couch together. There wasn’t...
View Article#LoveWins on #MarriageEquality Because of One Brave Man: Justice Anthony Kennedy
The four liberal judges on the Supreme Court were expected to support marriage equality, but the fifth is going to take a lot of flak for it. A doff of the hat to Justice Anthony Kennedy. From a...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to Like #MarriageEquality to See That It’s Right
Matt Rozsa dismisses the top three arguments against #MarriageEquality so everyone can embrace the change. ___ Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples throughout America have the...
View Article2 Ways Homophobes Will Cope with Post-Obergefell America
What can we expect from anti-LGBT activists in post-Obergefell America? ___ For the sake of argument, let’s take it as self-evident that Obergefell v. Hodges—the Supreme Court case that declared it...
View ArticleLetters From Africa: Why an Anti-Gay Stance is Threatening to All of Us
African countries’ anti-gay stance hurts more than just African LGBT people. —— I recently received a letter from a pastor asking me to speak at a conference in South Africa. The pastor checked out,...
View ArticleEver Considered How Religious Freedoms Look from the Outside?
Gay business owners may have their own issues with providing services to religious customers. — We hear a lot lately in the news about “religious freedom,” and business owners who assert that their...
View ArticleUnited Nations Condemns Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Russia’s anti-gay laws, as has the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child. — This post originally appeared at ThinkProgress By Zack Ford...
View ArticleObama Condemns Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill: This Will ‘Complicate Our Valued...
“We believe that people everywhere should be treated equally, with dignity and respect, and that they should have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential, no matter who they are or whom they...
View ArticleFrom Uganda: The President Wants to Test Our Blood
Uganda GayDadSwag is in contact with residents in Uganda, who are keeping them updated on the situation. Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Gay Ugandans now...
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