criminals”. Ban told African leaders that gathered in Ethiopia’s capital on Sunday for an African Union summit that discrimination based on sexual orientation “had been ignored or even sanctioned by many states for far too long”. Ban said it would be challenging for Africa to “confront this discrimination”. There was no immediate response from African [...]
Governor Chris Gregoire hopes President Obama evolves in his thinking soon. But she respects the president’s “personal journey” and asked people to “give him the time” to see it through. Having introduced a marriage equality bill several weeks ago that now reportedly has the votes in the state legislature to pass, She also criticized Governor [...]
Adam Levine has long been a supporter of the LGBT community and once again he’s putting his money where his mouth is — this time in regards to gay marriage. The Maroon 5 singer and “The Voice” star recently revealed that the band, which is up for the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance on [...]
The eyes of those committed to the progression of LGBT rights will be on the state of Tennessee this legislative session. Due to a Republican majority in the Tennessee General Assembly, we have seen a major regression when it comes to reaching equality in this state. Last session the Assembly passed a bill (HB 600) [...]
As Maryland lawmakers prepare to tackle the issue of marriage equality in new legislative session, the District of Columbia is thinking about same-sex divorce. Officials in the nation’s capital, who OK’d same-sex marriage in 2009, want to clarify D.C. law to deal with same-sex divorce. As the Washington Blade reported last month, D.C. Councilmember Phil [...]
A legal loophole that could have undermined thousands of same-sex marriages will be remedied to ensure gay couples from abroad who marry in Canada will have their unions recognized here, the federal justice minister said Friday. Rob Nicholson acknowledged the confusion surrounding the issue has upset many couples and stressed it’s the government’s view that [...]
By Rick Santorum’s own admission, the Concord, New Hampshire, crowd he was addressing probably wasn’t going to be receptive to his conservative view on social issues. “I’m surprised I got a gay marriage question at a college crowd; really that’s a shock to me,” he joked. For the most part, his audience was booing, not [...]
George Michael has launched a tirade of criticism on Twitter against a Christian group who prayed for his death whilst he battled life-threatening pneumonia last month. The openly gay singer, who was taken ill at AKH hospital in Vienna, Austria last November, has been criticised by religious group Christians For A Moral America, who suggested [...]
The new law allows same-sex and opposite-sex couples to enter into a civil union with the same state rights and responsibilities as traditional marriages. The online process for applying for the unions was activated at midnight, allowing couples to submit applications, pay fees and receive civil union certificates online. It makes Hawaii the seventh state [...]