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Tarrant County Strips Funding for Girls Inc over its Support for LGBT Rights

By |2023-10-10T14:12:39-07:00October 4th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , |

Tarrant County, TX — (10-04-23) — Due to nonprofit group Girls Inc' support for LGBT Rights and abortion rights, Tarrant County will cut all funding and end its partnership with Girls, Inc., a nonprofit group that seeks to empower girls and young women. On Tuesday, Tarrant County commissioners voted 3-2 to block state funding for [...]

Right Wing Group Challenges LGBT Rights Law in Spain

By |2023-05-10T11:24:34-07:00May 10th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Europe|Tags: , , , , , |

MADRID — (05-10-23) — Spain's Constitutional Court announced on Tuesday it would consider a legal challenge brought by the right wing Vox party against a new LGBT Rights Law that protects transgender teenagers and encourages tolerance for sexual diversity in schools. The wide-ranging LGBT Rights Law passed in February and allows any Spanish citizen over [...]

‘International Human Rights Defense Act’ Bill Promotes LGBT Rights

By |2023-03-29T14:46:06-07:00March 29th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (03-29-23) — Lawmakers U.S. Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA), introduced a bill on Tuesday that would require the U.S. State Department to promote LGBTQ and intersex rights abroad through its public policy. Garcia and Jacobs introduced the 'International Human Rights Defense Act' on Tuesday and is already being sponsored [...]

Enormous USA Progress On LGBT Rights But Equality Lacking

By |2022-08-31T16:38:47-07:00August 31st, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , |

NEW YORK, NY — (08-31-22) — Independent U.N. expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz reported on Tuesday, that enormous progress has been made over the last 50 years for LGBT rights in the USA but unfortunately, “equality is not yet within reach and in many cases not within sight” for LGBT communities. Victor Madrigal-Borloz told a U.N. press [...]

Uganda Government Shuts Down LGBT Rights Group

By |2022-08-08T01:43:43-07:00August 8th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: , , , , , , |

KAMPALA, UGANDA — (08-08-22) — Ugandan officials on Friday announced the banning of a prominent LGBT rights group. A huge setback for LGBTQ community in a country that still suffers from gay bashings, hate crimes and murder due to one's sexual orientation. LGBT Rights Group, Sexual Minorities Uganda (Smug), was ordered to shut down with [...]

LGBT Rights Under Renewed Fire in Hungary, says HRC

By |2022-02-15T18:09:51-08:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: , , , , , , |

HUNGARY — (02-15-22) — LGBT rights activists and the groups that work to protect them are under new pressure in Hungary from its judicial branch, says Human Rights Council.  On February 1, an appeals court in Hungary ruled against Labrisz Lesbian Association, saying that an article pusblished in a pro-government newspaper likening them to pedophiles [...]

LGBT Rights Activist Jim Obergefell Announce Bid for Ohio House

By |2022-01-19T00:05:45-08:00January 19th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , |

COLUMBUS, OH — (01-19-22) — Internationally known gay rights activist and named plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, Jim Obergefell, announced on Tuesday he's launching a bid for the Ohio State House. "I took a history making fight for equal rights all the way to the US Supreme Court and [...]

Mormon Billionaire Quits Church Over LGBT Rights, Donates $600K to Equality Utah

By |2021-12-21T22:46:58-08:00December 21st, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , |

PROVO, UT — (12-21-21) — Utah billionaire Jeff T. Green, who was considered a prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, rebuked the church on Monday over its stance on being anti-LGBT rights. In addition to his rebuke of the church, Billionaire Green will also donate $600,000 to Equality Utah, an [...]

LGBT Rights Advocacy China Shuts Down over Beijing Threats

By |2021-11-07T14:16:21-08:00November 7th, 2021|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: , , , , |

BEIJING, CN — (11-07-21) — China's most influential gay rights group, LGBT advocacy Group China, announced it has ceased all activities and have moved to shut down it's social media accounts in an announcement last Thursday. LGBT Advocacy Group China spearheaded many of the legal cases in China. Pushing for gay rights and halting workplace [...]

EU Overreach with LGBT Rights Puts Bloc at Risk, says Polish PM

By |2021-10-18T23:50:18-07:00October 18th, 2021|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: , , |

BRUSSELS — (10-18-21) — Poland's Prime Minister warned on Monday that overreach by several of the EU's institutions with LGBT Rights pressure is a threat to the future of the bloc. The European Commission is preparing legal action against the Polish government after its top court ruled that some European laws are incompatible with the [...]

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