LEON COUNTY, FL — (04-19-22) — The former roommate of LGBTQ+ rights activist, Jorge Diaz-Johnston, whose body was found in a Florida landfill in January, has been charged with first-degree murder. According to the indictment, Steven Yinger, who had been living with Diaz-Johnston at Diaz-Johnston’s home in Tallahassee, allegedly strangled Diaz-Johnston and left his body [...]
UNITED KINGDOM — (03-14-22) — In a shock to LGBTQ rights, the U.K.'s Privy Council ruled that LGBT people don’t have the right to marry on the Cayman Islands based on its Constitution and, it sided with a local Supreme Court's decision not to allow the practice in Bermuda. The U.K.'s Privy Council wrote in [...]
TOKYO, JP — (12-07-21) — Japan announced on today they will create a system that will recognize same-sex marriage in the next fiscal year. Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike said Tuesday the city’s government will introduce a “same-sex partnership,” after its local assembly unanimously called for an initial move on the matter. A local court in [...]
RICHLAND, WA — (11-21-21) — Last Thursday a settlement was reached after a nearly decade-old case of a Christian flower shop owner who refused service to a gay couple in Washington state. The Christian flower shop owner refused to provide the ga couple flowers for their wedding despite Washington state's anti-discrimination laws. The U.S. Supreme [...]
RICHMOND, VA — (02-14-21) — Virginia is getting the spotlight this month as it moves to repeal the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage. Following the move initiated by Senator Patty Pansing Brooks in Nebraska to have her state repeal its ban on same-sex marriage, Democratic state Sen. Adam Ebbin is sponsoring SJ 270, which [...]