Virginia becomes the 12th state to ban the gay/trans panic defense, which has been used by homicide defendants who say they panicked after finding out someone was LGBTQ.
On Thursday nearly 30,00 LGBTQI community members lost access to Star Observer’s Facebook page. On a daily basis they accessed Australian generated, queer focused content … The post Star Observer’s Statement On The Facebook Ban appeared first on Star Observer.
The United States has one national Constitution and one national Bill of Rights. But sometimes it feels like this country has two First Amendments. There is the one that was written down in the late eighteenth century and has almost two-and-a-half centuries of jurisprudence built around it. And then there is the folk understanding of…
New Indie When I’m once again free to move about the cabin and see movies in theaters again, I hope I get the chance to give the hilarious “Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar” (Lionsgate) a second look with a rowdy and engaged audience. In the meantime, this new Blu-ray offers this comic…
Exiles often have conflicting feelings about their adoptive society, and Edward Said was no exception. As a Palestinian in the United States, he recognized the country’s pervasive racism and violence, but he also knew its educational system made his career as a renowned and prosperous thinker possible. His life was indeed filled with paradoxes and…
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘It is our Catholic duty to affirm the dignity of transgender people and to defend them from harm,’ the statement reads. The post Catholic leaders join LGBTQ group to condemn discrimination against transgender people appeared first on Religion News Service.
Facebook on Thursday blocked access to the pages of some of Australia’s leading LGBTQI organisations, including Equality Australia and Midsumma Festival. The pages got caught … The post Facebook Blocks Australian LGBT Pages In News Purge appeared first on Star Observer.