Counselors volunteering at the Trevor Project need to be prepared for their first conversation with an LGBTQ teen who may be thinking about suicide. So first, they practice. One of the ways they do it is by talking to fictional personas like “Riley,” a 16-year-old from North Carolina who is feeling a bit down and…
Tyrone Clifford Jr. remembers the first time he tried methamphetamine. “It was everything, all at once,” he said; a whirring rush of euphoric energy. It was the 1990s, and Tyrone was in his early twenties. He was HIV-positive, watching as the AIDS epidemic tore through his community in San Francisco. People he loved were dying.…
U.S. Rep. Marie Newman’s feud over LGBTQ rights with controversial Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene took a new turn Thursday when Facebook temporarily took down Newman’s video putting up a transgender pride flag in a congressional office hallway, labeling it hate speech.
Key bill, which amends 1964 Civil Rights Act, passes 224-216 but faces uncertain future in evenly divided SenateThe House has passed the landmark Equality Act, taking LGBTQ+ Americans one step closer to winning legal protection from discrimination. Related: Biden warns Americans ‘this is not the time to relax’ as vaccinations ramp up – live Continue…
The House is gearing up to vote on the Equality Act, which could become landmark LGBTQ rights legislation that is decades in the making. Rep. David Cicilline, who is spearheading a version of the bill, speaks to NBC News’ Joe Fryer.
Within a fortnight of a street art mural appearing in Melbourne to coincide with Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2021, the local LGBTQI community … The post Melbourne’s Mardi Gras Street Art Mural Vandalised appeared first on Star Observer.
The Vatican released a statement this week affirming their support of same-sex relationships, but vowing they will not bless their unions in the Catholic church. The bulletin claims the church will still give its blessing to individuals of the LGBTQ+ community who follow the church’s teaching, but that they stand firm…Read more…
Advocates say the recent Royal Commission into Aged Care was a missed opportunity to address social isolation and discrimination for people in the 65-plus LGBTQIA community.
“Blacks captured and sold blacks as slaves,” Indiana state Rep. Jim Lucas, a Republican, said during a recent exchange with a Black surgeon on Facebook. “Slavery is vile and repugnant, but has, and is tragically a way of humanity.”
The LGBTQ community and its supporters woke up to sad… The post Elton John Calls Vatican’s Gay Marriage Verdict Hypocrisy appeared first on Man’s World India.