Thailand passes the marriage equality bill, Elliot Page criticizes the rollback of LGBTQ rights in Canada, and a mother and son launch an app to keep LGBTQ people safe in England.
The annual Walt Disney Company shareholders meeting took on a contentious environment April 3 as far right anti-trans activists attempted to push through a measure that would force Disney to pay for services for transgender people who choose to detransition.
During a briefing on April 3, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre condemned the ruling issued hours earlier by a court in Uganda that upheld the East African country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, a law that contains a death penalty provision for “aggravated homosexuality.”
So much good has come from the end of one marriage.
The Indian government on March 11 implemented a law that allows undocumented people who entered the country from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and other neighboring countries before Dec. 31, 2014, to receive fast-track citizenship.
A report in Australia called for the removal of LGBTQ exemptions in schools, the Scottish Parliament staff are banned from wearing rainbow lanyards, and workers were arrested in an "extremism" case in Russia.
Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who had served first as a longtime Democratic senator and then declared himself an independent, winning reelection in 2006, died March 27 at New York-Presbyterian Hospital due to complications from a fall. He was 82 years old.
Leaders and members of the Clarendon Presbyterian Church, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary on April 13, have said they decided to continue to fulfill their mission of religious faith by using the land on which their church is located in the Clarendon section of Arlington, Va., to develop a new, larger church building to include LGBTQ affordable housing for seniors along with an independently run childcare center that currently operates in the church.
An impending law says it’s designed to reduce human trafficking in Florida. The practical effects will limit job opportunities for 18-21 year-old workers and even further isolate the people it purports to protect.
Republicans are continuing their assault on LGBTQ youth, and this time they’ve got Democrats to join them. The Florida legislature has overwhelmingly passed a pair of bills that will disproportionately affect LGBTQ under 21.
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