Month: June 2019

Penguins in same-sex relationships at London Zoo have had their beach transformed as they prepare to celebrate Pride next week, reports BBC. Banners reading “some penguins are gay, get over it” have been propped up at the beach, home to Read more

Nineteen percent of Americans think small business owners should be allowed to refuse service to Jews if doing so would violate their religious beliefs, according to survey results published this week by the Public Religion Research Institute, reports HaAretz. The survey Read more

According to a new survey, young American’s acceptance of LGBT+  people has fallen for the second year in a row, and it could be to do with the current Trump administration, reports Indy 100. On Monday, GLAAD released its 2019 Accelerating Read more

While paying his first visit to an LGBTQ charity in London, Prince William said that he’d be perfectly happy if one of his children were gay, reports USA Today.  “Do you know what, I’ve been giving that some thought recently because a Read more

There’s one event this June that may win the award for smallest Pride parade of the year, reports Gwendolyn Smith at LGBTQ Nation. But don’t let its size fool you: the parade at the LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Westchester, New York, Read more

By Mark Ariel           This month, a lesbian couple accused the legendary Langer’s Deli, in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, opposite MacArthur Park, of homophobia.             Rachel Curry, one of the women involved in the Read more

American Crime actor Connor Jessup has come out as gay in a post to his followers on Instagram, reports Towleroad. Wrote Jessup: “I knew I was gay when I was thirteen, but I hid it for years. I folded it Read more

Hundreds of thousands of people are filling a main Sao Paulo thoroughfare for one of the world’s largest LGBT pride parades, reports Daily Mail. Well-known Brazilian artists also gave live performances Sunday as supporters cheered on speeches given by gay Read more

Paris has honored the American creator of the Pride flag with a plaque in the city center, reports Gay Star News. Gilbert Baker designed the flag in the late 1970s. The  artist was commemorated with a plaque including the famous six-striped Read more

Were pride flags stolen in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood a political statement or simply taken because they were at a crosswalk? Those are the questions being asked by residents after the flags vanished a few weeks ago, reports NBC Read more

A lesbian couple in Texas received a touching note from a neighbor thanking them for displaying rainbow flags outside their house reports Pink News. In the powerful note, the neighbor said that seeing the rainbow flags outside the house helped Read more

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Thursday reintroduced the Refund Equality Act, a bill that would allow same-sex couples to amend past tax returns and receive refunds from the IRS, reports NBC News. “The federal government forced legally married same-sex couples Read more

China is the world’s largest manufacturer of Christian Bibles. That means that most U.S. bookstores purchase items made by Chinese manufacturers before selling them to consumers, reports Daniel Villarreal at LGBTQ Nation. President Donald Trump, a darling of evangelical Christian voters, Read more

The House voted Tuesday to block the Pentagon’s new transgender troop policy, taking a swipe at President Donald Trump’s move to ban transgender service in the military, reports Politico. During debate on a $1 trillion spending package, lawmakers voted 243-183 Read more

(Photo: Justice Clarence Thomas) The Supreme Court decided to punt on the case of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, delaying the inevitable day of judgment, reports John Gallagher at LGBTQ Nation. But perhaps Read more

For the first time in state history, the flag of LGBTQ Pride flies above the California Capitol, reports The Sacramento Bee. The Rainbow Flag, which sits below the U.S. and California state flags, will fly til July 1. It’s no Read more

(Photo: Phil Benson) Republican Mobile County Treasurer Phil Benson defiantly told a reporter from a local news station to read the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah when she came to ask him about his recent anti-LGBT rant that he Read more