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Video: President Obama tells all-male college ‘Be the best husband to your boyfriend’

By on 20/05/2013 in Americas, Barack Obama, Boyfriend, Community, Equality, husband, Morehouse College, Politics, potus, president, speech, tolerance, USA, World

US President Barack Obama delivered a highly inclusive commencement address to students graduating from the all-male Morehouse College this weekend.

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Comment: British LGBT rights under threat from Unionism

By on 09/05/2013 in blood ban, civil partnerships, Community, Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, Edwin Poots, EQUAL MARRIAGE, Equality, gay blood ban, gay community, Gay Marriage, gay rights, gay wedding, gay weddings, human rights, law, lgbt community, LGBT rights, lord ken maginnis, lord maginnis, marriage equality, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots, Politics, same sex weddings, Same-sex marriage, UK, Ulster Unionist party, Unionist, Unionists, UUA

Paul Hagan-Rae writes that the Unionist leadership in Northern Ireland is holding the country back when it comes to progressing with LGBT rights.

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Gay equality critic Nadine Dorries reinstated as Conservative MP

By on 08/05/2013 in Bedfordshire, Brighton, Canal Street, chief whip, Conservative Home, conservative party, David Cameron, England, EQUAL MARRIAGE, Equality, gay couples, gay equality, Gay Marriage, gay rights, gay wedding, gay weddings, gaydar, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, ITV, law, LGBT rights, Manchester, Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, marriage equality, Mid Bedfordshire, mp, Nadine Dorries, Politics, reality tv show, same sex couples, tory mp, UK, UK Marriage Bill, Whip

Equal marriage critic Nadine Dorries has been reinstated as a Conservative MP, having been suspended by the party following her appearance on the TV reality show I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.

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Gay Israeli MP Nitzan Horowitz to run for mayor of Tel Aviv

By on 08/05/2013 in EQUAL MARRIAGE, Equality, gay couples, gay equality, Gay Marriage, gay mp, gay politician, gay rights, gay wedding, gay weddings, israel, Israeli, Israeli Knesset, Knesset, marriage equality, mayor, middle east, Mr Horowitz, Nitzan Horowitz, Politics, same sex couples, same sex weddings, Same-sex marriage, same-sex wedding, Tel Aviv, World

Gay Israeli MP Nitzan Horowitz has formally announced his intention to run for mayor of Tel Aviv.

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UK: Ethnic minority church leaders call for same-sex marriage referendum

By on 29/04/2013 in asian, Asian churches, Black churches, black community, christians, Church, churches, churchgoers, congregations, Daily Telegraph, David Cameron, England, EQUAL MARRIAGE, Equality, ethnic minorities, Gay Marriage, gay rights, gay weddings, law, LGBT rights, Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, marriage equality, New Testament Church of God, Politics, referendum, religion, same sex weddings, Same-sex marriage, South Asian, Telegraph, the telegraph, UK, UK Marriage Bill

Leaders representing more than a million British ethnic minority churchgoers have called for a referendum on equal marriage.

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Yvette Cooper: ‘Parliament does not have enough openly gay and lesbian MPs’

By on 26/04/2013 in Community, diversity, Employment, England, Equality, gay men, labour mp, labour party, law, lesbian, lesbians, LGBT people, LGBT staff, Lib Dem, Lib Dems, liberal democrat, liberal democrats, mp, MPs, Nick Clegg, Politics, shadow home secretary, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, UK, women, yvette cooper

Labour’s Yvette Cooper has called on British businesses and the world of politics to do more to celebrate diversity and not merely to “tolerate” LGBT staff.

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Delaware House to vote on marriage bill tomorrow

By on 22/04/2013 in delaware, Equality, Geography of the United States, House of Representatives, jack markell, Melanie George, News, Person Career, Politics of Delaware, religion, Same-sex marriage, United States

 Marriage Bill HB75 will get a vote in the Delaware House
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Zimbabwe: Campaigners mark country’s independence with call for LGBT rights

By on 19/04/2013 in Africa, anti-gay law, anti-gay laws, Crime, Equality, gay people, gay rights, gay rights campaigners, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, homophobic law, homophobic laws, homosexuality, intersex, law, LGBT people, LGBT rights, Politics, president mugabe, Robert Mugabe, sodomy, sodomy law, sodomy laws, World, Zimbabwe

With Zimbabwe marking 33 years of independence, campaigners are using the anniversary to remind people that the country is still a long way from securing LGBT rights.

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European Parliament calls on European Commission to increase efforts against trans discrimination

By on 17/04/2013 in Community, Court of Justice, Court of Justice of the European Union, Crime, Discrimination, Equality, EU, Europe, European Union, gender, gender identity, labour mep, law, lgbt intergroup, LGBT rights, Politics, Trans, trans discrimination, Transgender, Transgender rights, transphobia, transphobic, UK, violence, Zita Gurmai

The European Parliament has asked the European Commission to step up its work against discrimination faced by transgender people.

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Church in Wales to study gay relationships in order to ‘map out the way ahead’

By on 10/04/2013 in Anglican, Anglican Church, Anglicans, archbishop of canterbury, Archbishop of Wales, Church, church in wales, Church of England, Dr Barry Morgan, Dr Justin Welby, England, Equality, gay christians, gay couples, Gay Marriage, gay relationships, gay rights, gay weddings, law, LGBT rights, marriage, Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, marriage equality, Politics, religion, same sex couples, same sex relationships, same sex weddings, UK, uk government, UK Marriage Bill, Wales, Welsh government

The Archbishop of Wales has announced a new study of gay relationships at a meeting of the Church in Wales’ governing body.

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