The LGBTQI+ community today is doing much better than it was before. However, the world has a long way to go and a lot to learn from the Netherlands. The Netherlands is the first ever
A former NFL player gets arrested after allegedly assaulting his son and his son’s boyfriend outside his Indiana home.
Police in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., had to intervene when violent Proud Boys tried to force themselves into a Drag Queen Story Hour event at a bookstore. Families with small children had assembled at Loyalty Books in Silver Spring to enjoy a Drag Queen Story Hour event a few days ago. Outside, far-right protesters came to demonstrate against it.
In a recent report published by Human Rights Watch, shocking levels of violence and discrimination against lesbian, bisexual, and queer women and non-binary people were uncovered in over two dozen countries around the world. The report, titled “This Is Why We Became Activists: Violence Against Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women and Non-Binary People,” detailed the brutal violence endured by LBQ+ women from family members, security forces, and others, as well as discrimination related to employment, healthcare, housing, property rights, justice systems, and migration.
In a tragic incident last year, a gunman opened fire in a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub, killing five people. Club Q, the targeted nightclub, has now announced its plans to rebuild and reopen next fall. The announcement has brought a ray of hope for the LGBTQ+ community, which has been shaken by the brutal attack.
Four people have been shot at Club Marcella, a popular nightclub in Buffalo, in the past two weeks, with one fatality. While the shootings do not appear to be related, they are believed to be acts of senseless violence resulting from personal disagreements. The club has been known for years as a welcoming environment for Buffalo’s LGBTQ community, but the police commissioner stated that the shootings do not seem to be targeted at the community.
Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are, and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ+ people into the church.
West Virginia’s proposed legislation to make it a crime to allow minors near trans people is a concerning development for the LGBTQ+ community and human rights advocates. The legislation, if passed, would criminalize individuals who
As swamp king Ron DeSantis leads Florida legislature further and further into abject queerphobia, the real-world effects are being made apparent. This week, one of Orlando‘s premier LGBTQ+ spaces was attacked and vandalized in the
In the recent analysis of the National Crime Victimization Survey, it was found that the odds of being a violent hate crime victim for LGBTQ+ people was nine times greater than it was for cisgender
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