Fifty years ago this week, the American Psychiatric Association dropped “homosexuality” from its list of mental disorders. The historic event was lauded as a key advancement for the cause of LGBTQ+ equality. Before December 1973,
The 1975 at the Good Vibes Festival in which lead singer Matty Healy spoke out regarding the country’s laws against homosexuality.
Sen. Ted Cruz has joined the ranks of public figures condemning Uganda’s new anti-gay legislation, calling it horrific and wrong. He tweeted that any law criminalizing homosexuality is grotesque & an abomination, urging civilized nations to condemn Uganda’s law.
Uganda’s recent approval of stringent anti-homosexuality legislation has drawn condemnation from the United Nations (UN), the United States (US), and leading health campaign groups.
Iowa Students Lead Protest Against Gov. Kim Reynolds To Her Face At Awards Ceremony
The 9th Annual Lavender Celebration Honors LGBTQ+ Graduates
Homosexuality Is Punishable By Death In Saudi Arabia, But Their Tourist Website Says LGBTQ+ Are Welcome
University Of Central Arkansas Student Jailed For ‘Trans Lives Matter’ Protest
Cedar Falls, Iowa Mayor Changed Mind To Support Pride After Community Spoke Out
Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is punishable by death, now claims to welcome LGBTQ+ visitors, despite the country’s horrific track record on LGBTQ+ rights and treatment of queer residents.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau museum, located at the site of the former German Nazi concentration camp in Poland, recognized a gay victim of the Holocaust. The museum tweeted that a minimum of 77 men with pink triangles were imprisoned in Auschwitz & 25 more people could have been arrested for their real or alleged homosexuality but under a different prisoner category.
The roles of men and women in society shifted during WWII. Millions of women and people of color saw increased opportunities for employment and service. This societal change had an impact on young LGBTQ+ people across the country.
Varian Fry was an American journalist who played a critical role in rescuing Jews and other refugees from Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Although his sexual orientation was never explicitly confirmed, there is evidence to suggest that Fry may have been gay – a fact that could have had dire consequences for him at the time.
A total of 15 European Union countries have joined a legal case against Hungary’s Child Protection Law, widely criticized as being anti-LGBT. Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Malta, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, France, Germany, and Greece, together with the European Parliament, will act as third parties in the lawsuit filed last year by the European Commission. The deadline to join the case ended on April 6th.
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