By Tricia Boucher
Gay Rights Activists Urge Amazon to Avoid These 9 States for Its HQ2
Amazon’s short list of cities for their new headquarters includes 11 cities in states without protections for LGBTQ persons. Advocates have launched a campaign to urge Amazon to locate in a state that does protect the LGBTQ community.
Merriam-Webster Pens Poetic Defense of Singular ‘Their’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary explains – in both poetry and prose – that the use of their to denote a single person is proper English, can be simpler, and is more inclusive.
Jamaica bars anti-gay preacher Steven Anderson
A pastor based in Arizona who states that homosexuality should be punishable by death has been barred from the UK and South Africa, deported from Botswana, and now denied entry to Jamaica to do “missionary work”, despite Jamaica’s laws criminalizing gay sex.