Author: A. Faulkner

By Tricia Boucher Chile transgender: ‘Growing up here is torture’ Legally changing your name to the opposite gender in Chile can take years, and for children it can be extremely difficult. Hong Kong’s top court hears landmark appeal on spousal visa for British lesbian Hong Kong legally defines marriage as monogamous and heterosexual, but the […]

By Tricia Boucher GOP Congressman: Refusing to Sell Your House to a Gay Person Is an Inalienable Right California has a prohibition against denying housing to people based on their sexual orientation, but Dana Rohrabacher (R, CA) has decided to go against this ban and support bigotry. California Bans State-Funded Travel to Oklahoma Oklahoma’s new […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Releases U.S. Statement Celebrating LGBTI Pride Month Lambda Legal had this to say about the statement, “”Recognition” of #PrideMonth from the @realDonaldTrump admin is akin to receiving a birthday card from your homophobic family.” Transgender woman dies while in custody of US immigration Roxsana Hernandez, as part […]

By A. Faulkner Hollywood films ‘had fewer LGBT characters in 2017’ “The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) found that 12% of mainstream releases featured LGBT characters last year. That was down from 18% in 2016 and is the lowest level recorded by GLAAD, which started the index six years ago.” How Pose Prevailed […]

By Tricia Boucher The gay mayor shaking up politics in Catholic Poland Atheist, gay, and “a frontrunner for Poland’s presidency” in a country where marriage for same-sex couples is still illegal?  Yes. Will FIFA Force Russia to Make the World Cup Friendly to L.G.B.T. People? The World Cup opens in Russia on June 14th.  FIFA […]

By Tricia Boucher The Guardian view on HIV in the US: an invisible epidemic African Americans account for nearly half of HIV diagnoses in the US in 2016 and the rate is at epidemic levels in the deep south.  Transgender Immigrant Dies in Federal Custody Roxana Hernandez, an asylum-seeker from Honduras, died from pneumonia at […]

By Thomas Maxheimer CDC rolling back data collection about LGBT people’s health The Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) has included a module on sexual orientation and gender identity.  The Center for Disease Control abruptly announced it will be ceasing the LGBTQ portion of the data collection in 2019. Two Years After Pulse Massacre, National […]

By Tricia Boucher Everyone is welcome: the only gay hangout in the Arab world Helem, in Beirut, Lebanon, is the first (and only) community center for LGBTQI+ persons in the “Arab world”.  Lebanon has a fairly open LGBT community, but the Beirut Pride festival has been suspended this year. China’s LGBT community treads cautiously amid […]