By Henry Amador-Batten Dear America, I am terrified and I am angry and I am coming to terms as to where I should direct those feelings. I want to blame ALL Trump supporters although that doesn’t seem fair. I could perhaps share my anger with the hate mongers, the clearly racist and bigoted of his […]
Yesterday, antigay chief justice of Alabama, Roy Moore, sent out an order for the state’s probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses for same-sex couples. His reasoning behind his order is that he’s not convinced that the ruling from Obergefell V. Hodges applied to Alabama. His administrative order reads: “Until further decision by the Alabama […]
By Alex Temblador Families all around the world are gathering this December and January to celebrate the holidays, however, you might find it interesting that the way families celebrate in the United States if vastly different than how they celebrate it in Austria or in other countries. We discovered some interesting and diverse holiday traditions around […]
The State Department announced Thursday it will appoint a special envoy focused on promoting the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people worldwide. It is expected that Secretary John Kerry will appoint the new special envoy before the end of February 2015. Senate confirmation is not necessary for the new position. “We’re not […]
By Alexandra Temblador After this week’s election that gave Republicans, many of whom are opponents of LGBT issues, control of the senate, the LGBT community is a little shaken up. Yes, we can all agree that we would feel a little better if Mark Udall of Colorado and Kay Hagan of North Carolina, supporters of gay […]
