In the 90s, Captain Planet was a cartoon TV hero who worked to protect the world’s environment with the help of “planeteers” or a group of diverse youth who had special powers with the help of elemental rings. Though the show has long since been canceled, Captain Planet is still working to protect the people […]
Australia is the only developed English-speaking nation that hasn’t legalized same-sex marriage, but that could soon be changing. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has put forward a plan for the country to vote on same-sex marriage. The country will hold a non-legally binding voluntary public postal vote before an official parliamentary vote in November. The […]
Target has continually led the way in inclusivity from eliminating color coding of children’s toys sections to allowing trans people to use the bathroom of their identity in Target stores. Recently, the brand announced a wonderful new clothing line for children that’s gender neutral. Starting on July 17, the gender neutral clothing line, produced by […]
Ancestry.com released a Fourth of July campaign ad which recreated John Trumball’s famous “Declaration of Independence” painting with the descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. However, unlike the original painting, Ancestry.com’s ad is a lot more ethnically and racially diverse. Ancestry.com found 29 direct descendants of the signers of the Declaration of […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced earlier this week that she favored a vote on same-sex marriage, a surprising statement to some as Merkel had always stood for marriage between a man and a woman as she claimed it was in the “best interest” of children. Many in Germany were pressuring Merkel to change her stance […]
Suzan and Kimberly McLaughlin married in California in 2008. They then decided to start a family in 2010 via artificial insemination with an anonymous sperm donor. In 2010, Kimberly became pregnant. Before the baby was born, the couple moved to Tucson, Arizona, and created a parenting agreement that stated that they were equal parents to […]
On Monday, June 26th, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a discriminatory ruling by the Supreme Court of Arkansas. The state ruling in Arkansas allowed for the state to refuse to list both individuals of married same-sex couples on the birth certificates of their children. Arkansas had allowed for husbands of new mothers […]
Oregon has made history in the U.S. as becoming the first state to allow people who don’t identify as male or female to choose a third gender on their state IDs. Now Oregon citizens may choose “X” which stands for “not specified” as their gender. This selection will appear on state IDs like driver licenses […]
Monday was the anniversary of the Pulse Massacre. In a great show of unity, the city came together to remember the 49 who were lost. There was a ceremony on Monday morning in front of the Orange County Administration Center in downtown Orlando. The ceremony now marks the first day of Orlando United Day, a […]
Rob and Reece Scheer live in Darnestown, Maryland, with their four adopted children. The dads had only intended to adopt one kid but found themselves with a big happy family. The Scheer’s explained: “We got a phone call for a brother and sister. We only wanted one child, but we thought, you know what? Let’s […]
