Ashton Whitaker, 17, is a transgender boy who took his Wisconsin school district to court when they wouldn’t allow Whitaker to use the boy’s bathroom unless he completed physical gender transition. Last September, U.S. District Judge Pamela Pepper gave Whitaker permission to use the boy’s bathroom at his school, however, his Wisconsin school district was not […]
This week, we kick off Pride Month! We were too excited to see different brands and groups supporting Pride this year that we just had to share our favorites. Check them out below: 1. Target Target is back with their PRIDE line. If you haven’t heard, Target has been premiering this line for the last […]
LGBT activists in Asia are celebrating a wonderful win yesterday — Taiwan legalized gay marriage, and in doing so, they made history by becoming the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. The Taiwanese constitutional court declared on Wednesday that the current marriage laws are “in violation of both the people’s freedom of marriage […]
Grant Morse, his husband, three kids, and the children’s grandmother (83) were turned away from Southwest Airlines’ “family boarding” privileges last weekend. Morse and his family were flying from Buffalo to Fort Lauderdale and when the gate agent called for family boarding, the family stepped up as they have done many times before. However, this […]
We loved when Hallmark came out with cards in celebration of gay marriage and same-sex parents for holidays like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. And they’ve continued to show their support for the LGBTQ community with a new set of cards to celebrate transgender people when they transition. Renata Sancken came across the cards in […]
In an effort to be inclusive of all family types, Albert McMahon Elementary School in Mission, British Columbia, isn’t focusing on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day during school hours. They’ve cancelled an arts and crafts activity where kids make presents for their parents on these holidays, and are instead, leaving the holiday celebration up to […]
Last week, Governor Bill Haslam of Tennessee enacted a new law that says that laws should be interpreted in a “natural and ordinary” way. What exactly does “natural and ordinary” mean? “Without forced or subtle construction that would limit or extend the meaning of the language” says the bill. Well, this interpretation could cause a lot […]
Judge W. Mitchell Nance of the Barren and Metcalfe counties in Kentucky has officially recused himself from any adoption cases that involve gay prospective parents. According to the Washington Post, Nance issued an order last week in which he wrote that it is his belief that by allowing a “practicing homosexual” to adopt would “under no […]
On April 7, Nebraska’s Supreme Court finally brought down a horrible, discriminatory state law that prevented LGBT couples (and unmarried persons) from fostering and adopting. Three same-sex couples brought the case to court with the help of Chase Strangio, a lawyer with the ACLU, and won. Surprisingly enough, a district judge had already overturned the […]
The Washington State Supreme Court just overturned a discriminative ruling in a child custody case that involved a lesbian mother unable to come out to her own children after divorcing their father. The woman involved in the case was married to her husband for 20 years, had three sons, and raised them in a conservative […]
