Day: September 16, 2019

The U.S. State Department is being sued by a gay couple, after their infant daughter, who was born via surrogacy in Canada, was denied birthright citizenship. Currently, birthright citizenship in the United States is extended to children born elsewhere in the world to U.S. citizens, however, Roee and Adiel Kiviti from Maryland say their daughter […]

Following recently coming out as non-binary, English singer-songwriter Sam Smith has announced that they do not want to be referred to as ‘him’ or he.’  Taking to social media to explain, Smith said, “Today is a good day so here goes,” they tweeted. “I’ve decided I am changing my pronouns to THEY/THEM. After a lifetime of […]

The former British and Irish Lions captain has gone public about being HIV positive after having his status used in a blackmail attempt. Gareth Thomas has become the first major British sportsperson to reveal publicly that they are HIV positive. Thomas, who first came out as gay in 2009 says he didn’t want to keep […]

Gay father delivers a petition to parliament calling for fairer adoption laws for same-sex parents and others. Christian Newman and Mark Edwards have taken their fight to change New Zealand’s adoption law to Wellington where they hope lawmakers will finally act to change the 64-year-old Adoption Act.   Christian Newman has delivered a 30,000-signature petition […]