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The Christian University in Tennessee is now legally allowed to ban students whose “lifestyles” are considered as an affront to their Christian philosophy. Carson- Newman University was granted a Title IX waiver by the federal government to ban students who are gay. The waiver obtained by Carson-Newman University will also allow the university to ban students whose […]
The United Nations has launched an historic campaign to fight against GLBT discrimination. With Zachary Quinto narrating, the United Nations Human Rights office is offically recogniSing the impact of GLBT discrimination in a new video campaign. The video is highlights a number os statistics that show the intense discrimination the GLBT community faces on a […]
Same-sex couples will now be able adopt children in the Australian state of Victoria. Victoria will now allow same sex couples the right to adopt children, after the final passage of the state government’s bill, which delivers on an election promise made by Premier Daniel Andrews in 2014. Despite passage of the new law, some […]
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed that GLBT refugees fleeing Syria will be accepted and settled in the UK. The UK Home Office said it would look at ‘vulnerable criteria’ when looking at refugee cases and will take into account sexual orientation and gender identity. Other vulnerability criteria will include ‘violence and/or torture; refugees […]
A Jamaican lawyer has filed a claim in the Supreme Court of Judicature, challenging the constitutionality of his country’s laws criminalising consensual sex between men. Maurice Tomlinson, who launched the legal challenge is being supported by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. A senior policy analyst at the Legal Network, Tomlinson highlights the deadly consequences of such […]
Justice Minister Amy Adams has ruled out the possibility of a ‘broad brush’ wiping of those convicted of being gay prior to homosexual law reform in 1986. Although those who were convicted of engaging in gay sex prior to 1986 do not need to declare their convictions because of the Clean Slate Act, activists say […]
Venezuela has become the first country in South America to elect a transgendered person to public office. Transgender woman Tamara Adrian has secured a seat as a member of Venezuela’s National Assembly. “Yesterday, Venezuela demolished its own Berlin Wall,” Adrian told US magazine Out. Her candidacy already represented a milestone in Venezuelan politics, but with […]
A Czech court has made a landmark ruling in favour of same-sex adoption. The ruling was made in a case involving 10-year-old twins adopted by a Czech-French couple. The Czech man and his French husband adopted the boys as new-born babies in San Francisco, where they live. However, the children spend their holidays with their […]