Day: March 21, 2013
US Senate Committee Clears Bill to Lift Ban on HIV Organ Donation
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights group, today lauded the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for approving the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, S. 330.
Somalia rebels kill man for gay sex
A militant official and a Somali resident say al-Shabab fighters have stoned to death a man for carrying out a homosexual sex act.
Teen soap star in rape trial: ‘sex was consensual’
A teenage television soap actor accused of raping a 14-year-old boy to prove to his girlfriend he was bisexual today told a court that the sex had been consensual.
American Academy of Pediatrics Releases Report Supporting Marriage Equality and Adoption Rights
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today praised the release of a policy statement and technical report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supporting marriage equality and adoption and foster care rights by same-sex couples titled, ‘Promoting the Well-Being of Children Whose Parents Are Gay or Lesbian,’