Day: June 12, 2013
USA : 46 years ago, the Court struck down all bans on interracial marriage
On the 46th anniversary of the landmark Loving v. Virginia decision from the Supreme Court, today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is calling on the Court to once again expand freedom for Americans by striking down bans on marriage for lesbian and gay couples as well as the Defense of Marriage Act.
Gay teen kicked out at 18 by parents, star of America Got Talent
Jonathan Allen from America Got Talent (AGT) was kicked out by his parents on his 18th birthday because he was gay.
Church group sorry for pope ‘gay lobby’ report
A key Latin American Catholic Church group said Wednesday it was sorry about the “confusion” caused by the publication of members’ accounts of a meeting with Pope Francis where he is quoted as lamenting a “stream of corruption” in the Roman Curia and a gay lobby in the Vatican.
Russia adopts homophobic federal law banning propaganda of ‘non-traditional sexual relations’
ILGA-Europe in the strongest possible manner condemns a homophobic federal law adopted today by the State Duma, the Russian parliament.
New EU asylum rules will better protect LGBT people
Today the European Parliament adopted a new version of the European Union law on asylum procedures. The text contains notable improvements for LGBT asylum-seekers.
Gay teen kicked out at 18 by parents, star of America Got Talent
Jonathan Allen from America Got Talent (AGT) was kicked out by his parents on his 18th birthday because he was gay.