Month: June 2013
Gay MP attacked after Equality Parade
Poland’s first openly gay MP was physically attacked following Saturday’s Equality Parade in Warsaw, he has stated.
European Parliament consents to EU-ACP partnership with reservations
Last week the European Parliament gave its legal consent to the updated Cotonou Agreement, a multilateral treaty between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific states. The Parliament expressed strong reservations about human rights in relation to sexual orientation.
Report Highlights Challenges Faced by Latino LGBT Youth Despite Gains in Movement for LGBT Equality
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth who identify as Latino face greater rejection from their communities and schools than their non-LGBT Latino counterparts, according to a new report on LGBT Latino youth released today by the Human Rights Campaign – America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation in partnership with The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).
One Direction Boys Kiss…
While you and me are trying to figure out which One Direction member is gay, the boys of One Direction continue to tease fans with displays of their infamous bromance.
HRC Statements on Nominations of James Costos and Rufus Gifford
Last Friday the White House announced the nominations of James Costos, an accomplished businessman and current executive at HBO, as the United States Ambassador to Spain, and Rufus Gifford, a former finance official for the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Obama for America, and the Democratic National Committee, as the United States Ambassador to Denmark.
Croatia hosts thousands in peaceful gay pride march
Several thousand people held a gay pride march Saturday in Croatia, where conservatives backed by the influential Catholic Church want to make same sex marriage illegal, while neighbouring Slovenia’s president led a similar march in his country’s capital.