Day: September 3, 2013
New website tracks gay slurs on Twitter
What’s in an epithet? It would seem that the social currency of homophobia is disappearing quickly.
Olympic speed skater Anastasia Bucsis ‘so proud to be gay’
Canadian Olympic hopeful Anastasia Bucsis describes herself as “vanilla” and “boring.”
Irish Government must respond to anti-gay laws in Russia
The human rights situation in Russia for LGBT people is deteriorating. GLEN have written to the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamonn Gilmore TD., to urge him to respond on behalf of the Government and the Irish people, and to make clear to both Ireland and the rest of the world the measures it intends to take against the new repressive legislation.
Military Same-Sex Spouses Eligible for Benefits Today
Today the same-sex spouses of military service members become eligible to receive a range of federal benefits, thanks to a Department of Defense policy change that was announced last month implementing the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).