Day: May 19, 2015

Eurovision : Denmark is out
Of the 16 who fought in this evenings semi-final, went only 10 ahead. Moldova, Netherlands, Belarus and Macedonia suffered the same fate as Finland and Denmark.

First Federal Bill to Prevent Dangerous Anti-LGBT Conversion Therapy Introduced in Congress
Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-CA) will introduce the “Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act” – the first federal legislation to prohibit the practice of providing “conversion therapy” to any person in exchange for monetary compensation or advertising such services.

‘Gay cake’ row: DUP MLA Paul Givan says Equality Commission ‘should apologise’
DUP MLA Paul Givan has called on the Equality Commission to apologise for “using taxpayers’ money to drag a family through the courts”.

HRC: LGBT Youth In Foster Care Face Bias, Discrimination
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, in partnership with FosterClub, an U.S national network for youth in foster care, released an issue brief detailing the hostile treatment experienced by many LGBT and questioning youth in foster care, and the shocking lack of laws and policies protecting them.

Christian bakery guilty of discrimination over gay marriage cake refusal
Court rules Christian-owned bakery that refused to ice cake with pro-gay marriage slogan discriminated on grounds of sexual orientation.

Norwegian Sex-Ed TV Show Teaches Kids – we all wished we learned back in the day
The Norwegian Public Service channel NRK, aired TV license founded educational series Newton that ran a recent episode that covers a lot of the things most of us never even heard mentioned in sex ed class, such as homosexuality, how to French kiss, and how to masturbate.