Day: August 17, 2015
Boy given ‘shock therapy to cure his homosexuality’ after reporting rape
A young boy who was raped during his time at a Victorian youth training centre was made to have shock treatment to “cure his homosexuality”, the child abuse royal commission is told.
Dolce Apologises For IVF Comments
Domenico Dolce has apologised for the comments he made in March this year when he said that he “opposed gay adoption” and that children born through IVF treatment were “synthetic”.
Poll Shows Coalition Isolated From Majority Of Australians – 69% Support For Marriage Equality, 53% Support Among Coalition Voters
Advocates have welcomed a new Fairfax/Ipsos marriage equality poll showing 69% support nationally, including 53% support among Coalition voters.
Stormtrooper Families (Homosexuality and Community in the Early Nazi Movement)
In the new book Stormtrooper Families (Homosexuality and Community in the Early Nazi Movement), ” just published by Harrington Park Press (New York, NY) and distributed by Columbia University Press, author Andrew Wackerfuss, PhD, quashes the myth of the “pink swastika” – the idea put forth by hysterically conservative pundits such as Scott Lively, Bryon Fischer, Pat Robertson and their ilk that “thuggish” homosexuals caused the rise of the Nazi Party, World War II, the Holocaust, and the general devastation of the world after 1945.
Statement from HRC President Chad Griffin on the Passing of Julian Bond
Following news early this morning of the passing of civil rights leader Julian Bond, HRC released a statement from its president, Chad Griffin:
TLDEF Criticises New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for Vetoing Birth Certificate Legislation and Disrespecting Transgender People
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund strongly criticises New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for his recent veto of a bill to eliminate the requirement that transgender people undergo surgery in order to correct the gender markers on their birth certificates. The bill would have instead required a doctor to certify that a transgender person “has undergone clinically appropriate treatment for the purpose of gender transition, based on contemporary medical standards….”