Day: August 24, 2015
In A Historic First, U.N. Security Council Convenes to Discuss LGBT Rights
HRC hailed the leadership of U.S Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and her Chilean counterpart Ambassador Cristian Barros Melet for holding the first ever U.N. Security Council meeting on LGBT rights later today. Open to all U.N. member states, the gathering will focus on the appalling abuse and violence being perpetrated against LGBT people in areas in which ISIS exerts control.
WATCH: Ellen Page Serves Ted Cruz “Equality on a Stick” at Iowa State Fair for Defending LGBT Discrimination
Last Friday, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz found himself on the defensive in Iowa after his speech on the Des Moines Register Soap Box after taking questions from actress Ellen Page, who came out in 2014 at HRC’s Time to Thrive conference.
Average HIV Life Assurance Increases (GP)
Unusual Risks, the medical financial advisers have today published the results of their annual research into the average amounts of Life Assurance that HIV Positive men and women are insuring themselves for. Currently HIV Positive people who are taking out Life Assurance in the UK are insuring themselves for an average of £137,192*.
Get ready for Preston Pride Weekend
Preston Pride weekend starts off with a free event and it time to open the calendar so you don’t miss out.
Historic UN Briefing on LGBT People Focuses on Persecution and Killings in Iraq and Syria
During an historic briefing before the U.N. Security Council on violence against LGBT by ISIS, Jessica Stern, executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), urged world governments to act urgently to support people targeted by extremist persecution and cruel acts in Iraq and Syria.