Day: February 24, 2016

TLDEF Urges South Dakota Governor to Veto Bill Targeting Transgender Students for Discrimination
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) urges South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard to veto a bill that would bar transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that match who they are as boys and girls. South Dakota lawmakers passed House Bill 1008 last week. The bill restricts facility access to students of the “same biological sex,” and defines that to mean “the physical condition of being male or female as determined by a person’s chromosomes and identified at birth by a person’s anatomy.”

HRC, National Organisations Target “Conversion Therapy” Quacks with Historic FTC Fraud Complaint
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a federal consumer fraud complaint against People Can Change, an organisation that preys on vulnerable LGBT people and families by using damaging and discredited claims that it can change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Sophie Cook Joins As First Trans Patron of Just a Ball Game ?
Everyone at Just A Ball Game? (JBG?) is excited to announce that they have a new Patron on board in Sophie Cook.

Justin Bieber’s Hits the Cover of ‘Clash’ Almost Naked
Justin Bieber is the cover boy of Clash’s 100th issue celebration.

Bryan Hawn do Beyoncé – Formation
Bryan Hawn, Mr Valentine 2016, has caught our attention again and I’m sure you will not be disappointed and yes you’ll get to see his perfect bobble butt again.

Strasbourg Court: family reunification rights also count for same-sex couples
Yesterday, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that refusing same-sex couples residence permits with the purpose of family reunification on the basis of their sexual orientation is discriminatory.