Tag: GLBT
Joint statement on European Court judgment against sexual orientation discrimination
In its judgment in Eweida and Others v. United Kingdom, issued on 15 January, the European Court of Human Rights affirmed that the right to act in accordance with one’s religion may be limited in order to protect others from discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Registration now open for Stonewall Brighton Equality Walk
Stonewall today opens registration for its tenth annual Equality Walk, which takes place in Brighton on 5 May. The 10k Walk, supported by American Express, raises funds for Stonewall’s Education for All programme, which helps schools tackle homophobia and support lesbian, gay and bisexual young people.
Major poll shows three in five people in Wales support equal marriage
A major poll conducted by YouGov for Stonewall Cymru has revealed that three in five people in Wales support government plans to extend civil marriage to same-sex couples, despite a vitriolic campaign against equal marriage from a small number of well-funded and disproportionately vocal political and religious groups.
Noah St. John, “The Last Mile”
This is a video of Noah St. John, a 15-year-old performing a monologue about his two moms as part of NPR’s Snap Judgment series.
UKIP ‘Homophobia’ in Spotlight After Online Leaks
The recent rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) may be halted in its tracks by new evidence of the profound homophobia of some party members.
Jodie Foster ‘comes out’ in emotional Golden Globes speech
Jodie Foster addressed her sexuality directly for the first time in public last night, using the 2013 Golden Globe awards to reveal she was gay “about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.”