Tag: LGBT rights
Family Equality Council condemns alarming proposed law in Russia to deny gay parents custody of their children
Family Equality Council, the national organization that connects, supports and represents the nation’s three million parents who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and their six million children, today condemned a proposed bill in Russia, posted to the Russian Parliament’s website, that would make parents’ sexual orientation a basis for denying custody of their children.
San Antonio City Council Approves LGBT-Inclusive Updates to Ordinances
San Antonio – the nation’s seventh-largest city – Last Thursday added sexual orientation and gender identity protections into ordinances governing city employment, contracting, housing and public accommodations.
India : Raid on gay party an act of moral policing, say activists
It’s like taking one step forward and two steps back.
Gay Rights Groups In New York Target Coca Cola
Gay rights groups have poured bottles of Coca Cola down the drain in a protest against the company’s sponsorship of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia at Times Square in New York.
Gov. Christie Signs Bill Protecting New Jersey’s Youth
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed into law AB 3371, a bill that will put an end to dangerous and disproved efforts designed to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender expression that have proven to inflict great emotional harm.
With Sochi Games Only Six Months Away, President Obama Condemns Russia’s Heinous Anti-LGBT Law
In an interview Tuesday with Jay Leno on NBC’s The Tonight Show, President Obama condemned a new Russian law that criminalizes even the most modest gestures of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.