Tag: LGBT
New EU accession reports: LGBT rights in South-Eastern Europe and Turkey
The European Commission’s annual reports on accession countries were published yesterday, and include important and extensive information on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in those 8 countries.
Heartbreaking Video About Unmarried Gay Couple Made Into Feature Film
Four million YouTube views later, Shane Bitney Crone’s emotional story about his partner Tom Bridegroom is made into a film, called Bridegroom.
HRC Statement on Senator-Elect Cory Booker’s Victory
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin issued the following statement this evening on the news that Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker has won the special election to be the next Senator from New Jersey:
All major sports leagues go purple for LGBT youth on Spirit Day
Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), National Basketball Association (NBA) & Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will join millions of people in ‘going purple’ for Spirit Day on October 17 in a united stand against bullying and to show support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, GLAAD announced last Tuesday.
Elvis Duran, Clear Channel stand against bullying for Spirit Day
Z100’s Elvis Duran and the Morning Show and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America with a greater reach in the U.S. than any other radio or television outlet, will join millions of people nationwide in ‘going purple’ for Spirit Day on October 17, 2013 in a united stand against bullying and to show support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, GLAAD announced last Monday.
Three in four gay people still don’t report hate crime to police
Major new polling released today by Stonewall shows that lesbian, gay and bisexual people remain at serious risk of suffering violent abuse and intimidation in Britain.