Tag: LGBT
Newcastle Pride Gets In The Zone
Organisers of one of the UK’s leading LGBT events are getting ‘in the zone’ for its impending return.
FBI chief says : Mass shooter acted alone, inspired by radical Islam
The Florida man who massacred 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub was likely inspired by online “radical” Islamic extremism but there is no evidence showing he acted on orders from overseas, the FBI director said Monday.
TLDEF Mourns Tremendous Loss of Life in Orlando Nightclub Shooting
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) voices deep sorrow over the horrific attack at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. We mourn the tremendous loss of life and send our deepest condolences to all those who have lost loved ones in this tragedy.
HRC Statement on Tragic Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Serving LGBTQ Community
Today, the Human Rights Campaign — America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation — responded to media reports of a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The club serves the area’s LGBTQ community and law enforcement are reporting the attack as an act of domestic terror that has claimed the lives of 50 people and injured at least 53 others. HRC has lowered its flag to half mast.
Equality Advocates Condemn North Carolina Legislative Sneak Attack Doubling Down on HB 2
Today, Chad Griffin, President of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Chris Sgro, Executive Director of Equality NC, and Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), responded to media reports that a small group of extreme lawmakers in North Carolina are preparing to double down on the discriminatory HB 2 law in another legislative sneak attack hashed out in a backroom deal.
Radical group Christian Concern celebrates France win over Chapin and Charpentier
European Court of Human Rights has just ruled that the French courts did not discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation, when French court declared a marriage between a same-sex couple to be not valid.