Category: Social Issues
Protests against anti-LGBTQ demonstrations will be greeted with counter-protests in Victoria and across Canada
Protests and counter-protests in support of and against Canada’s trans and LGBTQ communities are planned around Canada on Wednesday.
Police in Belfast split apart demonstrators over transgender issues
Two opposing groups have been kept apart by police at various transgender-related events in Belfast’s downtown.
Norway : Notes about demonstration against gay rights placed in mailboxes
Police have received many messages about the note that have appeared in several mailboxes in Volda, Norway, during Easter.
Adoption laws in Queensland changed to allow same-sex couples to become parents
Same-sex couples, single people and couples undergoing fertility treatment will now be able to adopt a child in Queensland.
Australian couple to kill own children if gays are allowed to adopt
An Australian couple has said they will kill their own children if the Australian courts recognise the rights of gay couple to adopt.
Nationwide demonstrations propose defunding wars instead of defunding medicare and social security
Brown Bag Lunch Vigils at 100 congress members’ local offices on Wednesday, June 16, will carry the message “Hands Off Medicare and Social Security.” Organiser and National Director of Progressive Democrats of America Tim Carpenter explains: “Cuts to Medicare and Social Security will not balance the budget, but ending the wars assuredly will.”