Postal workers suspended for refusing to deliver anti-trans flyers
Two Canada Post workers were suspended and others took personal days to avoid delivering the offensive materials.
September 23, 2024
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U.S. to Support U.N. Gay Rights Declaration
The Obama administration will support a United Nations declaration affirming that sexual orientation and gender identity are included in international human rights protections -- the same declaration Bush opposed.
March 18, 2009
Why should being gay be a crime?
In 75 countries being gay is still a crime. French activist Louis-Georges Tin, founder of the International Day Against Homophobia, hopes to change that by having the United Nations adopt a resolution calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality worldwide. Tin spoke to The Advocate ahead of a press conference in Paris where he announced the news.
November 15, 2006
Op-ed: The LGBT Significance of the State of the Union
Obama made a game-changing argument in his recent speech: that protecting the LGBT community furthers national security, says the deputy director of HRC Global.
January 28, 2015
Iran's Foreign Minister Defends Execution of Gays
"Our society has moral principles," Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Sarif said at a press conference, earning international condemnation.
June 12, 2019
LGBT Athletes Share Their Stories at United Nations
A group of athletes spoke at the U.N. about the importance of combating homophobia in sports.
December 17, 2013
Gay Saudi Man Arrested for Dating on Facebook
A Saudi Arabian man has been arrested for allegedly using Facebook to set up dates with other men.
January 17, 2012
U.S. Rejects U.N.'s Gay Rights Statement, Cites 'Don't Ask'
A joint statement addressing homophobia and LGBT rights for the first time at the United Nations was tabled Thursday, without the backing of the United States.
December 20, 2008
J.K. Rowling Returns RFK Award After Org. Calls Out Her Transphobia
Kerry Kennedy expressed extreme disappointment in Rowling's regressive views on gender.
August 29, 2020
The Little-Known Origin of 'Gay Rights Are Human Rights''
Mira Patel served as special advisor on Hillary Clinton’s policy planning staff at the State Department. Four years after Clinton delivered an unforgettable speech at the UN on LGBT equality, Patel provides some fascinating backstory.
December 8, 2015
LGBTQ+ Iranians Are Suffering and Dying While the World Yawns
On Human Rights Day, turn your eyes towards the desperate LGBTQ+ situation in Iran.
December 10, 2021
The Future Is Not in Front of Us, It’s Inside of Us
Human Rights Watch's LGBT Advocacy Director, Boris Dittrich, is leaving to run for the Dutch Senate. He reflects on 11 years of advances.
August 31, 2018