An ultra-Orthodox Jewish and lesbian from the London Haredim community, which includes representatives of many currents of Judaism, spoke about what she went through before she realized her sexual orientation. In addition, Chaya (the girl's fictitious name) talks about why she has to ...
More and more Russians are asking for political asylum in the United States. According to Radio Liberty, in 2015 there were 1454 such applications, which is half as many as last year and twice as many as in 2012. And this is an absolute record in twenty seconds ...
In the United States, the ban on donating blood by persons of homosexual orientation, which had existed for three decades due to the risk of HIV transmission, has been lifted. However, according to advocates of the rights of sexual minorities, the new rules will continue to be discriminatory. US Federal Food and ...
In the United States, a court ruled to jail Rowan County (Kentucky) clerk Kim Davis, who refused to register same-sex marriage. The court qualified Davis' actions as contempt of the Supreme Court decision, which obliged the clerk to comply with the law. Davis was taken into custody in the courtroom. ...
The Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Media in Russia (Roskomnadzor) sent a letter to the Young Guard of United Russia. Roskomnadzor asks her to initiate the examination of information in social networks for the presence of propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations. ...
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is lifting the ban on appointing gay adults as Boy Scout troop leaders. The organization's board is scheduled to ratify the resolution Monday, which the BSA executive committee unanimously approved on July 13. The organization calls for the ban to be lifted due to “fundamental changes in legislation regarding the rights of homosexuals.”…
St. Petersburg LGBT activists applied to hold the march on August 2, the Day of the Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces). The event is planned to be held on the Champ de Mars. The organization expects up to six hundred people to attend the parade. “We should take gas cartridges and other means of self-defense with us ...
After the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, Moscow video bloggers decided to test for tolerance towards same-sex unions. “We decided to check how people in Russia and here in Moscow would react to same-sex relationships. To do this, we installed a hidden camera in a backpack and are going to carry out...
A judge in California has banned an activist from collecting signatures for a referendum on executions for homosexual acts and called the initiative “patently unconstitutional.” Judge Raymond Cadey said California Attorney General Kamala Harris is not required to authorize the collection of signatures for the project...
The United States is going to change its policy regarding the protection of homosexuals in the military in order to avoid any manifestation of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that in the US military, discrimination based on sexual orientation would be equated with racial and ...