Lesbian couple fighting discrimination by insurers in New Jersey

In 2011, lesbian couple Erin and Marianne Krupa decided to have a baby. For this, women moved from conservative North Carolina to Montclair, New Jersey, writes The New York Times. They decided that their first child was born by 33-year-old Erin, but difficulties arose ...

Gay parade in Florida: the memory of the tragedy in Orlando with a political touch. A PHOTO

A week after the massacre at a gay club in Orlando, one of the largest festivals of the LGBT community in the United States, Wilton Manors Stonewall, took place in one of the cities in Florida, Wilton Manors. The name of the festival, which is already 18 years old, is related to the famous “Stonewall riots” of 1969...

What does the letter “and” mean for LGBTI?

The abbreviation LGBT in connection with the tragedy at the Orlando gay club has been actively used in the press over the past few days, but few people know that there is also an abbreviation with the letter “i” at the end - LGBTI. It stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex....

11 states challenged Obama's decree on transgender toilets in schools

A decree by US President Barack Obama, which gives transgender American schoolchildren the right to choose the men's or women's toilet, has led to the filing of lawsuits in 11 states. The initiators of the lawsuits are the authorities of the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia, ...

“I will always be Jewish”: confession of an ultra-Orthodox lesbian

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 ...

Russian-speaking gays and lesbians start life from scratch in New York

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 North Carolina, the entrance to the church was painted in LGBT colors

The entrance to Wedgewood Church, North Carolina, USA, has been painted in rainbow LGBT colors to hide vandalized graffiti that is offensive to sexual minorities. Reported by The Independent. According to the newspaper, initially on the doors of Wedgewood Church there was a sign with the inscription ...

US students refuse to read lesbian comics

Several students at Duke University in North Carolina have refused to read the comic "Merry Home", which is part of the mandatory curriculum, reports BBC News. They explained that the graphic novel about the life of a lesbian contradicts their religious beliefs. The students added that the pictures in the comics depict ...

In Russia, will check Facebook emoticons

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. ...

In St. Petersburg, they want to hold a gay parade on the day of the paratroopers

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 ...

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