Gay Rights
11 pieces
Reflections on Leadership from Marietta's McDonough Conference
Marietta College, Ohio. The J. Luce Foundation ( link ) is opening the Luce Leadership Centre at Caribbean Maritime University ( link ) in June, open to its 6,000 student…
Landmark Verdict in India Scraps Law Criminalizing Homosexuality
New York, N.Y. In India, the Supreme Court has struck down a 19th century law criminalizing gay sex, bringing to a close a long drawn out battle to overturn a controversi…
Obama Designates NYC's Stonewall Inn a Monument to Gay Rights
New York, N.Y. President Barack Obama has designated a site in the heart of New York City as a national park and the first U.S. national monument to gay rights. Stonewall…
Pres. Obama Responds to Petition on Gay Conversion Therapy
Tonight, somewhere in America, a young person, let's say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a secret he's held as long as he can remember.…
Ban Says World Must Press Ahead on Equal Rights for LGBT Community
New York, N.Y. Bringing homophobia and transphobia to an end is “a great human rights cause,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, adding that the fight against disc…
Stephen Fry Inspires Sochi Gay Rights Protest Music Video
London, U.K. German vocalist, Babsi, has shot a video for her debut single We Are Everywhere in support of Stephen Fry's idea that all athletes competing in the 2014 Soch…
All Same-Sex Married Couples in U.S. To Get Federal Tax Recognition
Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Thursday that when it comes to taxes, it will recognize same-sex couples' marriages even if they live in a…
Luce Leader: Anti-Bullying Hero Hopes for Harvard
New York, N.Y. I met Christopher Rim, the founder and president of an anti-bullying awareness organization called It Ends Today , about a year before Lady Gaga did. Enorm…
Film on the Life & Times of Stonewall Veteran Storme DeLarverie
"If we turn our back, she will die." - Sam Bassett New York, N.Y. Storme , a documentary by Sam Bassett based on the life and times of Stonewall Veteran Storme DeLarverie…
Gay Community's Rosa Parks Faces Death, Impoverished, Alone
New York, NY. I know dementia. My father and grandmother both died with it. But they had both resources and families to protect them - and neither were living cultural an…
The Stewardship Report Announces Editorial Calendar
New York, N.Y. A bright new face has been added to the crowded Web, drawing a large readership and uploading more than 900 stories in its first twelve weeks. Still in sof…