The Boy Scouts of America’s historic vote on whether to allow openly gay youth to remain in the organization has just passed with a 61 percent vote.
A gay 19-year-old teenager from China was arrested for organizing an LGBT Rights March. Identified by his surname Xiang, he hoped to "let more people have a correct understanding of LGBT people” and to question the discrimination and homophobia that the LGBT community faces.
The Human Rights Watch has urged Zambia to drop criminal charges in a case, pleading for the release of two men charged with sodomy in Zambia.
The Family Research Council (FRC) said they're ok with gay scouts, as long as they stay in the closet.
A rally is being held in support of transgender senior Damian Garcia of Saint Pius X high school. The demonstration will occur between 7am-1pm near the school at Coors and St. Joseph.
Debate is taking place over the position major faiths will decide ahead of the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) vote on whether or not to drop their policy on banning gay scouts. The BSA National Council will converge in Dallas next week, with a decision on LGBT inclusion expected on May 23.
A transgender boy at the Saint Pius school in Albuquerque is being forced to wear a female gown on graduation. At Saint Pius, graduating senior boys wear black gowns and girls wear white.
Ukraine’s parliament has dropped a bill that would have protected LGBT workers from discrimination due to their sexual orientation, after a demonstration by hundreds of protesters.
Nearly a year after first speaking out, the CEO of Ernst & Young, James Turley, has published another statement asserting that he still believes the Boy Scouts should have made more of an effort to end institutionalized homophobia.