Year: 2017

By Thomas Maxheimer Indonesian university refuses to enroll LGBTI students The Universitas Andalas in Padang, West Sumatra has brought attention to itself due to a portion of their website insisting students sign a letter declaring they do not identify as LGBT+.  While the page has been removed, the school states LGBT+ students will not be allowed […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Missouri Lawmaker Says Being Gay and ‘Being a Human Being’ Are Different Missouri state representative Rick Brattin has cited the Bible and the Qur’an to prove that there is a distinction between being gay and being human.  Brattin made this statement when arguing against an amendment which would have banned discrimination based […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Funeral Home Sued for Refusing Body of Gay Man: We Don’t ‘Deal with Their Kind’ – WATCH A funeral home in Picayune, Mississippi has allegedly refused to handle funeral arrangements after learning that the deceased was the husband of a gay man.  The couple spent 52 years together and were married in […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Same-Sex Couple Can Sue Kim Davis For Denying Marriage License, Court Rules Kim Davis, the county clerk from Kentucky who came to notoriety for repeatedly denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples, can be sued for damages.  Davis made these refusals after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that marriage equality applies nationwide, citing […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Laverne Cox pilot The Trustee will not be a series on ABC Cox was chosen to play transgender attorney in the legal drama “Doubt” which was canceled due to low ratings.  She was then picked up by the ABC show “The Trustee”, however, that was also scrapped.  Remaining optimistic, Cox expressed her […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Landmark win for gay Hong Kong civil servant over husband’s benefits In a landmark victory with far-reaching implications for Hong Kong’s sexual minorities, a gay civil servant’s husband will be entitled to the same benefits as his heterosexual colleagues’ spouses after a successful legal challenge against government policy. WATCH: Testimonies from gay […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Tennessee just passed a new law meant to undermine LGBTQ rights Family Action Council of Tennessee, which advocates for one-man, one-woman marriage, pushed for the law, which states any word undefined in state law must be used according to its “natural and ordinary meaning.”  While not overtly stated, this is a duplicitous […]