Police departments across U.S. are mandating LGBTQ training
Following a string of violence against Black trans women, LGBTQ activists in New York took to the streets in summer 2020 to draw attention to the deadly issue.
Tokyo Paralympics Welcomes A Record 31 Out Athletes
Once again LGBTQ+ athletes are making history in Tokyo. Following on the heels of the Summer Olympic Games where at least 185 out LGBTQ+ athletes … The post Tokyo Paralympics Welcomes A Record 31 Out Athletes appeared first on Star Observer.
Legendary Sydney Drag Queen Shirley Valentine Passes Away At 65
The LGBTQIA+ community in Sydney were devastated to learn that last week legendary drag queen Shirley Valentine had passed away at the age of 65. … The post Legendary Sydney Drag Queen Shirley Valentine Passes Away At 65 appeared first on Star Observer.Affric Highlands launched to rewild half a million acres of Scottish Highlands
Friday 24 September, 2021 An ambitious 30-year landscape-scale rewilding initiative to link up a majestic sweep of the Scottish Highlands as one vast nature recovery area connecting Loch Ness to Scotland’s west coast has been launched by charity Trees for Life, and joins a select group of prestigious European rewilding areas. The Affric Highlands initiative…
Kenyan Film Board Bans Documentary ‘I Am Samuel’ About Gay Couple
The Kenyan Film Classification Board has done it again — and by “it,” we mean “banned a movie for depicting same-sex relationships in a positive way.” The film in question is “I Am Samuel,” a documentary from director Peter Murimi, in which “Samuel, a gay Kenyan man, balances duty to his family with his love…
‘The Auschwitz Report’ Film Review: Dark Drama Finds a New Side of the Holocaust to Explore
It sometimes feel as if the Holocaust and Nazi Germany are subjects that have been exhausted on screen, but filmmakers continue to return to those dark times: The past few months have already seen the festival premieres of two striking animated films, “Where Is Anne Frank” and “Charlotte,” and the recent Toronto Film Festival also…
California will track violent deaths of LGBTQ+ people in nationwide first
Advocacy groups hail ‘huge victory’ as state becomes first in US to gather data on disproportionate harmCalifornia will become the first state in the US to track the violent deaths of LGBTQ+ people, a move that advocacy groups are hailing as a “huge victory” and a critical tool in understanding disproportionate rates of violence against…Abortion Providers Ask Supreme Court for Fast Review of Texas Ban – The New York Times
Abortion Providers Ask Supreme Court for Fast Review of Texas Ban The New York TimesRestrictive abortion bill introduced in Florida mirrors controversial Texas law CNNJD Vance Defends Texas Abortion Ban, Calls Rape ‘Inconvenient’ The Daily BeastThe Texas abortion debacle: Deny women rights at your peril | COMMENTARY Baltimore SunTexas’ antiabortion law is a bluff. Call...
Inside HBO’s Nuclear Family—and a Lesbian Family’s Fight To Exist
Filmmaker Ry Russo-Young turns the camera on her own life, documenting how her two lesbian mothers were sued by her sperm donor in 1991