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The City of San Francisco have created a district to act as a hub for Transgender, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people – the first legally recognised district of its kind in the world. Compton’s TLGB District occupies six blocks in the southeastern section of the city known as the Tenderloin. Within the Tenderloin, Compton’s Cafeteria […]
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6 Feb 2017 /
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Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is one of a number of high profile Americans to be awarded the nation’s highest civilian honour in a ceremony last week. DeGeneres was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama, who thanked the out comedian for inspiring the nation “one joke and one […]
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23 Nov 2016 |
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The President of the USA Barack Obama has recognised transgender mothers in his official Mother’s Day proclamation. In a his weekly video address to the nation yesterday President Obama spoke of the importance of recognising the role all mother’s played in our lives. President Obama said that included biological parents, adoptive parents or just mentors. […]
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8 May 2016 |
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US President Barrack Obama has acknowledged the historic court decision that will allow same sex couples across America to wed. The President delivered an address from the Rose Garden of the White House and said that America should be proud. President Obama praised LGBT rights advocates describing the announcement that marriage equality had been reached […]
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27 Jun 2015 |
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After public outcry calling for the banning of ‘conversion therapy’ (procedures aiming to chance a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity) following the suicide of transgender teenager Leelah Alcorn, the Obama Administration has released an official response coming out in support of a potential ban. Transgender teenager Leelah Alcorn committed suicide in December last year, […]
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9 Apr 2015 |
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Delivering the annual ‘State of the Union’ speech, U.S. President Barack Obama has highlighted the needs of transgender people. It’s the first time a President has acknowledged transgender people in the annual speech to Congress. “As Americans, we respect human dignity, even when we’re threatened, which is why I’ve prohibited torture, and worked to make […]
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21 Jan 2015 |
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According to a report undertaken by the Human Rights Campaign, President Barack Obama has used the word “gay” 272 times in public speeches, statements and proclamations since he took office in 2009. This is much more than any of his recent predecessors, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. Bill […]
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24 Jan 2014 |
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With Americans kissing goodbye to both DoMA and Prop 8, celebrities have jumped all over Twitter to express their support of marriage equality. Same-sex marriage developments in the US will give an opportunity for same-sex couples to exercise the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts, another positive that has come from the changes, is the very […]
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27 Jun 2013 |
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Millions of LGBTIQ Americans are rejoicing around the country with news the US Supreme Court ruled the Defence of Marriage Act (DoMA) unconstitutional. The ruling of 5-4 against DoMA showed that part of the act that acknowledged only heterosexual couples and marriages was unconstitutional, excluding people of equal liberty at a Federal level. DoMA was signed in […]
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, DOMA, marriage equality, Proposition 8, Same Sex Marriage
27 Jun 2013 |
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LGBT advocates have welcomed the nomination of Australia’s first openly gay US ambassador. John Berry was nominated as part of the new 15 key administration posts announced last week, if officially confirmed by the Senator, Berry is part of eight gay men newly nominated for US Ambassador positions by President Obama. The current US […]
Tags: Barack Obama, Equal Love, Gay Ambassador, Ivette Madrid, Jeffrey Bleich, John Berry, Obama
25 Jun 2013 |
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