Tag Archives: LGBT-Friendly

Daily Juice: Kristen Stewart Confirms New Relationship, Scotland Is Now The Most LGBT Friendly Parliament In The World

In a short, but sweet interaction at Coachella Kristen Stewart was asked “Aren’t you Soko’s girlfriend?”. Her response “Yeah, dude” – wicked. Need we say any more.

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Viola Davis has a message to LGBT Families – “I’m fighting for you,”. She shared the message at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her new film Custody, a movie about a mother’s struggle to keep legal guardianship of her child.

Mel B and Duncan James have been announced as the hosts of this year’s British LGBT Awards.

Scotland is now the most LGBT Parliament in the World.

Portia de Rossi and Ellen Degeneres were in attendance at George and Amal Clooney’s fundraiser for Hillary Clinton this weekend.

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Aza Comics is hoping to buck the trend by creating lesbian superheroes that won’t die so quickly.

In its upcoming book series two lesbian superheroes, Genie and Jase, cooperate to overcome various challenges and develop a lasting romance together.

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Creator, Jazmin Truesdale told Gay Star News.

Their storylines are based on how they work together as an action duo to fight villains and overcome obstacles.”

And finally, out bisexual boxer Nicola Adams will be competing in Rio 2016.

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Antarctica Declared First LGBT-Friendly Continent By Activists

Antarctica has always been peaceful place.  Maybe this is due its in habitual snowy condition means there are no permanent residents on the land, and therefore it is only home to seals, polar bears, and little else.

The humans, means no governing bodies, and the continent is also one of the only places on the planet that’s never had a war.

This all makes it a very apt place for Planting Peace – a group of LGBT rights activists – to declare continent is the world’s first LGBT friendly continent.

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Talking to a local news channel, president of Planting Peace, Aaron Jackson said:

I was just watching a documentary on Antarctica and thought, ‘Aw, man, ‘I’d like to visit Antarctica — that would be real interesting. Maybe I should bring a pride flag.

It’s not governed by any one country — just international treaties. No government is in charge of Antarctica.

That would be interesting if we declared it the first gay-friendly continent. The reality is, no one will be able to tell me it’s not.”

The group also discussed the significance of taking the flag to the region:

Let this declaration serve as a catalyst to create the momentum needed to bring LGBT rights to every continent in the world. And let this serve as a signal that the LGBT movement is moving forward to relentlessly battle for LGBT rights.

Currently, 76 countries are violating the rights of LGBT people, and in six countries you can even be killed for being a sexual minority. Visibility and advocacy for the rights of sexual minorities is desperately needed.”

 

LGBT-Friendly Church Is Vandalised, So The Congress Gives It An Awesome Rainbow Make Over

Wedgewood Church in North Carolina is a gay friendly church that welcomes everyone and anyone to pray in their building.

However, the local bigots didn’t take kindly to this fact, and decided to vandalise the church, by spray painting gay slurs such as ‘Fags Are Pedos’ on the doors and crossing out the church’s sign.

But instead of being intimidated, the church decided this was the excuse to do some awesome decorating.

In a show of defiance volunteers painted the church’s entrance with rainbow colours.

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If that wasn’t enough, they are also discussing changing the LGBT Equality sign that was defaced to one which reads: ‘We forgive you.’

Kimberlee Walker, a deacon at Wedgewood Church, told WCNC:

No amount of spray paint is going to stop us.”