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Union for Reform Judaism Passes Historic Resolution Affirming the Rights of Transgender People
Today, delegates from the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) passed a historic resolution calling on the U.S. and Canadian governments to do more to ensure full equality and protections for people of all gender identities and expressions.
HRC.org
Madonna Didn’t Invent Voguing. And the Drag Balls that Spawned the Dance Have Been Around Since the 1860s
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Colombia Constitutional Court Rules That Gay Couples Can Adopt Children
In a ruling that supporters say “could help streamline the adoption of some 10,000 children in Colombia under the protection of welfare agencies,” the Colombia’s constitutional court has ruled that gay couples can adopt children.
In the 6-2 ruling, the court said adoption agencies can’t discriminate against gay, lesbian and transsexual couples during an adoption process.
Colombia’s Roman Catholic Church immediately denounced the decision as violating the rights of children and going against the wishes of the majority of Colombians who polls say overwhelmingly reject giving gays the same rights to marriage and adoption as heterosexual couples.
It said that excluding gay couples as possible adoptive parents “limits children’s right to a family”.
“A person’s sexual orientation or gender are not in and of themselves indicative of a lack of moral, physical or mental suitability to adopt,” said the chief justice of the Constitutional Court, Maria Victoria Calle Correa.
Same-sex couples in Colombia are allowed to enter into legal unions but in 2013 Congress rejected a proposal to fully legalise gay marriage.
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Andy Towle
Colombia Constitutional Court Rules That Gay Couples Can Adopt Children
WATCH: Dear LGBT Youth, Please Love Your Elders
What happens when a millennial sits down with some LGBT elders at the Stonewall Inn and asks questions about their shared struggle wth LGBT youth? You get a sense that some important collective history is being overlooked.
A five minute video by Arielle Scarcella shows exactly that, and it’s an eye-opening experience in bridging the gap between young and, not so young anymore.
“It’s upsetting because I think there’s a sense of entitlement with the younger generation — they have to understand not only did people fight for these rights, we still are fighting for those rights and have so much to do and we can’t do it if the next generation is not going to get involved and carry that torch,” said Stonewall co-owner Stacy Lentz in the video.
“Even the term ‘queer,’ the younger generation is giving themselves this umbrella under which they can play, and never be responsible for any one identity or part,” said lesbian Bridget McGinn in Scarcella’s video.
Scarcella’s aim, as she stated in the video, is to show appreciation of the elder generation and the sacrifices they made.
Watch her video from YouTube below.
Dawn Ennis
www.advocate.com/youth/2015/11/05/watch-dear-lgbt-youth-please-love-your-elders
The U.S. Just Quietly Welcomed More LGBT Refugees
The State Department explained its reason for the policy change by noting that legal marriage “was not an obtainable option due to social and/or legal prohibitions” in their home countries.
The post The U.S. Just Quietly Welcomed More LGBT Refugees appeared first on ThinkProgress.
Beenish Ahmed
Open Question: Recent study shows atheists more likely to be gender queer?
www.gaystarnews.com/article/lgbt-people-more-likely-be-atheist-straights170613/
Some Severely Insecure Men Just Can’t With Twitter’s New Heart Icon. Can Someone Say Closet Case?
Straight dudes have it really tough. It’s like, they want to be able to show support for their bros, but how can they when someone might get the wrong idea and think they’re acting all gay?
And now that Twitter has replaced its “star” icon with a “heart,” life just got even harder for them.
Whereas before they might have “starred” a friend’s gym selfie (because damn man, you’re getting totally ripped we gotta lift together sometime), now they’re stuck “hearting” it. Which is totally gay, or something.
If the above sentences made you throw up a little in your mouth, just wait until you see what actual human men have been posting on the topic:
Related: Journey To The Center Of The Inside Of The Bigot’s Brain
Related: Here’s What Homophobia Sounds Like To “Normal” People
Related: New Study Finds Link Between Homophobia And Psychoticism
h/t GayStarNews
Dan Tracer
Colombian Constitutional Court lifts restrictions on adoption by homosexual couples
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Donald Trump Calls Ben Carson a ‘Total Loser’ in Pulled SNL Promo: WATCH
Saturday Night Live posted a series of promos on Wednesday and then took them down, replacing them with a new set which had been edited. Among those promos missing in the new set were a promo in which guest host Donald Trump calls his GOP rival Ben Carson “a total loser.”
“Because of equal time rules for television, Mr. Trump can only speak for four seconds in this promo,” Strong says in one of the promos. “So let me just say this,” says Trump. “Ben Carson is a complete and total loser.”
The original promo was removed from SNL’s YouTube site shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday, and replaced less than an hour later with an “updated” version from which the Carson sketch, and two others, were removed. NBC’s entertainment publicity team did not respond to an inquiry about the switch.
Here’s the pulled promo:
Here are the replaced promos:
Meanwhile, demonstrations are going on outside NBC in midtown Manhattan, calling on the network to dump Trump:
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Donald Trump Calls Ben Carson a ‘Total Loser’ in Pulled SNL Promo: WATCH
Tokyo Issues Japan’s First Same-Sex Marriage Certificate
Holding rainbow fans and grinning from ear to ear, a couple in Japan was photographed on Thursday with a very special document clutched in their hands: a marriage certificate officially recognizing their same-sex union.
According to CNN, it’s the first of its kind in Japan.
Koyuki Higashi, 30, and Hiroko Masuhara, 37, were married in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward on Thursday morning.
“I am exhilarated that the city I am living has recognized my partner as my family,” said Masuhara, per Reuters.
Shibuya’s legislators voted in March to grant marriage certificates to LGBT couples, making the ward the first in Japan to recognize same-sex unions. Setagaya, another of Tokyo’s 23 wards, voted to do the same a few months later.
The local ordinances recommend that same-sex couples be granted equal rights, including hospital visitations and apartment rentals.
At the time of Shibuya’s vote, Toshitake Kuwahara, the ward’s then-mayor, said that young “sexual minorities” were living in fear and struggling with self-doubt in Japan.
“This is the reality,” the former mayor said, per The Associated Press. “The purpose is to realize a society where everyone can live in hope.”
Although LGBT activists praised Shibuya and Setagaya’s move to recognize same-sex unions, they noted the ordinances’ many limitations.
For one thing, they only apply to the two wards in question, and are not legally binding. As such, organizations can flout the recommendations if they so choose.
Still, activists insist this is an important step forward for Japan, a country where LGBT issues remain taboo. As CNN notes, despite “recognition and protection from some local governments, Japan still has no national laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination. Coming out can mean getting fired, evicted or denied healthcare.”
“I hope that this will be a step forward not only for Tokyo but for the whole of Japan to become a more comfortable place to live in, because there are LGBTs nationwide,” said Higashi, per Reuters.
The wire service says Setagaya and Shibuya both began issuing marriage certificates to same-sex couples on Thursday.
“I’m so happy,” Higashi said, her new wife by her side. “When they gave us the certificate, I cried. Our friends cried.”
Across Asia, LGBT rights are limited — or in many cases, non-existent. In Southeast Asia, for instance, being gay is criminalized in several countries. Read more about that here.
Earlier on HuffPost:
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