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Video: Italian politicians smooch for LGBTQI rights

Boy-on-boy and girl-on-girl kissing in the same of LGBTQI rights is a cliche by now, something activists like to experiment with and dabble in. But it’s still hot, especially, when it’s Italian-on-Italian kissing in support of legislation which would penalize homophobia and transphobia. Which, is why I’m posting this video of members of Italy’s Five Star Movement (M5S) Party staging a kiss-in during a parliamentary debate on Thursday on a law that would ban certain discrimination against LGBTQI people. The more timid members of the party opted to hug each other or hold signs. The bill passed the lower house. So I guess it worked! Now it just needs to pass the Senate. For ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 12 years ago

Friday Feminist Fuck Yeah: Argentina makes history with new gender identity law

Argentina: doing it right. After passing a groundbreaking gender identity law on Wednesday, Argentina, which became the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage, now leads the entire world when it comes to trans rights.

The new law, which was passed by 55-0 and is expected to be signed by president Cristina Fernandez, grants trans people the right to legally change their gender identity without having to get approval from doctors or judges–and, importantly, without having to change their bodies at all first. Not having a valid ID that matches your gender identity is a huge barrier to access to education, employment, health care, you name it. As Kalym Sori, an Argentinian trans man said, “This is ...

By Katie Halper • 12 years ago

Ugandan LGBTQ org sues U.S. evangelist for inciting persecution

A Ugandan LGBTQ rights group has filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court against a Massachusetts-based evangelist, Scott Lively, for violating international law by inciting the persecution of gay men and lesbians in Uganda.

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is representing the organization Sexual Minorities in Uganda (SMUG), using the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), “a powerful legal tool that allows foreign victims of human rights abuse – in this case SMUG – to seek civil remedies in U.S. courts.

SMUG is suing Scott Lively for the persecution they have faced as a result of his involvement in a conspiracy to deprive them of their rights based on their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.” CCR explains that “Persecution is defined in international law as the ‘intentional and severe ...

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is ...

By Lori Adelman • 13 years ago

GOP Agenda: Rolling Back Rights in 2011

It is just not a great week to be a woman and/or gay, and also happen to enjoy having rights in America.

First, Justica Scalia goes and declares that the Constitution just isn’t meant to cover you and your rights. Now, the Republicans are about to take back the House, and they’re making it crystal clear whose rights they’re coming after first.

TPMDC reports that at the RNC chair debate yesterday, candidates pledged to “hold the line” on gay rights, despite growing national support for LGBTQI rights and protections. Wisconsin GOP chair Reince Priebus, the man who seems most likely to replace current RNC chair Steele, for example, made it clear he saw no legal case for gay ...

It is just not a great week to be a woman and/or gay, and also happen to enjoy having rights in America.

First, Justica Scalia goes and declares that the Constitution just isn’t meant to ...