African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities are more likely than white Americans to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, according to a new Gallup Special Report. According to the survey that polled more the 121,000 Americans, 4.6 percent of African-Americans identified as LGBTQ along with four percent of Hispanics and 4.3 percent [...]
NY Appeals Court Strikes Down Defense Of Marriage Act
October 18, 2012 | Posted by
A federal appeals court in New York became the nation’s second to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, finding the Clinton-era law’s denial of federal benefits to married same-sex couples to be unconstitutional. The divisive act, which was passed in 1996, bars federal recognition of such marriages and says other states cannot be forced [...]
International Gay Activists Take Aim at Jamaican Journalist Betty Ann Blaine
July 13, 2012 | Posted by
JAMAICA Observer columnist Betty Ann Blaine has come under fire from the lesbian, bi-sexual, gay and transsexual community for her column entitled ‘The big gay lie’, which appeared in Tuesday’s edition of the paper. A website, antigayfact.wordpress.com, has dubbed Blaine an anti-gay activist. “Betty Ann Blaine happens to be one of the anti-gay activists that [...]
Gay Ex-NFL Player Wade Davis Trying To Help Others
June 6, 2012 | Posted by
Former NFL cornerback Wade Davis played for three teams in his four-year NFL career. He did not make much of an impact on the field, however after coming out as gay, he has been quite productive off the field. Davis’ work with lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender or questioning youth has helped him find an avenue [...]
Trinidad’s Government To Decide On Same Sex Marriage
May 12, 2012 | Posted by
GOVERNMENT is currently looking into the issue of gay and lesbian marriages and a decision will be made public at some point, said Foreign Affairs and Communications Minister Suruj Rambachan. “It is a matter being discussed by the Government at the moment and I’m sure that sooner or later you will be provided by a [...]
