07/19/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire A birthday party in the Mexican city of Torreon ended in a bloodbath with seventeen women and men murdered and another eighteen injured. As musicians serenaded the guests and people were eating, drinking and dancing, gunmen blocked the exits and opened fire. It is one of the highest single-incident death tolls [...]
07/18/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire On Wednesday, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is expected to ratify the marriage equality law approved by lawmakers late last week. Maria Rachild, president of the Argentine federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans told members of the Argentine press “This morning, Chief of Staff Anibal Fernandez called us to [...]
07/18/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Arizona Representative Trent Franks and New Jersey Representative Chris Smith are urging the United Nations Economic and Social Council to reject a bid by the United States to have that body directly address the blocking of an application by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission to be granted consultative [...]
07/18/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Canada has been using a highly active anti-retroviral therapy cocktail of drugs to prevent the spread of HIV in the body. It appears that it may have had a secondary effect in slowing the spread of the disease inside the population of British Columbia. For every 100 patients in British Columbia [...]
Image via Wikipedia Melanie Nathan 7-18-10 The celebrations for Madiba’s 90th birthday have already started. This year-long occasion culminates on today’s Birth date and has included events ranging from exhibitions, dialogues, book launches, 46664 concerts and the Sixth Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture. The focus is on ‘a celebration of ideas’ and while there will be [...]
Image via Wikipedia Posted by Melanie Nathan 7-17-10 Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in a landmark European gay rights rally in Poland’s capital Warsaw, the first time the annual EuroPride parade is being held in Central and Eastern Europe, according to a BBC report. Several counter-demonstrations have been scheduled to [...]
07/16/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire On 13 August the first same-sex marriages will be taking place in Argentina. The South American nation became the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriages in every locale and faced a great deal of push back from the Roman Catholic Church. Speaking about his relationship, literature Professor Fabricio Forastelli [...]
The Vote – Congratulations Argentina – Lesbian Dollars Here We Go
Posted by Melanie Nathan 7-15-10 Today Argentina celebrates a Human Rights and Dignity Victory. To my way of thinking this beats first place at the World Cup Soccer. Paula Brooks, of Lez Get Real posted the good news: “After a 14-hour debate that lasted well into the early morning hours, the senate of Argentina has [...]