Cuba’s New Constitution Endorses Marriage Equality, Reworks Socialist Vision

LGBTQ rights activists in Cuba celebrated on Saturday after the Assembly voted to enshrine equal marriage in the new draft charter.

People's World
By People's World
Cuba's New Constitution

Cuba’s legislature, the National Assembly of People’s Power, debated a draft for a new constitution this weekend that saw delegates endorse a number of far-reaching changes for the country. From marriage equality to shifting the goalposts of socialist development, the meeting saw spirited debate on a range of issues. LGBTQ rights activists in

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2016 Deadliest Year On Record for LGBTQ Community in US

The startling report reveals that LGBTQ communities continue to suffer amid the hard-right tilt in U.S. politics which has revived homophobic, biphobic, transphobic and outright racist biases that have long thrived in United States culture.

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By teleSUR

The U.S. LGBTQ community's deadliest year on record was 2016, according to a June report by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, with homicides alone increasing from 2015 to 2016 — and that's after setting aside the 49 victims of the horrific Pulse nightclub attack. "Continuing an alarming multiyear trend, people of color,

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Pinkwashing Fascism? Germany’s Far-Right AfD Elects Lesbian Leader

The move is a perplexing outcome for a group staunchly opposed to same-sex marriage as well as other rights for LGBTQ people.

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By teleSUR
Alice Weidel watches from the podium at the party convention of Germany's far-right nationalist party AfD (Alternative for Germany) in Cologne, Germany, April 22, 2017. (AP/Martin Meissner)

Germany’s far-right, fascist party German Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD, has appointed an out lesbian as its new leader — a perplexing outcome for a group that staunchly opposed to same-sex marriage as well as other rights for LGBTQ people. Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel were named co-leaders of the party. Weidel is openly gay and

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Trump Sends Hate Group To Represent US At UN Women’s Rights Conference

“The members of the president’s delegation to the United Nations’ annual summit on women are opposed to the U.N. as a whole and the fundamental rights of women in particular”

Nika Knight
By Nika Knight
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, right, and Former Sen. Jim DeMint of the Heritage Foundation, left, walk away from the West Wing of the White House, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Since President Donald Trump's November election, hate incidents nationwide have increased—and now he's chosen a leader from one group that has itself espoused violence to represent the U.S. on the international stage. Earlier this week, the State Department announced that representatives from infamous anti-LGBTQ hate group the Center for Family

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NCAA’s Bathroom Bill Boycott Prompts “Unhinged” Response From NC GOP

‘From Charlotte to Greensboro to Raleigh and everywhere in between, it has become clear that the shadow HB2 has cast on North Carolina is hurting our economy, our reputation, and our people every day.’

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory speaks during a candidate forum in Charlotte, N.C.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced Monday that it is pulling all championship games from North Carolina for the 2016-2017 academic year because of the state's discriminatory, anti-LGBTQ "bathroom bill," HB2. "Fairness is about more than the opportunity to participate in college sports, or even compete for

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How G4S Tolerated The Homophobic Hatred Of Orlando’s IS Terrorist

Omar Mateen’s homophobic fling with the Islamic State emerged in the bowels of a national security complex dominated by the Christian Right.

Nafeez Ahmed
By Nafeez Ahmed
Omar Mateen

Omar Mateen, the terrorist who massacred 49 people and left 53 injured at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) in a 911 phone call during the attack. The connection has rightly drawn attention to the insidious role of IS in legitimizing violence against theologically dehumanized civilians:

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