The Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby works for and with the whole gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) community to end discrimination and to achieve equality and social justice.

Gay Rights Movement – The campaign for sexual equality – BBC Archive

A comprehensive timeline of the U.S. gay rights movement.

The gay rights movement in the United States has seen huge progress in the last century, and especially the last two decades. Laws prohibiting homosexual activity have been struck down; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals are now allowed to serve openly in the military; and

31 states fail to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees people from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations.

Laws affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people vary greatly by country or territory; everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty as punishment for same-sex romantic/sexual activity or identity.Laws that affect LGBT people include, but are not limited to, the following: laws concerning the recognition of …

Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution—How a Despised ity Pushed Back, Beat Death, Found Love, and Changed America for Everyone By Linda Hirshman, Harper Collins, 464 pages, $27.99 Fifty years ago, being gay put you beyond the social pale.

Updated, May 14, 7:30 p.m.. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill Tuesday that legalizes gay marriage, making the state the 12th to do so. Marriage equality gained an important foothold in the Midwest on Monday, as the Minnesota Senate voted to approve a historic measure extending marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples.

Will was attacked for being gay. How can we end homophobic hate crime?

May 19, 2018 · News for Gay/Lesbian continually updated from thousands of sources on the web : Kansas’ Jeff Colyer Signs Bill Allowing Adoption Agencies To Refuse Gay …