The United States will launch a campaign to decriminalize LGBT people in dozens of countries

The US administration is launching a global campaign to end the criminalization of gay sex in dozens of countries where it is illegal to be LGBT. The campaign is led by the US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, the most senior openly gay in the Trump administration, ...

575 rabbis supported gay requests to use surrogate mothers

575 rabbis signed a letter to the government of Israel demanding that same-sex couples be allowed to use surrogate mothers. The letter was written by the North American NGO A Wider Bridge, which supports the LGBT community in Israel, RTVI says. The organization calls an open letter a response to another ...

How the Russian-speaking LGBT community in New York and the activists of Brighton Beach quarreled

In New York, a scandal is growing between the Russian-speaking LGBT community in the person of Rusa LGBT co-president Alexei Gorshkov and one of the pro-Trump activists and possible candidate for the New York City Council from Brighton Beach, Malky Shagar. The story began with an air on the RTVi channel, dedicated to the state social ...

Masha Gessen: about national myths and life in two countries

Masha Gessen lives on two continents: in America she is a popular writer, in Russia she is a journalist. The first thing to know about Hesse: she hates being called Maria. So don't. She also doesn't like stupidity, so everyone ...

Russian transgender asks for refugee status in Ukraine

26-year-old Soldado Kovalisidi is the first transgender person to apply for refugee status in Ukraine. According to him, he was born a girl and, feeling like a man, decided that something was wrong with him, writes “Current Time”. “I was born a girl. On the birth certificate it was written...

Mississippi allowed denial of service to LGBT people

The US Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law that allows factory workers and government officials to deny service to LGBT people if their religious beliefs so require. The law has not yet entered into force, as the court proceedings lasted, but in the near future ...

How a transgender Chechen woman obtained political asylum in the United States

The challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Chechnya became global news in 2017, with reports of gay men being detained and tortured in a so-called state-sponsored purge. The Washington Post told the story of a transgender ...

RAINBOW OVER BRIGHTON

Brighton Beach is a legendary New York area, "little Odessa", an old oasis of Russian emigration. The Russian heart strives here, and when choosing a place of residence in another country, many immigrants from the countries of the former USSR sincerely want to live “among their own people”, hearing their native language around and not ...

Political Asylum in the Trump era

America is still the promised land for millions of people. Getting to the USA is a dream, which for many becomes reality - a difficult, dangerous path to obtaining political asylum. Let us remind you that asylum is given in case of persecution in the homeland on grounds of political or religious...

Uber offers free trips for gays

Uber offers free rides to the LGBT community, hypable.com writes. Thus, the taxi management decided to support the American LGBT community after the tragic events in Orlando. For example, using the promotion, you can take a taxi to a gay bar, gay center or museum. In total, the company provides one person with two free ...

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