LGBT

Licking County Library cancels teen LGBTQ event after criticism from Ohio House speaker  The Newark Advocate

Library Director Babette Wofter said it became too hard to control misinformation surrounding the event.

VIDEO : South Korea’s LGBT pride march demands equality and better rights  Euronews English

VIDEO : Thousands of members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community hit the streets for South Korea’s Gay Pride Festival.

South Korea’s LGBT pride march demands equality and better rights  Euronews English

Thousands of members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community hit the streets for South Korea’s Gay Pride Festival. They demanded better equality in the country after Taiwan last month became the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage. Homosexuality is not illegal in South Korea but the Seoul Western District Court dismissed a bid to allow same-sex marriage in 2016. Meanwhile, across the street, hundreds of anti-LGBT protesters, mostly from churches, staged a rally and chanted slogans such as “No same-sex marriage” and “Homosexuality is a sin”.

1. Taylor Swift Gets Political for LGBT Pride Month  Extra
2. Taylor Swift rebuffs Trump on LGBT rights, presses Senate to advance Equality Act  The Tennessean
3. Taylor Swift Put Her Republican Senator on the Spot to Back LGBT Rights  GQ
4. Taylor Swift hits out at Donald Trump over LGBT rights  Sky News
5. Taylor Swift makes public plea to senators for LGBT equality as she slams Donald Trump  Metro.co.uk
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LA Names Actor Nico Tortorella as First LGBT Pride Month Rep.  NBC Southern California

Actor Nico Tortorella became the first ambassador for LGBT+ Pride Month at a meeting with the Los Angeles City Council. Tortorella, who has written two books …