There was a law that criminalizes homosexual conduct in the twin island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, and it has been around since colonial times. However, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has struck down the law.
Colombian authorities allowed a same-sex couple to jointly register a child with the civil registry, a move celebrated by LGBT rights groups as another step toward equal treatment of gay and lesbian citizens in the South American country.
Mexico's highest court on Jan. 26 legalized same-sex marriage in Jalisco state, which is home to more than 7 million inhabitants and contains the country's second-largest city, Guadalajara.
David Tyree has been named the New York Giants Director of Players Management. Many people and groups are criticizing this decision because Tyree has voiced his displeasure with the homosexual community in the past.
The two-week public fight over the new CEO of Mozilla Corp., Brendan Eich, concluded on Thursday when Eich announced on his blog that he would be resigning from his position. Cue the recriminations.
Mozilla's recently appointed Chief Executive Brendan Eich has comes under harsh criticism from his own employees as they are calling for his resignation as the head of the software developing company for publicly and financially supporting California's Proposition 8 back in 2008.
As the U.S. Supreme Court debated Tuesday about whether for-profit companies could refuse the Affordable Care Act's mandate for contraception coverage to its employees citing religious beliefs, Hobby Lobby became part of a list of organizations to publicly take a religiously conservative stance on socioeconomic topics.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the Affordable Care Act's requirement that for-profit corporations provide insurance coverage for contraception, according to the "New York Times."
The Walt Disney Company announced Friday that it will halt charity funding toward the Boy Scouts of America in 2015 because of the national organization's membership policy that bans leaders from being openly gay, CNN reported.
