COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A local elected official in a small Kentucky county testified Monday she could not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because signing the document would signal her approval of a union that violates her religious beliefs.
Culture
July 17, 2015
Real-life “vampires” who consume small amounts of human or animal blood resist coming “out of the coffin” for fear that they will be labeled as “delusional, immature, unstable… perhaps wicked, and not competent to perform in typical social roles, such as parenting,” according to a new study in the latest issue of Critical Social Work, a peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Windsor.
July 17, 2015
Last week, Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) introduced a bill that would remove the words “husband” and “wife” from the language used in federal law – a move that had drawn ire from faith leaders and family advocacy groups that see this legislation as expected fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
July 17, 2015
The National Institute of Aging, an agency within the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $597,759 in taxpayer funding to the University of Washington to study LGBT aging and health.
July 10, 2015
TOKYO (AP) — Climbers who reach the summit of Mount Fuji will now be able to share their achievement via free Wi-Fi.
July 23, 2015
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is promoting a guide for “educators, human services providers and allies” that “provides information for educators, human service providers and allies about supporting the health and well-being of children and youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex and/or two-spirit (LGBTQI2-S) and their families.”