Toronto police were called in to break up a heated altercation in the city’s gay village Tuesday night after members of a religious group clashed with members of the LGBTQ community.
Police responded to a call about a disturbance in the Church and Wellesley neighbourhood shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday evening.
Video of the incident posted online shows pastor David Lynn speaking into a microphone at Church and Wellesley streets and saying that he is “coming out as a Christian.”
Among other things in the nearly-two-hour video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS6AlYBnnlM), Lynn says that he doesn’t hate anyone, that some people hate Christians and that some people want him to “stay in the closet” as a Christian.
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Lexington business that refused to print a T-shirt for the city's pride festival in 2012.
Hands On Originals, a T-shirt printing business in Lexington, refused to print the shirt because one of the owners, Blaine Adamson, said the message conflicted with his religious beliefs.
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the Lexington Human Rights Commission, which filed the complaint, lacked "statutory standing" to bring the suit.
A concurring Justice David C. Buckingham went further, saying the HRC "went beyond its charge of preventing discrimination in public accommodation and instead attempted to compel Hands On to engage in expression with which it disagreed."
https://outfitters.handsonoriginals.com/
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The Second Baptist Church in Palermo, Maine has posted a sign outside the church which reads: 'Jesus Made Adam & Eve Not Adam & Steve'
But for some reason, some residents are not too happy about it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-UkfbWhe5k
BBC mini documentary featuring Joanna Harper, Jillian Bearden, Victoria Hood, Sharron Davies, Nicola Williams (#FairPlayForWomen), Chris Mosier, Molly Cameron. The truth about trans sports.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAbudQeC6vM
UK - Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has announced she is pansexual and in a relationship with a woman.
The MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, who previously only had relationships with men, is in a relationship with ex-Lib Dem press officer Rosy Cobb.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50978997
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mICHSvXdWoM
The LGBT Foundation said there has been a recent rise in cases of shigella among men who have sex with men.
Shigellosis, or shigella, is an intestinal infection caused when bacteria found in poop gets into your mouth.
Shigella can be caught from rimming, oral sex, or putting your fingers in your mouth after handling used condoms, douches or sex toys, the LGBT Foundation says.
The LGBT Foundation says you can lower your risk of infection by washing your hands, bum and genitals after sex.
You could also use dental dams, condoms, and fisting gloves to protect you when having oral sex, fisting, and fingering.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17yDYNyyQ0Q
A Durham Catholic school was closed Friday as a result of controversy surrounding an openly gay Durham City Council member who had been scheduled to speak at a school event.
Immaculata Catholic School in Durham sent a letter to parents on Thursday (February 7) explaining that the school would be closed on Friday as a number of groups had planned protests over a Black History Month event it planned to host, reports WRAL.
In a letter to parents Thursday, Fr. Christopher VanHaight, pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, said that several groups were planning demonstrations at the school to voice opinions about Alston.
“As a pastor, I cannot place our Immaculata students into this contentious environment,” VanHaight said of the planned demonstrations.
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Australian athletics champion Tamsyn Lewis has spoken out against an American transgender athlete who just won a national title.
Cece Telfer, a transgender woman who used to go by Craig, is a college athlete who won the 400m women’s hurdles by more than a second last Saturday.
Before transitioning, Telfer competed against other men and was ranked outside the top 200 runners in college athletics.
3 x Commonwealth Games gold medallist Tamsyn Manou (née Tamsyn Lewis) tells Ben Fordham it’s concerning many women feel they can’t speak out about the issue.
“The female category isn’t being protected enough in elite women’s sport at the moment.
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