Hockey Moms
My 10 year old son comes out of the ice arena, swaggering despite the heavy hockey bag that he carries like a giant backpack. His hockey stick and waterbottle he wields before him like a rod and staff....
View ArticleForward Movement: LGBT Rights in Cameroon
In response to this week’s Photo Challenge: Forward, I thought I would simply post this photo, taken two weeks ago today, of motorcycle taxis speeding towards Douala, Cameroon. But there is another...
View ArticleLove Is The Law: The DOMA Decision and Binational Same-Sex Marriage
Like so many, I was excited to hear of the decision by the United States Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act this morning. This decision in United States v. Windsor, along with the...
View ArticleNews You May Have Missed (17-23 January)
There was some good news about human rights around the world this week. SOMALIA has become the 195th state party to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). A ceremony was held to mark...
View Article9 Things You Need To Know About International LGBTI Rights
Originally posted on The Advocates Post: May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT). Created in 2004 to raise awareness about the violence and discrimination...
View ArticleMarriage Equality, Through the Eyes of a 10-Year-Old
With the Supreme Court hearing arguments in two cases related to same-sex marriage, much has been written – and said and thought – this week about marriage equality in the United States. No matter how...
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