Washington Blade Reporter Detained by ICE Has Been Released!
UPDATE (March 4, 2020) This just in from the Wahington Blade! U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday released from…
Transgender Woman Dies in ICE Custody After Alleged Beating
A transgender woman died in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a recently released autopsy. Roxsana Hernández Rodriguez,…
Cumming to America
Actor/author/activist/entrepreneur Alan Cumming is taking his show, Legal Immigrant, on the road for the month of July, with performances in…
Immigration Update: Trump Signs Executive Order. LGBT Organizations Respond
Donald Trump signed an executive order retreating from his cruel and dangerous policy of separating families at the border. Meanwhile,…
Watch Rachel Maddow Break Down Over Separated Migrant Children, Here’s How to Help
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow couldn’t fight back her tears when she began discussing the Trump Administration’s globally criticized policy of separating…
Chelsea Manning Denied Entry into Canada
Freed whistleblower Chelsea Manning alleges that she was denied entry into Canada. The now poster-child of leaking classified information posted…
Randy Rainbow Takes on Trump’s DACA Decision in Hilarious Parody of ‘Danke Schoen’
The world’s new favorite parody singer, Randy Rainbow, has come up with a hilarious new take on Wayne Newton’s “Danke…
Google Launches Immigration Crisis Fundraiser
Today, Google has officially launched an immigration crisis fund in the wake up Donald Trumps unconstitutional ban on some immigrants…
Gay Vietnamese Candidate Born In Refugee Camp is Running for Congress
This election season, we’ve heard endless speeches about representing minorities and fighting for the underdogs. However, few are as well-equipped to turn rhetoric…
Out Swedish Footballer Saved From Life-Threatening Deportation
An openly gay Swedish pro footballer may have had his life saved when his deportation to Liberia was suspended just hours before his flight…
High Court in Hong Kong Rejects Visa Bid for Lesbian Spouse
A lesbian in Hong Kong lost a legal bid that took on the Immigration Department that denied her a visa for…
Rapper Tyler the Creator is Barred from Entering the UK for Five Years for Anti-Gay Lyrics
The UK proves that there is a price to pay for discriminating against the LGBT community. Rapper Tyler the Creator…
Watch: LGBT Immigrants Come to the US to Escape Discrimination
According to a March 2013 report by the Williams Institute at UCLA, approximately 904,000 LGBT adult immigrants live in the United…
Gays Seeking Asylum in the UK Must ‘Prove’ Their Sexuality
Gays and lesbians who wish to seek asylum in the United Kingdom to avoid persecution in their home countries must…
Jim Kolbe Seeks Path to Citizenship for Gay Couples
On Monday, former Rep. Jim Kolbe will urge the Senate Judiciary Committee to amend the immigration bill to include a…
Patrick Leahy Wants Green Cards for Married Gay Spouses
The battle to allow same-sex couples to have the same rights as heterosexual married couples continues, this time in immigration.…
Gay Group Calls for Moratorium on Deportations
On the heels of President Obama’s speech on immigration reform this afternoon in Las Vegas, some gay groups, especially GetEQUAL…
Immigration Reform Could Benefit 40,000 Same-Sex Couples
Image via Passport. A new study finds that there are an estimated 28,500 binational same-sex couples in which one partner…