Just as my enslaved ancestors could have never imagined an African American family residing in the White House, nor could my African American lesbian, gay bisexual transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) brothers and sisters who fought in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 in New York’s Greenwich Village could imagine that one day a special invitation from the White House would openly welcome us in.

This past December the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ people of the African Diaspora by eradicating the twin evils of racism and homophobia, received the White House invitation to its Holiday Open House Tours.

Within less than a week to recover from the “shock and awe” of the news several of us flew from across the country to D.C. Under the leadership of Sharon J. Letterman, NBJC’s new Executive Director, who cleverly had a hand in NBJC receiving the invitation, twenty-five of us on December 17th arrived at the Southeast Gate at Alexander Hamilton Place and East Executive Avenue for our 6:00 p.m. tour.

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Just as my enslaved ancestors could have never imagined an African American family residing in the White House, nor could my African American lesbian, gay bisexual transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) brothers and sisters who fought in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 in New York’s Greenwich Village could imagine that one day a special invitation from [...]

"Wonderful"...Gay couples celebrate in Mexico City. Photo: Reuters

MEXICO CITY: The capital of Mexico has become the first municipality in Latin America to approve gay marriage.

The change will give homosexual couples in Mexico City more rights, including allowing them to adopt children.

Turning aside opposition from the Catholic Church, the city legislature approved the measure, 39 votes to 20. As the bill was passed, supporters yelled: ”Yes, we could! Yes, we could!”

The Mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, must sign the bill for it to become law. He is expected to do so.

”This is wonderful,” the gay-rights activist Judith Vasquez said from the legislature floor. ”[Gay] couples have effectively been together for years, decades, centuries. But now it is our right.”

Uruguay was the first Latin American country to recognise same-sex unions. But the Mexico City initiative rewrites law to redefine ”marriage” as a ”free union between two people”.

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MEXICO CITY: The capital of Mexico has become the first municipality in Latin America to approve gay marriage. The change will give homosexual couples in Mexico City more rights, including allowing them to adopt children. Turning aside opposition from the Catholic Church, the city legislature approved the measure, 39 votes to 20. As the bill [...]

A GAY man who claims he was discriminated against in a small town has had his case thrown out because he was the kind of person who was always miffed at others.

The Administrative Decisions Tribunal found that the man had a personality that made him think his rights were constantly being violated, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The man, who can be identified only as MT, says he was repeatedly forced to leave his New South Wales town of 2500 because of harassment over his sexuality.

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A GAY man who claims he was discriminated against in a small town has had his case thrown out because he was the kind of person who was always miffed at others. The Administrative Decisions Tribunal found that the man had a personality that made him think his rights were constantly being violated, the Daily Telegraph reported. [...]