UK: Conservative Party’s Equality Manifesto Promises Consideration of Gay...
The Conservative Party have once again attempted to reach out to the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered issues) with an equality manifesto that promises to consider the case for civil...
View ArticleUK: What New Conservative/Liberal Democrat Government Means for Gay Rights
In many ways, you should be ecstatic, by no small measure the majority of the LGBT community according to PinkNews.co.uk polls voted for the Liberal Democrats, very few voted Conservative. The...
View ArticleNY: Conservative Party Threatens Pro Marriage Equality Lawmakers
The Conservative Party of New York State has passed a resolution that any state senators supporting supporting marriage equality will lose their support, the NY Daily News reports: The party’s...
View ArticleNY: Meet the Man Blocking Marriage Equality
Yesterday the New York Times profiled Michael R. Long, the head of the New York Conservative Party and the man they charge with almost single-handedly blocking same-sex marriage. “In order to get the...
View ArticleNY: Head of Conservative Party Concedes Marriage Equality Bill Will Pass
Mike Long, the chairman of the New York Conservative Party and a leading opponent of the bill to institue same sex marriage in New York, tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the bill will likely pass “by the...
View ArticleIs the Conservative Party Ushering Homophobia Back into Canada?
Canada has often boasted giving the LGBT community more equal rights than many other countries in the world. Gay and Lesbian Canadians have the right to get married, serve in the military, adopt...
View ArticleNY: Gays Join Conservative Party to Protect Senator Grisanti
More than 250 gay, lesbian, and same-sex marriage activists have officially registered as members of the Erie County Conservative Party, which strongly opposes same-sex marriage. The reason? Organizers...
View ArticleNY: Conservative Party Drops Endorsement for GOP Senator Who Voted for...
A New York Republican senator is losing the backing of his local Conservative Party because he voted in favor of marriage equality last year. In New York, a state that allows candidates to run on...
View ArticleNew York, USA: Conservative Party Blocks Married Lesbian from Running for...
State Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long will not allow Janis Castaldi, a married lesbian candidate for the New York state Senate, to run on his party’s line. Castaldi’s campaign to unseat...
View ArticleBrazil: Conservative Party Challenges Marriage Equality Ruling
from Google MapsBrazil is not quite there on marriage equality, yet – a conservative political party has challenged the recent court ruling that would legalize gay marriage in the country. Edge Boston...
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