Equality News

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced on Thursday that it supports marriage equality for couples who are the same sex. Children develop normally, without any complications, when "parents have a commitment to shared parenting."

Sydney - Several hundred protestors attended a rally outside Sydney Town Hall to put pressure on the Australian government to recognise same sex marriages.

Fayetteville - Women, and men, across the nation joined in a call to action by Unite Women to defend women's rights and promote full equality, and hundreds marched in Arkansas as part of the movement.

Is Sharia law an unwanted imposition on American culture and society or the seed of fundamental change meant to challenge the Constitution for survival?

Portland - While Portland may be ahead of the game in many of the social issues, there is still work to do, according to the proponents of change in the areas of equality, environment and human rights.

Christians should tolerate and welcome gay people, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron says. His comments follow a recent High Court decision that went against a Christian couple who said they would not tell a foster child homosexuality was natural.

Indianapolis - An Indiana constitutional ban on same-sex marriage is closer to becoming law after an overwhelming House vote was held this week which could make the state the 31st in the country to ban gay marriage by constitutional amendment.

The Give a Damn site has launched days later than planned. The site funded by Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Fund promotes equality.

Britain’s Green Party has become the first and so far only political grouping to officially support an end to the ban on civil partnerships being conducted in places of worship.

The U.K.'s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to the government suggesting that the full body scannners already in use at two major British airports may be both discriminatory and a breach of privacy laws.