Growing trend of marriage equality in West
From The Royal Gazette Where in the world can a same-sex couple get married? Not in Bermuda — yet. But elsewhere in plenty of places in the West, same-sex marriage is already on the statute books and many other countries…
Activist USA Ambassador pushes aggressive LGBT agenda in the Caribbean
By Martin Arauxo From The Saker Obama ambassadorial appointee and LGBT activist, James Wally Brewster has endeavored to promote alternative lifestyle values in the conservative Dominican Republic. Ever since Ambassador Brewster (who donated heavily to Barak Obama) arrived in the…
When Cupid’s arrow flies in the workplace …
By Rebekah Mintzer, From Corporate Counsel It’s almost Feb. 14, a favorite day for greeting-card manufacturers, chocolate companies and, in some cases, couples. It’s also as good a time as any for employers to check on their policies and practices involvin…
Olwomen story of the week
13 Romantic Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day By Jenny Smith From Olwomen As the 14th of February comes nearer it is not just the singles who start dreading this day, but people is relationships also are stuck about how to…
CTO declares 2016 “Year of Romance in the Caribbean”
PRESS RELEASE – With the start of the New Year comes the launch of a new initiative by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) – 2016 The Year of Romance in the Caribbean – which celebrates everything romantic about the region….
Transgender man in Ecuador makes history with pregnancy
By AP From The New Indian Express BOGOTA: A couple in Ecuador is making history with a unique pregnancy: The father-to-be is carrying the baby of his transgender partner. Fernando Machado and Diane Rodriguez announced their pregnancy, believed to be…
The Campaign Against Sex Robots raises red flag for violence and victimization, calls for standards in sexbots
By Hope Reese From Tech Republic Advances in speech recognition, emotion-detection, and artificial skin are making humanoid robots more ‘human-like’ than ever. But are we fully considering the consequences? Kathleen Richardson is worried about sex robots. Now a robot ethics…
Olwomen story of the week
7 Worth-Remembering Movies like the Last Song – That Is How I Feel you, Go On ! By Jenny Smith From Olwomen In the list of movies to watch, movies like the last song is one such suggestion you can…
The Caribbean Writer to launch vol. 29 with premiere of award winning film
From The Virgin Islands Consortium “The Caribbean Writer – Where the Caribbean Imagination embraces the World,” has launched Volume 29 of the University of the Virgin Islands’ international, revered, literary journal with a Caribbean focus. The 2015 theme of the…
Texas same-sex marriage plaintiffs seek $740k in attorney fees
By Miriam Rozen, From Texas Lawyer The same-sex couples who had sought to overturn Texas’s same-sex marriage ban prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling allowing for recognition of same-sex marriages nationwide, now want $740,000 in attorney fees and…