WASHINGTON D.C — (07-17-23) — Republicans in the House of Representatives passed its annual defense funding bill that included anti-LGBT amendments that fit the party’s conservative priorities and sticking points like a glove - Knowing it has no chance of passage in the Democratic controlled U.S. Senate. Rick Perry, the chair of the House Freedom [...]
SACRAMENTO, CA — (05-21-23) — The LGBT Bill of Rights adopted in California is being challenged in the case of Taking Offense vs State of California. The case pending before the California Supreme Court is challenging a provision of the state’s LGBT bill of rights that protects residents from a residential community or facility’s refusal [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (05-16-23) — LGBTQ American attacks are on the rise and intensifying, according to a new briefing by the Department of Homeland Security. According to DHS, 20% of all hate crimes reported throughout the USA in 2021 were motivated by bias linked to sexual orientation and gender, citing the FBI's hate crime statistics. [...]
MADRID — (05-10-23) — Spain's Constitutional Court announced on Tuesday it would consider a legal challenge brought by the right wing Vox party against a new LGBT Rights Law that protects transgender teenagers and encourages tolerance for sexual diversity in schools. The wide-ranging LGBT Rights Law passed in February and allows any Spanish citizen over [...]
BATON ROUGE, LA — (04-28-23) — Louisiana' right wing conservative state house is moving forward with its 'Don't Say Gay' bill that will cover grade K-12 throughout Louisiana public schools. State lawmakers advanced two proposals Wednesday that would prohibit the use of certain language when referring to LGBTQ+ Americans. House Bill 466, sponsored by right [...]