LAS VEGAS — (05-28-21) — Nevada scores huge points as it approves two LGBTQ+ Affirming Bills that are now awaiting Gov Sisolak (D) signature. With over two dozens states controlled by GOP legislatures trying to restrict LGBTQ+ protections, the Democratic controlled Nevada legislature have sent two LGBTQ+ affirming bills to Gov. Steve Sisolak (D). The [...]
By: Paul Goldberg — Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics Asia LAS VEGAS — (05-11-21) — A young 20 year-old gay man by the name of Ali Fazeli Monfared, was beheaded by family members in what is being called an “honor killing” in the Middle East. LGBTQ Human Rights Group were quick to condemn the action [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (05-11-21) — The Biden administration vows to protect Gay and transgender citizens from discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, effectively reversing a Trump-era anti-LGBTQ rule that went into effect last year. The Department of Health and Human Services said the provision in Section 1557 prevents health care providers and [...]
NASHVILLE, TN — (05-05-21) — GOP lawmakers in Tennessee are being slammed over blocking a measure honoring openly gay Brothers Osborne singer TJ Osborne. The resolution honoring TJ Osborne for becoming a “trailblazer and a symbol of hope for country music artists and fans alike, who may have felt ostracized for being LGBTQI. The measure [...]
MONTGOMERY, AL — (05-03-21) — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R), has signed Alabama House Bill 391, the bill that LGBTQ advocates have been lobbying heavily to be passed into law. Last week the Republican governor signed AL HB391 into law that removes anti-LGBT language from the state’s sex education curriculum. The new state law goes [...]