WASHINGTON D.C. — (03-18-21) — Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is flexing her influence to garner her support for the Equality Act Bill passed by the House of Representatives. While Collins supported the Equality Acts Bill last year, this time around she is making demands to garner her support for LGBTQ civil rights. Collins is being [...]
CHEYENNE, WY — (03-03-21) — State lawmakers introduced a bill on Tuesday that defines and bans bias‑motivated crimes. Finally one of the last remaining states without hate-crime legislation is moving forward in getting hate-crime legislation into law. The Cheynne, WY Hate-Crime Legislation entitled HB0218, would make someone guilty of committing a hate crime if they [...]
HARRIBURG, PA — (02-24-21) — Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), who is running for U.S. Senate, has replaced his small pro-weed and LGBTQ rights flags hanging from his office balcony with bigger ones after Republican lawmakers moved to ban the display of his pro-LGBT Flag and Pro-Weed flags in the state's budget for 2021. [...]
TEL AVIV — (02-20-21) — LGBT hate crime cases have increased since the Coronavirus pandemic took over the nation in 2020 as one every three hours in 2020 were reported. An astounding 2,696 new incidents of LGBT hate and violence crimes against the LGBTQ community came to a staggering 27% increase compared to 2019. The [...]
UNITED KINGDOM — (02-17-21) — Gay and bisexual British veterans who were stripped of their medals because of their sexual orientation will now be able to reclaim them, the UK government announced on Tuesday, admitting the pre-2000 policy was an "historical wrong." Only heterosexual people were allowed to serve in the British Armed Forces until [...]