LGBT Politics USA Archives

Welcome to JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA, your front line for coverage on anti-LGBTQ bills, civil rights battles, and queer policy developments across the United States. From school board conflicts to national court rulings, we track the pulse of legislation, protests, and political leadership impacting the LGBTQ+ community in every state.

2 08, 2023

Muslim Teen Fatally Stabs Gay Black Man for Dancing at Gas Station

By JRL Charts|2023-08-02T12:46:31-07:00August 2nd, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Brooklyn Teen stabs Gay Man, LGBT News, lgbt politics, Muslim Teen Stabs Black Gay Man|

BROOKLYN, NY — (08-02-23) — Outrage over the lack of media coverage of a Muslim Teen fatally stabbing a Gay Black Man for simply dancing in the parking lot of a gas station. it's been nearly a week and we have yet to see nationwide coverage of this horrific crime. Last Saturday, at approximately 2314 [...]

24 07, 2023

Biden threatens VA Bill Veto over anti-LGBT Amendments

By JRL Charts|2024-04-10T18:33:41-07:00July 24th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Joe Biden, LGBT News, lgbt politics, LGBT Veterans, Veterans Affairs Budget 2024|

WASHINGTON D.C — (07-24-23) — White House officials threatened on Monday to veto House Republicans’ plan to enact anti-LGBT amendments in the Veterans Affairs Funding Bill for the next fiscal year, saying the appropriations outline as written contains too many partisan attacks on LGBT Americans and Women's reproductive rights. The White House told reporters on [...]

19 07, 2023

LGBT Earmarks Stripped by GOP During House Markup

By JRL Charts|2023-07-19T16:06:04-07:00July 19th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: anti-LGBT laws, fiscal 2024 Transportation-HUD Appropriations, LGBT News, lgbt politics, LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc, William Way Community Center|

WASHINGTON D.C — (07-19-23) — The Republican majority in the US House of Representatives have struck down three Democratic projects that would have provided services to the LGBT community during Tuesday’s fiscal 2024 Transportation-HUD Appropriations markup. Needless to say Democrats were enraged. The three earmarks cost came to a total of $3.62 million, with two [...]

17 07, 2023

Republicans Pass Defense Bill with Anti LGBT Add-Ons

By JRL Charts|2023-07-17T10:33:22-07:00July 17th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: anti-LGBT defense bill, defense funding bill, LGBT, US House of Representatives, US Senate|

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 [...]

7 07, 2023

United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches over LGBTQ bans

By JRL Charts|2023-07-07T19:41:27-07:00July 7th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: lgbt politics, LGBTQ Bans, United Methodists|

LAS VEGAS — (07-07-23) — We can now report that over 6,000 United Methodist congregations — a fifth of the U.S. total, have received permission to leave the denomination over the church' long standing theology against LGBTQ people in the nation’s second-largest Protestant church. Those figures were released following the closure of regular meetings in [...]

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