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BARNEGAT, NJ — (08-09-19) — Mayor Alfonso Cirulli of Barnegat, New Jersey, has created a firestorm by fighting a law designed to bring LGBTQ history to the public school curriculum. Mayor Cirulli called the LGBTQ movement “an affront to almighty God” last Tuesday in a town committee meeting. He is opposed to a recently passed [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (08-07-19) — Lesbian Judge Mary Rowland, who was nominated by Donald Trump, was confirmed along with two other judges by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 87-1 last week. After two and a half years of relentless attacks on LGBTQ rights, advocates such as Lambda Legal, celebrated this rare victory with [...]
WARSZAWA, POLAND — (08-01-19) — A Poland District court bans right-wing magazine Gazeta Polska, from selling "LGBT-Free Zone stickers". LGBTQ activists groups like Human Rights Watch praised the decision as a “welcome relief", as Poland continues to see a rise in hostile anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Right wing magazine Gazeta Polska drew outrage earlier this month when [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (07-22-19) — Vice President Mike Pence ironically is holding a campaign fundraiser at a Gay Club in Aspen, Colorado. One of the gay owners of The Caribou Club located at 411 E Hopkins Ave, Billy Stoltz, reportedly gave the green light for the anti-LGBT advocate Mike Pence fundraiser for his 2020 campaign. [...]
MONTGOMERY, AL — (07-17-19) — Alabama Secretary of State and GOP Senate candidate John Merrill, is angry over “homosexual activities” replacing “good TV shows”. In his mind, Americans no longer have TV shows like those of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. “There are no more good TV shows on like ‘Gunsmoke', ‘Bonanza', 'The Virginian', 'Andy [...]
BRONX, NY — (07-15-19) — Openly Gay NYC councilman Ritchie Torres, announced his bid to run for the Bronx 15 congressional district seat, which is soon to be vacated by the longest-serving Hispanic representative, José E. Serrano. Ritchie Torres is eager to run against well known homophobic and Pentecostal minister Ruben Diaz Sr., another NYC [...]
NEW YORK, NY — (07-11-19) — NYPD hate crimes task force has said they are launching an investigation after posters of soccer champion Megan Rapinoe posters were vandalized with misogynistic comments and homophobic slurs at a Manhattan subway station. The Megan Rapinoe posters were on display around the Bryant Park subway station.stop, when on Monday [...]
ATLANTA, GA — (06-23-19) — Georgia's PRIDE parade entitled Dignity March, has been postponed over tensions with anti-LGBT protesters. The PRIDE parade "Dignity March" was scheduled to take place in Tbilisi on Sunday June 23, due to the tense situation going on in Tbilisi. George PRIDE March Organizers Postpone "Dignity March" The organizers for the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C — (06-17-19) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear the LGBTQ Wedding Cake case in Oregon. The Oregon Supreme court ruled against bakers who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Thanks to the justices decision not to hear the high-profile case, the story will continue as [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics USA SACRAMENTO, CA — (06-17-19) — California joins the Trump defiance club by raising the Rainbow PRIDE flag over the state capitol's building. California Gov. Gavin Newsom had the rainbow pride flag raised at the state Capitol on Monday for the first time in state's [...]