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By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer JACKSON, MS — The same-sex marriage legal battle continues over a Mississippi law that allows merchants and government officials use their religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples. Attorneys filed a brief Thursday asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block this outrageous law. Legal experts say [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer AUSTIN, TX — Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the anti-LGBT discrimination law on Thursday which would allow adoption agencies who continue to receive taxpayer funds, to refuse any placement of children with same-sex parents and/or any other parents that the agencies feel that those parents are living a lifestyle offensive [...]
Celebrated annually in more than 130 countries as the international day against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia (IDAHOT), IDAHOT observes the world health organization’s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder and tackles the lack of comprehensive information in societies on the situation of the LGBT people and their views on issues of [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON D.C – Currently, the majority of U.S. states do not have protections for LGBTQ rights. In fact, did you know that it is perfectly legal for business owners to post a sign in their window stating "NO Gays Allowed"? While there aren't any reports of such behavior taking place, [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer While the Trump administration is busy attempting to erase our progress for civil rights over the past 8 years, for the second time in one week, a Federal court has handed the LGBTQ community a second legal victory. On Wednesday, a U.S. district judge Raymond Moore ruled that a Colorado [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C ― The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals said today that a provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which bans gender-based discrimination, also protects gay and lesbian employees. The ruling made history as it is the first time that a full federal appeals court ruling has come [...]
By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer A total of three LGBT groups sent a letter to the White House asking the Trump administration to keep in place and secure transgender protections that were put in place by former President Obama. The LGBT organizations wrote the letter in response to the Department of Justice withdrawing an objection [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer President Donald Trump made history this week when he became the first sitting Republican president to issue a public affirmation of LGBTQ individuals and vowing to protect them from discrimination if they’re working for the federal government and/or federal contractors. Before and after the election, President Trump called gay marriage [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The White House confirmed early Tuesday in a press statement that President Trump will continue to enforce an Obama-era executive order protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees in the workplace. “President Donald J. Trump is determined to protect the rights of all Americans, including the [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Gay and Lesbian civil rights leaders will remember when back in the 50s and 60s, the U.S. State Department was a high profile organization that actively discriminated against employees and job applicants based on sexual orientation. At that time, LGBT rights weren't even thought about and the government willfully refused [...]