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NEW YORK, NY — (12-07-21) — A 74-year-old New Yorker was arrested and charged Monday for threatening to attack the New York City Pride March back in June with “firepower” that would “make the 2016 Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting look like a cakewalk,”. Identified as Robert Fehring of Long Island by police, Fehring is charged [...]
RALEIGH, NC — (12-04-21) — A spokesperson for the Raleigh Police Department confirmed ot JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics News on Friday, that they are hiring its first LGBTQ liaison. Details pertaining to the responsibilities of the position are being now being finalized and the position is expected to be filled in the coming weeks. The [...]
OTTAWA — (12-01-21) — Canada's House of Commons begins the holiday season by unanimously voting to ban LGBT conversion therapy with Bill C-4. Conversion therapy has been condemned by medical professionals in every civilized nation in the western hemisphere. The barbaric and debunked treatment to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity has been [...]
MOSCOW — (11-26-21) — Russian officials launch investigation into Netflix after the public commissioner for protecting families accused the streaming network of violating its "gay propaganda" law. The public commissioner claimed that some of Netflix's LGBTQ content that is rated suitable for those aged 16 and older is in violation of the country's law which [...]
HONOLULU — (11-23-21) — Two LGBT businesses have filed suit against the Honolulu Liquor Commission and Hawaii state inspectors, accusing them of discrimination against gay businesses over COVID Rules. Owners of Scarlet Honolulu and the LGBT publication Gay Island Guide, claim that several inspectors have been targeting their businesses with excessive COVID-related visits and unjustified [...]
KANSAS CITY — (11-22-21) — A Missouri school district on Monday announced they are returning two books exploring LGBTQ+ themes to its high school libraries after public uproar. The two books that are being returned to high School library shelves are “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “Fun Home”. A school district spokesperson confirmed to JRL [...]
AUSTIN, TX — (11-14-21) — The School districts of Austin and Dallas say they are rejecting the request made by Republican lawmakers targeting 850 books based on race and LGBTQ+ issues. Major Texas school districts are resisting a Republican state representative’s request that they provide information on books kept in classrooms and libraries, as part [...]
BEIJING, CN — (11-07-21) — China's most influential gay rights group, LGBT advocacy Group China, announced it has ceased all activities and have moved to shut down it's social media accounts in an announcement last Thursday. LGBT Advocacy Group China spearheaded many of the legal cases in China. Pushing for gay rights and halting workplace [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (11-02-21) — The United States Senate late Monday night confirmed the first openly LGBTQ female to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Beth Robinson was confirmed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals by a vote of 51 to 45, with Sens. Susan Collins(R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) being the only two Republicans [...]
WAUKEE, IOWA — (10-29-21) — Attacks on the LGBTQ Community in the USA continues as the Waukee School District have become the latest to pull LGBT themed books off its library shelves following parents complaining that the books had "exposed their students to inappropriate content". In a Waukee School Board meeting held last Monday, parent [...]