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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — (05-25-21) — The Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office announced on Tuesday its new LGBT liaison. Sheriff Ken Stolle appointed Deputy Heidi Evertson to the position on Tuesday and Deputy Evertson's duties take effect immediately. Deputy Evertson will replace the office’s first LGBT Liaison, Sgt. Guy Saucier, who has retired from the department. [...]
PHOENIX, AZ — (04-14-21) — Arizona has passed new sex education rules that would require parents to opt-in for their children to participate in discussions about gender identity, sexual orientation and HIV in sex education classes. Provisions of SB 1456: 1.Requires the school governing board to develop procedures by which parents will be notified in [...]
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 [...]
BRUSSELS — (03-16-21) — The European Parliament overwhelmingly adopted a resolution last week declaring the entire 27-member European Union a “freedom zone” for LGBTIQ people, a a slap in the face against the rising homophobia taking place in Poland and elsewhere in the Union. 492 ballots in favor of the resolution and 141 against in [...]
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 [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA — (01-24-21) — Los Angeles County authorities are investigating an explosion and vandalism that took place at a controversial anti-LGBTQ church. According to El Monte police Lt. Christopher Cano, someone set some kind of explosive off at the First Works Baptist Church located at 2600 Tyler Ave in the city of El [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (12-24-20) — U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman handed one-term President Donald Trump another defeat in ruling against his executive order cancelling the Labor Department's 'LGBTQ Diversity Training Program'. The executive order issued by Trump back on September 22, announced that he was going to cancel the policy of contractors being forced [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (12-10-20) — Outrage over Michigan Judge Christopher Murray's ruling on Monday that allows companies to discriminate against LGBT customers. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, the first openly LGBT person to be elected to a statewide office in Michigan, said that she plans to appeal Monday's court ruling that found Michigan’s civil rights [...]
LOS ANGELES — (11-27-20) — The authority on all things soaps, Michael Fairman, makes an impressive debut with his first single 'Other Side', debuting at #7 on the LGBTQ Music Chart UK Week 48. Michael Fairman' new Other Side music video spotlights some of the biggest social issues of 2020; Black Lives Matter, Covid-19 pandemic, [...]
BRUSSELS — (11-13-20) — As part of Brussels' strategy to achieve LGBTIQ equality, the Commission plans to extend the list of "EU crimes" to now include hate crime and hate speech, acts targeting LGBTIQ people. The commission announced on Thursday that they plan to bring forward legislative initiatives to protect the rights of LGBTIQ families so [...]