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By: William Lopez, Staff Writer Grace Bible Church Receives Huge Backlash Over Homophobic Comments JOHANNESBURG, SA – Members of the #OccupyGraceBibleChurch have said that they are eager to discuss gay rights for the LGBTI community with the institution. The group has claimed that the 'Grace Bible Church' has been making homophobic comments during their sermons [...]
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 [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for the most important Foreign policy position, secretary of state, on Wednesday refused to say whether “gay rights are human rights.” “American values don’t accommodate violence or discrimination against anyone,” said former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson in response to a question U.S. Sen. [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer BATON ROUGE, LA — A right wing conservative judge has thrown out the executive order issued by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards that protected LGBTQ government employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Judge Todd Hernandez stated that the action “an unlawful usurp of the [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Court Says State Can Legally Refuse To List Non-Birth Mother LITTLE ROCK, ARK - The Supreme Court of Arkansas refused to overturn a conservative law which allows discrimination against married Gay and Lesbian couples who wish to have both names on the birth certificates of their children. Last Thursday the [...]
By: Andy Powell, Staff Writer WASHINGTON D.C – Once again several African states who have been accused of LGBTQ discrimination consisting of Harassment, discrimination, beatings, rapes, hangings and more, teamed up last week at the United Nations to push an effort to stop any sort of work of the first United Nations independent investigator - [...]
By: Andy Powell, Staff Writer NOBLESVILLE, IND — After experiencing huge blow back from their anti-gay legislation earlier this year, the state of Indiana and its governor and republican vice-presidential candidate, Gov. Mike Pence, along with two faith-based groups that have huge clout in the state house, have gone to Hamilton County Superior Court to [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics South America CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA — (August 1, 2025) — In a landmark decision for LGBTQ+ equality across the Caribbean, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has struck down decades-old laws criminalizing same-sex relations in Saint Lucia, rights groups announced Tuesday. Related Coverage Links on JRL [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics • Hate Crime Report PROVINCETOWN, MA — (July 5, 2025) — A gay man was the victim of an alleged hate crime in Provincetown early Monday morning after three men pulled up in a black Lexus, pushed him to the ground, and beat him [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 3, 2025) — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a pair of pivotal cases that could determine whether states can legally bar transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports — a decision that could shape the [...]