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WASHINGTON — (07-13-20) — LGBTQ rights group A Wider Bridge, names longtime Israeli advocate Ethan Felson, as its leader amid increasing criticism of the Jewish state from progressives. A Wider Bridge announced the appointment of the former executive director of the Israel Action Network on Monday. The network is the Israel advocacy arm of the [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-15-20) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made history in a 6-3 Decision ruling that Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Are Protected by the Civil Rights Act. The ruling that employers who fire someone “merely for being gay or transgender” is a Civil Rights violation under federal law. Such a sex-based [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (11-07-19) — A group pretending to be former LGBTs, are now fighting against two Federal gay rights bills; H.R. 5, the Equality Act and H.R. 3570, the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act. A group of men and women who claim to be people who use to identify as as gay, lesbian and transgender, [...]
LOS ANGELES — (10-14-19) — Former vice president and current democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, told the late Matthew Shepard's mom that the civil rights act must include LGBTQ people. The current front runner for the democratic presidential nominee took part in CNN’s Equality Town Hall, where Biden told the murder victim’s mother about his [...]
SEOUL, KR — (06-01-19) — South Korea celebrated its LGBT PRIDE month parade with thousands out in full swing to demand equality and civil rights. During Gay Pride Festival, activists demanded better equality in the country, especially after Taiwan last month, became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. Homosexuality is not illegal in [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (04-22-19) — The Supreme Court is set to decide if LGBT employees have workplace rights this fall. The announcement by the court was made on Monday April 22, that they have agreed to take up cases pertaining to LGBT civil rights. For one thing, if the court decides that LGBT workers are [...]
U.N. Human Rights Council exit by the Trump Administration has been condemned by LGBT Groups across the country after the worldwide shocking news was announced on Monday June 19. This marks the first time that a country has withdrawn from the council. Ambassador Nikki Haley had been voicing this threat of exiting the Human Rights [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals handed the Trump administration another defeat as the judges voted 10 to 3 on Monday that the Civil Rights Act protects gay and bisexual workers from sexual orientation discrimination. The ruling is a stunning defeat for the anti-LGBT Trump administration and its mouth [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON D.C — Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues on his never ending quest to roll back all of the progress made by the LGBT community over the past few years by issuing government-wide legal guidance that urges sweeping protection for religious freedom that could impact a huge amount of pending [...]
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, [...]