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HB 1319 which passed the New Hampshire Senate, bans anti-transgender discrimination. This marks a stunning move by the majority Republican legislature. Could the state’s Republican governor who is expected to sign HB 1319 into law, trying to do damage control with the LGBTQ community due to the Trump administration's anti-LGBTQ agenda? HB 1319 passed the [...]
Richard Grenell, the controversial right wing Republican who is known for his blatant insults former president Obama's Iran-Nuclear deal as well as his controversial comments on immigration has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on a vote of 56-42 to become President Donald Trump’s first and only nominee to pass the confirmation process and, to [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman of the Western District of Washington states that Transgender People are a "Protected Class" and that the U.S. Military are blocked from enacting the Donald J. Trump ban on Transgender people. “Transgender people have long been forced to live in silence, or to come out [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The pick for the next Secretary of State and who is currently the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director and well known hawkish foreign policy advocate Mike Pompeo, was grilled on Thursday during his appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his Secretary of State confirmation hearing over his past [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has made it official by signing a bill early Wednesday morning that bans youth “conversion therapy,” the so-called medical practice that attempts and fails to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The state's new law bans licensed health care providers from using [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson continues to show his anti-LGBTQ narrative with his latest anti-transgender rhetoric in today's congressional hearing in Washington D.C. The HUD Secretary stated that his department reversing the current policy instituted by President Obama on anti discrimination protections for trans people. The HUD secretary [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Vice President Mike Pence had a breakfast meeting with the first ever openly gay prime minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar but refused to allow press coverage of the meeting. In fact media outlets were only permitted to take photos of Pence and Varadkar upon the arrival of the prime minister. [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics USA In another shocking and landmark decision, transgender rights just got backing in New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives! Yes, the New Hampshire State House which holds a Republican majority, voted on Wednesday in favor of a bill entitled HB 1319, that prohibits discrimination against [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer After national backlash, the town of Starkville in Mississippi, will move forward with its first ever gay pride parade this month. The Starkville Board of Alderman on Tuesday voted again on whether or not to approve the historic PRIDE parade and this time, the vote came in as a tie [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The state of Washington is only one signature away from banning licensed therapists from practicing the debunk method of converting a minor’s sexual orientation. Washington State's Senate passed a bill on Saturday March 4 that will impose sanctions on licensed therapists who attempt to perform gay conversion therapy on anyone [...]