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By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics News COLUMBUS, OH — (01-19-22) — Internationally known gay rights activist and named plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, Jim Obergefell, announced on Tuesday he's launching a bid for the Ohio State House. Related Coverage Links on JRL CHARTS: [...]
JACKSON COUNTY, FL — (01-14-22) — LGBTQ+ rights activist Jorge Diaz-Johnston, who played an integral role in legalizing same-sex marriage in Florida prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2015 decision, was found dead in a landfill in Jackson County, Florida. According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Jorge Diaz-Johnston's remains were found in a [...]
SYDNEY — (01-13-22) — Australian man Scott White has pleaded guilty to the hate crime murder of American mathematician who fell from a Sydney cliff in 1988. At the time of the hate crime, police dismissed the case as a suicide. Scott White was charged in 2020 for murder of 27 year-old Los Angeles native [...]
RICHLAND, WA — (11-21-21) — Last Thursday a settlement was reached after a nearly decade-old case of a Christian flower shop owner who refused service to a gay couple in Washington state. The Christian flower shop owner refused to provide the ga couple flowers for their wedding despite Washington state's anti-discrimination laws. The U.S. Supreme [...]
TEHRAN, Iran — (11-08-21) — Iran’s supreme court has ordered death sentences for adultery committed by a married 27-year-old and his 33-year-old lover after the wife of the man showed the court video evidence of the incident. The 27 year-old's wife, who presented police with video evidence of her husband’s gay sex act early this [...]
DES MOINES, IA — (10-15-21) — While the LGBTQ Community of the USA are celebrating LGBTQ History October, Iowa is celebrating the month by recognizing the progress that's been made so far for the LGBTQ Community and to recognize the LGBTQ Leaders of the future. "It's all about raising awareness and just bringing those conversations [...]
GLOUCESTE, VA — (08-26-21) — A Virginia school board announced on Thursday they've reached a settlement with Gavin Grimm, a transgender man who sued the Gloucester Country School Board after the school officials did not allow him to use the bathroom that corresponds with his gender identity. The Gloucester Country School Board agreed to pay [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (07-02-21) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, declined to review a case over a Washington state florist's refusal to service a wedding for a same-sex couple, letting stand Washington state court's ruling that the florist engaged in unlawful discrimination over sexual orientation. The case, Arleans Flowers v. Washington, No. 19-333, began [...]
PHILADELPHIA, PA — (06-30-21) — Bill Cosby is set to be released after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his 2019 sexual assault conviction on Wednesday. The court ruled that a “non-prosecution agreement” with a previous prosecutor should have prevented him from being charged in the case. The 83-year-old comedian actor has served more than two [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-28-21) — Transgender Gavin Grimm was handed a victory on Monday when the U.S Supreme Court rejected the Transgender Bathroom Case appeal brought by Virginia Public Schools. In a shock to conservatives, the U.S Supreme Court refused to hear the case about whether schools should allow transgender students to use the bathroom [...]