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LAS VEGAS, NV — (04-01-19) — Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook have joined the growing list of American businesses to condemn anti-LGBT bills being pushed by the state legislature. “We will continue to oppose any unnecessary, discriminatory, and divisive measures that would damage Texas’ reputation and create problems for our employees and their families,” states [...]
SAN ANTONIO, TX — (03-27-19) — The City of San Antonio bars anti-LGBT supporter Chi-Fil-A from opening a new location at the San Antonio International Airport. San Antonio Councilman Roberto Treviño said the plan “reaffirmed the work our city has done to become a champion of equality and inclusion.” Chick-fil-A has a track record of [...]
CHICAGO — (03-26-19) — All charges have been dropped against Jussie Smollet. In a stunning move on Tuesday morning, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against the former “Empire” actor. Jussie Smollett was accused of staging a hate crime attack in the city’s downtown in January. “After reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of [...]
IOWA — (03-25-19) — A new Emerson poll shows openly gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg coming in third place. The gay mayor of South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg has shocked both the media and his contenders. The poll released by Emerson over the weekend has Pete Buttigieg capturing 11 percent in the crowded Democratic [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (JRL CHARTS) — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) says No to LGBTQ Protection Bill last Monday. The Democratic senator from West Virginia said Monday that he would be the only Democrat in the Senate to oppose a nondiscrimination bill meant to expand federal protections for the LGBTQ community. Sen. Manchin (D-W.Va) singled out [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. - (JRL CHARTS) - Justices refuse to hear an appeal by anti-LGBT Aloha Bed & Breakfast owner Phyllis Young. This was a stunning defeat for conservatives as the Justices refused to hear the appeal filed by Phyllis Young. The Aloha Bed and Breakfast owner who turned away a lesbian couple because of her [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (03-19-19) — The CDC announce gaps in HIV testing & treatment that is hindering efforts to stop new infections. Press Release The vast majority (about 80 percent) of new HIV infections in the U.S. in 2016 were transmitted from the nearly 40 percent of people with HIV who either did not know [...]
SOUTH BEND, IN — (03-18-19) — Gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg qualifies for presidential debates in Indiana. The young openly gay mayor of South Bend makes history by qualifying for the presidential debates. According to one of Buttigieg's aides, the mayor raised over $600,000 from 22,200 donations within 24 hours after his CNN town hall. [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C — (03-11-19) — Trump invites anti-LGBTQ president Jair Bolsonaro to the White House this month. The president of Brazil has made his views well known especially with his latest order removing LGBT lessons and books from Brazilian schools. The same man who once said he would rather have a dead child than a [...]
CHICAGO, IL — (03-08-19) — "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted on 16 felony counts by a grand jury in Chicago, after allegedly lying to police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime. The indictment was announced Friday, March 8. Jussie Smollett was charged last month with felony disorderly conduct [...]