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JERUSALEM — (12-24-22) — Refusing services to LGBTQ+ people and non-Jews will now be allowed under Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Otzma Yehudit, head MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, defended the new clause added to the new coalition agreements that will allow private business owners to refuse services to Israelis based on religious beliefs. Meaning Israeli businesses will be [...]
AUSTIN, TX — (12-19-22) — The Biden administration failed to appeal a recent court loss in Texas regarding federal LGBTQ protections, a decision Attorney General Ken Paxton is celebrating as a win for anti-LGBTQ advocates. On October 1, Trump-appointed judge Matthew Kacsmaryk declared unlawful two pieces of the Affordable Care Act's federal guidance: one that [...]
NEW YORK, NY — (12-17-22) — New York Appeals Court rules that Yeshiva University must recognize LGBTQ club. The ruling by the Appellate Division in Manhattan hands the LGBTQ students of the university a win for LGBTQ Rights, while handing a setback for the university in its fight to avoid recognizing the YU Pride Alliance. [...]
AUSTIN, TX — (12-13-22) — The future of the Biden administration’s efforts to prohibit LGBTQ discrimination in the Affordable Care Act' is at risk after right wing judge, Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, ruled on Tuesday that the (ACA) defines sex too narrowly. The decision weakens protections for LGBTQ Americans who believe they were discriminated against because [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (12-04-22) — Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an advisory bulletin last Wednesday, adding the LGBTQ Community to its list of Terror Targets in the United States. The announcement comes after the mass shooting that took place at Club Q in Colorado Springs, a popular LGBTQ nightclub. The advisory bulletin issued on [...]
RICHMOND, VA — (12-01-22) — Richmond scores another perfect score of 100 for LGBTQ Protections for its third year in a row by the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI) scorecard for the City’s work in LGBTQ protections. “We are working hard every day to build a welcoming, inclusive and equitable city, and [...]
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — (11-28-22) — Benjamin Netanyahu draws concerns from western allies as he appoints Avi Maoz as deputy minister who will run a "Jewish identity" authority. By doing so, Netanyahu has given far-right parties unprecedented power within Israel's incoming ruling coalition. Mr Maoz described LGBTQ people as a threat to the family and has [...]
MOSCOW, RU — (11-24-22) — Russia’s State Duma Committee voted to ban 'LGBTQ Propaganda, pedophilia and sex-change propaganda' in the anti-LGBTQ country following the final reading of the bill on Thursday. The legislation named “Protection of Traditional Values” was supported by all 397 MPs in the lower house of the country’s parliament, passing without any [...]
MOSCOW, RU — (11-22-22) — Russia’s State Duma Committee on State Construction issued its recommendations on Monday, on a number of controversial amendments to an anti-LGBTQ propaganda bill adopted last month. The State Duma Committee rejected provisions that would introduce criminal liability for repeated violations of the law prohibiting the promotion of non-traditional sexual relations, [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (11-22-22) — U.S. Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett is being urged to step aside in the upcoming Gay rights case, 303 Creative v. Elenis. The main reason for the recusal stems from her participation with the secretive faith group, the People of Praise. More pressure was thrown at the right wing [...]