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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: [...]
INDEPENDENCE, MO — (01-17-22) — The keynote speaker for the Independence's Martin Luther King Celebration on Monday will be Kylar Broadus, a Black transgender American who is a noted attorney, speaker and activist for LGBTQ rights. A native of Fayette, Missouri, Broadus has received several awards and recognitions for his decades of work on behalf [...]
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 [...]
PARIS, FR — (01-12-22) — France' Health Ministry announced on Tuesday they will now allow LGBT citizens to donate blood without "discriminatory" conditions. Beginning March 16, blood donation will be open to all French citizens regardless of a citizen's sexual orientation, said health minister Olivier Véran. "We are putting an end to an inequality that [...]
LAS VEGAS — (01-09-22) — Pope Francis once again sticks a thorn in his conservative colleagues in Rome by showing his support for LGBT Catholics by praising Jeannine Gramick, S.L., the co-founder of the Catholic apostolate New Ways Ministry in a handwritten letter. Sister Gramick is celebrating 50 years of working with and advocating for [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics Economic Times CHARLOTTE, N.C. — (01-05-22) — Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce and NASCAR announce new partnership for 2022. Times are definitely changing in America as the Carolinas LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce, one of the largest LGBT Chambers within the region pushing for equitable [...]
WORCESTER, MA — (12-29-21) — Hadwen Park Congregational Church’s LGBT Asylum Task Force opened its doors to their renovated apartment building as a new safe space for LGBT immigrants seeking asylum from persecution. The task force raised over $500,000 to purchase and renovate the three-story building that at one time served as a boys home. [...]
MCFARLAND, CA — (12-28-21) — McFarland police announced the arrest of three men last Thursday for using anti-LGBT slurs against a child and another person in McFarland. According to police, the trio identified as Cory Mellum, 24, Bradley Behling, 24, both of Arena, and Malik Yrios, 23, of Madison, rang the doorbell at a residence [...]
PROVO, UT — (12-21-21) — Utah billionaire Jeff T. Green, who was considered a prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, rebuked the church on Monday over its stance on being anti-LGBT rights. In addition to his rebuke of the church, Billionaire Green will also donate $600,000 to Equality Utah, an [...]
ROME — (12-14-21) — Vatican’s General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops apologized to leading Catholic LGBTQ advocacy group New Ways Ministry for having yanked a reference to it on the Vatican's official website. The New Ways Ministry resource link was taken down earlier this month without explanation however, suspicion quickly fell on the U.S. [...]