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13 07, 2020

LGBTQ Rights Group A Wider Bridge names new Director

2026-05-31T16:07:09-07:00July 13th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , |

WASHINGTON — (07-13-20) — LGBTQ rights group A Wider Bridge, names longtime Israeli advocate Ethan Felson, as its leader amid increasing criticism of the Jewish state from progressives. A Wider Bridge announced the appointment of the former executive director of the Israel Action Network on Monday. The network is the Israel advocacy arm of the [...]

15 06, 2020

Supreme Court says Civil Rights Act Protects LGBTQ workers

2026-05-31T16:05:04-07:00June 15th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-15-20) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made history in a 6-3 Decision ruling that Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Are Protected by the Civil Rights Act. The ruling that employers who fire someone “merely for being gay or transgender” is a Civil Rights violation under federal law. Such a sex-based [...]

7 11, 2019

Group claiming to be ‘former’ LGBTs lobby against Gay Rights

2026-05-31T16:07:10-07:00November 7th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (11-07-19) — A group pretending to be former LGBTs, are now fighting against two Federal gay rights bills; H.R. 5, the Equality Act and H.R. 3570, the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act. A group of men and women who claim to be people who use to identify as as gay, lesbian and transgender, [...]

14 10, 2019

Biden tells Matthew Shepard’s Mother Civil Rights for LGBTQ

2026-05-31T16:05:06-07:00October 14th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

LOS ANGELES — (10-14-19) — Former vice president and current democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, told the late Matthew Shepard's mom that the civil rights act must include LGBTQ people. The current front runner for the democratic presidential nominee took part in CNN’s Equality Town Hall, where Biden told the murder victim’s mother about his [...]

6 10, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Gay Civil Rights In New Term

2026-05-31T16:05:07-07:00October 6th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (10-06-19) (Gay News) (LGBT Politics) — U.S. Supreme Court is ready to be in the headlines again as they take up Gay Civil Rights in new term. After a relatively quiet 2019, the justices will start their new term on Monday to hear cases on hot-button issues whose decisions will come down [...]

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