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By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 4, 2025) — In a controversial move, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has directed the US Navy to remove the name of slain gay rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy vessel, the USNS Harvey Milk. This directive is part [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - Military News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (May 6, 2025) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can begin executing its ban on transgender military service members. In a vote of 6-3, the justices blocked a lower court order that temporarily halted the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (04-25-25) — LGBTQ+ Pride organizers and performers are trying to find new venues after the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts abruptly canceled all PRIDE Month Events. A week's worth of events that were scheduled to celebrate LGBTQ+ rights during this summer's World Pride festival in Washington, D.C. The decision follows a [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (04-07-25) — We can now confirm that the Trump administration has cancelled over $125Mm in LGBTQ health research funding, collapsing the nation’s LGBTQ research by cancelling over 270 grants that totalled $125 million. While the country has been consumed with the stock market crashing, LGBTQ military veterans being erased from history, the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (03-18-25) — U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued a preliminary injunction blocking president Trump's ban on Transgender military service. The judge blasted the Trump administration actions with this order. The preliminary injunction indefinitely blocks an executive order by Trump which aimed to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. The [...]