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WASHINGTON D.C. — (10-11-21) — In celebration of Coming Out Day, president Biden for the defeat of anti-LGBT bills in state legislatures across the country and for the U.S. Senate to pass the Equality Act to mark National Coming Out Day. “Despite the extraordinary progress our nation has made, our work to ensure the full [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (08-09-21) — President Biden continues his support for the LGBTQ community by nominating two more Gay men to serve in Senate-Confirmation posts of his administration. The first is Scott Miller, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation and to the Principality of Liechtenstein. Miller is a well known LGBTQ [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (03-18-21) — Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is flexing her influence to garner her support for the Equality Act Bill passed by the House of Representatives. While Collins supported the Equality Acts Bill last year, this time around she is making demands to garner her support for LGBTQ civil rights. Collins is being [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics WASHINGTON D.C. — (12-15-20) — The conservative Supreme Court of the USA shocked conservatives on Monday when it declined to roll back marriage equality. Conservatives had hoped that with the appointment of Trump's three conservative justices, marriage equality would quickly be reversed. However the [...]
AUGUSTA, MAINE — (05-30-19) — Maine has banned the barbaric practice of conversion therapy on Wednesday, making it the 17th state along with the District of Columbia, to ban the practice on LGBTQ youth. On Wednesday Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed the conversion ban bill and tweeted...“Today I signed into law a bill banning [...]