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18 09, 2020

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Defender of Gender Equality Dies At 87

By JRL Charts|2025-08-16T21:11:57-07:00September 18th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: congressional equality caucus, death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gay Washington D.C. News: LGBTQ Politics & Culture in the Capital, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, lgbt politics, LGBT Politics USA, LGBTQ+ equality, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court|

WASHINGTON, D.C. – (09-18-20) – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the defender on the U.S. Supreme Court for LGBTQ equality has died at the age of 87 at her home surrounded by family members. Known as the firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural, and feminist icon who worked her way all the way [...]

15 07, 2020

Trump tells CBS News CDC, Doctors Lying on COVID-19

By JRL Charts|2025-08-21T11:16:18-07:00July 15th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: CDC, COVID-19, Donald Trump Catherine Herridge Interview, Donald Trump’s Policies & Scandals: The Latest from LGBT Politics USA, election 2020, Gay Washington D.C. News: LGBTQ Politics & Culture in the Capital, lgbt politics|

WASHINGTON D.C. — (07-15-20) — President Trump defended retweeting a claim made by a former game show host that the CDC, doctors, and the media are lying about the COVID-19 pandemic. In his view, the overriding sentiment among the public is that COVID-19 testing is “a trap.” One has to wonder what "Trap" president Trump [...]

30 05, 2019

Maine Bans Barbaric Conversion Therapy on LGBTQ Youth

By JRL Charts|2025-07-17T21:36:48-07:00May 30th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: conversion therapy ban, Education Minister Rafi Peretz, Gay Washington D.C. News: LGBTQ Politics & Culture in the Capital, lgbt mental health news, LGBT Politics USA, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Mary Bonauto|

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 [...]

11 12, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court Refuse to Hear Gay Worker Protections Appeal

By JRL Charts|2025-08-19T22:43:37-07:00December 11th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: civil rights act 1964, Clarence Thomas, Gay Washington D.C. News: LGBTQ Politics & Culture in the Capital, Lambda Legal, LGBT Politics USA, refuse to hear Jameka Evans appeal, Samuel Alito, sexual orientation, Title VII, US Supreme Court|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C — In a shock to many gay activists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday Dec. 11, refused to hear the appeal of Jameka Evans, the Georgia security guard who said she was harassed and forced from her employment simply because she is a lesbian. By doing this action, [...]

26 07, 2017

DOJ Goes After LGBT Workplace Protections Under Title VII

By JRL Charts|2025-11-20T14:38:03-08:00July 26th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, department of justice, Gay Washington D.C. News: LGBTQ Politics & Culture in the Capital, James Esseks, Jeff Sessons, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & HIV Project, LGBT workplace protections, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Shannon Minter | LGBTQ Legal Advocate & Civil Rights Attorney|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 26, 2017) — The U.S. Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, is preparing to file a legal brief with the conservative-leaning 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [...]

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