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23 12, 2025

Supreme Court Slams Trump’s National Guard Power Grab in Explosive Illinois Ruling

By |2025-12-23T13:11:38-08:00December 23rd, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (December 23, 2025) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration’s attempt to federalize and deploy National Guard troops in Illinois, blocking an emergency request that would have placed military forces on the streets [...]

29 11, 2021

Illinois’ First Openly Gay Democratic House Leader Announces Retirement

By |2025-12-23T12:51:42-08:00November 29th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

SPRINGFIELD, IL — (11-29-21) — After serving 8 terms in the Illinois General Assembly,  Rep. Greg Harris, the first openly Gay leader of the Illinois House of Representatives Democratic Party, announced his retirement on Monday. A native of Chicago, Greg Harris, 66, made history by becoming the first openly LGBTQ legislative leader in Illinois history.  [...]

17 03, 2020

Joe Biden Wins major victories in Florida, Illinois Primaries

By |2025-12-23T12:52:00-08:00March 17th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , |

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (03-17-20) — Big night for former Vice President Joe Biden as he captures two easy victories in Florida and Illinois, with the Arizona primary results still to come. The results all but eliminated Bernie Sanders’s chances of being named the comeback kid in the Democratic presidential race. Watch Joe Biden's Victory Speech [...]

5 03, 2020

Ex-GOP Rep.Aaron Schock Ripped after coming out Gay

By |2020-03-05T16:12:37-08:00March 5th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , |

SPRINGFIELD, IL — (03-05-20) — Ex-GOP representative Aaron Schock comes ot gay and immediately ripped online for his track record of anti-LGBTQ votes in the U.S. House of Representatives. Former Republican congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL), who resigned from the lower chamber in 2015 after being charged on 24 felony counts for the reckless use of [...]

12 08, 2019

Illinois Mandates Its Public Schools to Teach LGBTQ History

By |2025-12-23T12:52:19-08:00August 12th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

SPRINGFIELD, IL — (08-12-19) — Illinois Governor makes history as he signs new bill mandating Illinois public schools to be required by law to include LGBTQ history into their curriculum. Last Friday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed House Bill 246, making it official that LGBTQ history is to be taught in schools starting on July [...]

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