ORLANDO, FL — (03-24-23) — Disney World fights back against Florida’s rightwing Republican governor Ron DeSantis' crackdown on LGBTQ+ civil rights, by hosting the largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world. The Out & Equal Workplace Summit says that they are “largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world” who attracts over 5,000 attendees annually. For the next [...]
KNOXVILLE, TN — (07-18-22) — Judge Charles E. Atchley Jr. of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee temporarily blocked enforcing protections to LGBTQ individuals, siding with 20 state attorneys general who sued the Biden administration over guidelines on the rights for LGBTQ workers and students. Judge, Charles E. Atchley Jr's ruling comes [...]
TALLAHASSEE, FL — (02-21-22) — A new amendment introduced by Florida State Rep. Joe Harding (R) to Florida’s “Don't Say Gay” bill, would require teachers to inform parents of their child's sexual orientation within six weeks of learning the student isn't heterosexual. The CS/CS/HB 1557 Amendment filed Friday by the bill’s co-sponsor, state Rep. Joe [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (12-24-20) — U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman handed one-term President Donald Trump another defeat in ruling against his executive order cancelling the Labor Department's 'LGBTQ Diversity Training Program'. The executive order issued by Trump back on September 22, announced that he was going to cancel the policy of contractors being forced [...]
By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer SANTIAGO, CHILE — Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is making history by introducing a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. This is just one of the many things that President Bachelet pledged to do in a series of recent reforms in a country which has had a long tradition as one of [...]