By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Maysam Sodagari, a legal permanent resident and Iranian citizen, was forced to wait at Terminal 18 at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, Jan.29, 2017 due to President Trump executive order banning Muslims from coming into the country until they are extremely vetted. Maysam Sodagari, a passenger on an [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Gay and Lesbian civil rights leaders will remember when back in the 50s and 60s, the U.S. State Department was a high profile organization that actively discriminated against employees and job applicants based on sexual orientation. At that time, LGBT rights weren't even thought about and the government willfully refused [...]
By: Michael "The Sizzler" Jacobs, Staff Writer Gay Hook-Up Site Banners Go Up Nationwide in Support of LGBT Rights TORONTO, ONTARIO — Gay hookup site Squirt.org sent word over to our newsroom that they are making a statement in support of LGBT rights with a billboard campaign that launched on January 17 to coincide with [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the eve of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, gay Republican activists gathered in the nation's capital from Florida, Nevada and DC., to celebrate the transfer of power. Founder of the Log Cabins Republican group, Robert Kabel, who supported Trump, spoke to the Washington Blade in D.C and [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for the most important Foreign policy position, secretary of state, on Wednesday refused to say whether “gay rights are human rights.” “American values don’t accommodate violence or discrimination against anyone,” said former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson in response to a question U.S. Sen. [...]