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1 06, 2021

Pride Month Organizers Draw Attention to GOP Anti-Transgender Laws

2026-08-20T15:07:33-07:00June 1st, 2021|Categories: LGBTQ Politics, Transgender News|Tags: , , , , , |

NEW YORK — (06-01-21) — Pride Month is here and LGBTQ groups are going to be drawing attention  to the never ending Republican Campaign of anti-transgender bills making their way across the country in GOP strong hold legislatures. According to The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), GOP-backed measures targeting transgender people continue to be at the [...]

18 03, 2021

Collins Wants Protection for Religions in LGBTQ Equality Act

2026-02-27T09:09:35-08:00March 18th, 2021|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

26 02, 2021

Three GOP Lawmakers Vote in Favor of the Equality Act

2026-09-02T18:45:44-07:00February 26th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics USA, LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (02-26-21) — Three GOP Lawmakers broke ranks with their party to join Democrats in voting for the Equality Act on Thursday. Reps. John Katko (R-N.Y.), Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) were the only Republicans to vote in favor of the bill. The civil rights bill aims to extend protections for [...]

29 01, 2021

U.S. Army Investigating Texas Chaplain over Anti-Transgender Soldier Comments

2026-02-28T17:33:13-08:00January 29th, 2021|Categories: LGBTQ Politics, Transgender News|Tags: , , , , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (01-29-21) — Army officials have announced they are investigating a Texas chaplain after reports that he made disparaging remarks against transgender soldiers in a social media post. Maj. Andrew Calvert, a chaplain with the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade in Fort Hood, wrote on the Army Times’ Facebook page on Monday that [...]

5 01, 2021

Democrats Now Favored to Win Control of U.S Senate, Will $2K Checks Be Next?

2026-08-15T17:31:46-07:00January 5th, 2021|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

ATLANTA, GA — (01-05-21) — Senate-Elect Raphael Warnock (D-GA) defeats incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) by thirty seven thousand votes, and Jon Ossoff (D-GA), has expanded his lead over incumbent Senator David Perdue (R-GA) with 99% of precincts reporting, by nearly ten thousand votes at the time of this post.  The reason why the GOP [...]

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