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16 04, 2018

Federal Judge Rules Hold on Trump Transgender Troop Ban to Continue

By JRL Charts|2025-11-27T12:26:27-08:00April 16th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Donald Trump, Judge Pechman, LGBT discrimination, lgbt politics, transgender military news|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman of the Western District of Washington states that Transgender People are a "Protected Class" and that the U.S. Military are blocked from enacting the Donald J. Trump ban on Transgender people. “Transgender people have long been forced to live in silence, or to come out [...]

12 04, 2018

DOJ Removes LGBT Questions from NCVS Survey on Violence

By JRL Charts|2025-11-20T14:36:10-08:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: attorney general jeff sessions, criminal justice system, department of justice, LGBT discrimination, lgbt politics, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, NVCS, Removes LGBT Questions, Williams Institute|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer As Trump's Justice Department continues to roll back any progress in LGBTQ civil rights, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the DOJ is removing questions pertaining to gender identity and sexual orientation from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) about violence. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) which is administered [...]

12 04, 2018

Mike Pompeo Grilled by Sen. Cory Booker Over Gay Marriage, Gay Sex Is A Preversion Comments

By JRL Charts|2018-04-12T15:03:03-07:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: anti-LGBT comments, Confirmation Hearing, Cory Booker, gay marriage, gay sex is a perversion, lgbt politics, Mike pompeo, Secretary of State, senate foreign relations committee|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The pick for the next Secretary of State and who is currently the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director and well known hawkish foreign policy advocate Mike Pompeo, was grilled on Thursday during his appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his Secretary of State confirmation hearing over his past [...]

10 04, 2018

Gay Couple Falls Victim to Hate Crime After Miami Pride Event

By JRL Charts|2018-04-10T16:10:40-07:00April 10th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: gay bashing, gay couple holding hands, Hate Crime – LGBTQ Attacks, Threats & Global Reports | JRL CHARTS, lgbt politics, Miami PRIDE, Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers, WTVJ NBC affiliate|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Police continue their man hunt in the beating of a gay couple who were walking and holding hands following their attendance at the 2018 Miami Beach Pride Festival. According to police, the couple were attacked while walking by four young men on Sunday around 7:30 p.m. EST. The attack which [...]

6 04, 2018

Rachel Maddow Dominates Hannity, Becomes Highest-Rated Cable News Show

By JRL Charts|2018-04-06T09:56:26-07:00April 6th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Adweek, cable news ratings, Dominates Cable News, FOX News, Lesbian News anchor, lgbt politics, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow Show, Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Congratulations are in order for MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show as it continues to dominate prime time in cable news politics. She continues to beat conservative FOX News host Sean Hannity who recently moved to the 6:00 p.m EST slot to go up against Maddow. Maddow, a proud lesbian has [...]

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