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23 03, 2018

Trump Refuses To Tell Judge Consultants on Trans Military Ban

By JRL Charts|2026-02-07T22:53:52-08:00March 23rd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Defense Department News, DOJ, Donald Trump, Lambda Legal, LGBT discrimination, lgbt politics, Tara Borelli, transgender military news, U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer After U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman (pictured right), in Washington State gave the Trump administration until 8 p.m. on Thursday March 22, to identify who the parties were that Trump consulted with over his "Transgender Military Ban", DOJ attorneys have refused to give the names of the consultants and instead, [...]

19 03, 2018

Mike Pence Denies Media Access to Meeting with Gay Irish PM Leo Varadkar

By JRL Charts|2018-03-19T12:08:20-07:00March 19th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Irish publication The Journal, lgbt politics, media not invited to meeting, mike pence, prime minister Leo Varadkar|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Vice President Mike Pence had a breakfast meeting with the first ever openly gay prime minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar but refused to allow press coverage of the meeting. In fact media outlets were only permitted to take photos of Pence and Varadkar upon the arrival of the prime minister. [...]

15 03, 2018

BREAKING: Trump Set to Oust National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster

By JRL Charts|2018-03-15T19:23:51-07:00March 15th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Fired, H.R. McMaster, lgbt politics, National Security Adviser, president trump, Rex Tillerson, washington post|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer First this week we saw the humiliation of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson being fired via twitter by President Trump and now, the fire brand commander n' chief has apparently decided to dump another high-profile administration figure, national security adviser H.R. McMaster. The Washington Post reported tonight that Trump has [...]

15 03, 2018

Anderson Cooper Confirms Breakup With Boyfriend Benjamin Maisani

By JRL Charts|2026-01-02T09:34:23-08:00March 15th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Anderson Cooper, Benjamin Maisani, break up, Breaking Celebrity News, CNN, French Morning publication, gay nightclubs, lgbt politics, New York City, owner, People Magazine|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Longtime openly gay CNN political news correspondent and 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper, confirmed to People Magazine that he and longtime boyfriend of nine years, Benjamin Maisani, are no longer a couple. In a statement released to People Magazine, Anderson Cooper admitted that....“Benjamin and I separated as boyfriends some time [...]

12 03, 2018

Gay GOP Candidate Peter Boykin, Supports Transgender Ban In Military

By JRL Charts|2025-11-27T12:21:38-08:00March 12th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Amos Quick, gays for trump, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, LGBT Veterans, North Carolina state house representative, Peter Boykin, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, transgender military news|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Heads are rolling over a gay Republican and former porn model Peter Boykin, who is currently running for the North Carolina state legislature for his comments about transgender people stating that they don’t belong in the military due to the fact that they are “mentally challenged” and might “snap” and [...]

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