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10 08, 2017

Trump:’I’m Doing The Military A Great Favor Banning Transgender Troops

By JRL Charts|2017-08-10T21:07:38-07:00August 10th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Ban on Transgenders in the Military, LGBT Community, lgbt politics, president trump|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Thursday surprised reporters by taking multiple questions for the first time in months. On the agenda, defending his controversial ban on transgender troops serving in the military by doubling down on his twitter from a couple of weeks ago saying "I'm Doing Them [...]

7 08, 2017

Australia’s Majority Party Meets To Resolve Same-Sex Marriage Fight

By JRL Charts|2017-08-07T11:58:17-07:00August 7th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: conservative Liberal Party, Gay marriage opponents, gay men, lgbt politics, Liberal Senator. Dean Smith, plebiscite policy, same-sex marriage|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Australia's ruling party will once again attempt to resolve their bitter internal differences over the debate of same-sex marriage at a special meeting which was held Monday. The ruling party is desperate to find a policy agreement on same-sex marriage as it is being considered a test of prime Minister [...]

5 07, 2017

Oregon Adopts Third Gender Option On Drivers’ Licenses

By JRL Charts|2017-07-05T18:10:56-07:00July 5th, 2017|Categories: Transgender News|Tags: adminitrative rules, David House, DMV of Oregon, Drivers' Licenses, learner’s driving permits, lgbt politics, Oregon, state driver’s licenses, Third Gender Option|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer SALEM, OR — The DMV in Oregon has become the first state in the USA to allow residents who don’t identify as male or female to mark their gender as “not specified” on applications for identity cards, learner’s driving permits and state driver’s licenses. According to Oregon’s Driver and Motor [...]

3 07, 2017

Man Indicted On Hate Crime Charges Over Anti-Gay Attack on Q-Train

By JRL Charts|2017-07-03T13:08:07-07:00July 3rd, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: anti-gay slurs, anti-lgbt, Brooklyn Supreme Court, Hate Crime – LGBTQ Attacks, Threats & Global Reports | JRL CHARTS, indicted for assault, lgbt politics, Q train, Thomas Antoine|

By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer BROOKLYN, NY — A 27 year-old Flatbush man Antoine Thomas, was indicted Monday on charges of assault and battery with a special circumstance put on as a hate crime after spewing anti-gay slurs at a couple aboard a Q train right before sucker punching one of the victims which resulted [...]

29 06, 2017

Gay Pride London 2017 Is on Track to Be the Largest Ever Recorded

By JRL Charts|2017-06-29T15:45:20-07:00June 29th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics, World LGBT News|Tags: asexual, bisexual, gay, Lesbian, LGBT Community, lgbt politics, London PRIDE 2017, queer, transgender|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer LONDON, ENGLAND — The London Pride Season is turning out to be the largest Pride event ever recorded worldwide. In fact this year's London PRIDE celebration kicked off in the capital on Saturday June 24 and is set to run through Sunday July 9. RELATED: Lovehoney Celebrates PRIDE With New [...]

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