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12 09, 2017

Gay Mayor Ed Murray Resigns After Fifth Boy Comes Forward Over Sex-Abuse Allegations

By JRL Charts|2017-09-12T20:33:27-07:00September 12th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: City Councilmember Bruce Harrell, gay may molested young boys, gay news, lgbt politics, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Washington state legislature|

By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer SEATTLE, WA — It was as some say was expected after hours of the Seattle Times published allegations made by a fifth boy who happens to be the younger cousin of Mayor Ed Murray, where the man accused Murray of sexually abusing him as a young boy. Ed Murray announced [...]

11 09, 2017

LGBT Politics – Trump Nominates Anti-LGBT Activists As Texas Federal Judges

By JRL Charts|2025-12-16T19:38:10-08:00September 11th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: anti-lgbt, Equality Texas, First Liberty hate group, Jeff Mateer, Ken Paxton AG, lgbt politics, Matthew Kacsmaryk, nominees, president trump, Texas Federal Judges, Texas LGBTQ News|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump has created a firestorm over the nomination of two members of anti-LGBT religious rights activists who have made a reputation of fighting against LGBTQ equal rights. The first of two nominees Jeff Mateer, has no judicial experience and has a resume which consists of only [...]

7 09, 2017

Police Chief Reassigns Commander Accused of Harassing Gay Bars

By JRL Charts|2017-09-07T14:28:11-07:00September 7th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: atlanta city council, Cathy Woolard, Chief erika shields, commander, gay news, lgbt politics, Mary Norwood, shuts down gay bars|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer GAY NEWS - ATLANTA, GA — Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields has reassigned a morning watch commander over complaints of racism and homophobia over this past Monday's incident where it was reported that the commander forced several Midtown Gay bars to close early. "While I do not believe the commander [...]

7 09, 2017

KKK Threatens Gay Political Candidate Running in Florida

By JRL Charts|2025-09-28T13:16:29-07:00September 7th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Cape Coral Police Department, Florida LGBTQ News, gay man James Schneider, gay news, Ku Klux Klan, Ku Kos Knights, lgbt politics|

By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer LGBT POLITICS — Outrage continues over a Gay man running for the District 5 seat in Florida receiving threatening letters from the Ku Kos Knights organization which is a division of the Ku Klux Klan. The candidate, openly gay man James Schneider, who is running to represent District 5 on [...]

4 09, 2017

NCAA Record-Breaking Six Openly Gay College Football Players This Fall

By JRL Charts|2017-09-04T10:34:26-07:00September 4th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: ashley adamson, Capital University, Darrion McAlister Center for Marian University, Kyle Kurdziolek University of St. Francis, lgbt politics, lgbt sports, My-King Johnson Arizona State, NCAA, pac-12 networks, record gay football players, Scott Frantz Kansas State, Wyatt Pertuset, Xavier Colvin Butler University|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer LAS VEGAS, NV — The news broke over the weekend that the NCAA's 2017 college football season kicked of a Record-Breaking history making moment when this past weekend college football teams from around the country now has a total of six openly gay football players. This is a record even [...]

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