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5 04, 2017

7th Circuit Court Rules Federal Law Protects LGBT Employees

By JRL Charts|2017-04-05T01:07:27-07:00April 5th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: 7th circuit court of appeals, Federal Law, gay politics, lgbt politics, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, prohibition against sex discrimination|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C ― The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals said today that a provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which bans gender-based discrimination, also protects gay and lesbian employees. The ruling made history as it is the first time that a full federal appeals court ruling has come [...]

27 03, 2017

Study ‘Gay Sounding Men, Butch Sounding Women Denied Advancement

By JRL Charts|2017-03-27T17:33:44-07:00March 27th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: butch sounding, discrimination, dr. fasoli, gay sounding, LGBT Community, LGBT Political News, lgbt politics, workplace study|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer According to a survey conducted by the University of Survey in the United Kingdom, gay sounding men or otherwise known as "queens", as well as 'butch sounding' women, otherwise known as "dykes", continue to be denied top level jobs due to the sound of their voices. The study states that [...]

24 03, 2017

Oklahoma Native American Tribe Approves Gay Marriage

By JRL Charts|2025-08-12T18:00:19-07:00March 24th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: gay marriage, lgbt politics, native Americans, obergefell vs hodges, oklahoma, osage nation, special election|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer For the first time in history, a native American tribe in Oklahoma has voted to recognize same-sex marriage. Doing this historic moves allows this tribe to join a small group of prominent tribes changing their law in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic 2015 decision decision legalizing same-sex marriage [...]

23 03, 2017

Philippines President Duterte Reverses On Gay Marriage

By JRL Charts|2017-03-23T20:39:14-07:00March 23rd, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: gay activists, gay marriage, gay news, gay politics, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, lgbt politics, president duterte, same-sex marraige, transgender|

By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer Controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, came out and said that he now opposes gay marriage after previously stating that he would consider legalizing the statute. Mr Duterte claims that he has "nothing against gays" followed up by claiming that he has several relatives that are homosexual. Are we once again [...]

22 03, 2017

Gay Activists Concern HHS Survey Cuts Out LGBT Questions

By JRL Charts|2017-03-22T17:52:59-07:00March 22nd, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: bisexual, gay, gay activists, HHS, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, lgbt politics, transgender|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Trump administration Continuing to Cut LGBT Ties from HHS Gay rights advocates are concerned that the Trump administration’s quiet or some might say, sneaky deletion of questions on sexuality from two federal surveys that have been in place for over 3 years. Not only that, there was also a deletion [...]

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