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15 02, 2017

LGBT Activists Look to Trump To Keep Trans Protections In Place

By JRL Charts|2017-02-15T02:05:47-08:00February 15th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: attorney general jeff sessions, DOJ, former president obama, LGBT activisits, LGBT Political News, lgbt politics, president trump, secretary of education betsy devos, transgender protections|

By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer A total of three LGBT groups sent a letter to the White House asking the Trump administration to keep in place and secure transgender protections that were put in place by former President Obama. The LGBT organizations wrote the letter in response to the Department of Justice withdrawing an objection [...]

13 02, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Signs Executive Order Banning Discrimination Against LGBT

By JRL Charts|2017-02-13T18:10:01-08:00February 13th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: city council, Gay rights group, jacksonville, LGBT discrimination protections Act, LGBT Political News, lgbt politics, mayor curry|

By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer Gay rights groups are closer than ever before in enacting a LGBT discrimination protections Act in Jacksonville, Florida. If they succeed it will be considered a hard-fought victory in a battle that has been going on in the city over the past five years. While Jacksonville has been busy with [...]

10 02, 2017

Trump Supporters Attack Gay Man Citing Trump America

By JRL Charts|2017-02-10T20:23:56-08:00February 10th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: D.C. Police Lt. Brett Parson, DC Police, Hate Crime – LGBTQ Attacks, Threats & Global Reports | JRL CHARTS, LGBT Political News, lgbt politics, Logan Circle, Robert Richard Brice Kohler, Trump America, Trump supporters|

By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer A gay man is recovering after being viciously beaten in Logan Circle neighborhood after allegedly being attacked by four men who were chanting 'Trump America'. The attack took place last week in Washington, D.C., police confirmed to this reporter. Acting D.C. Police Lt. Brett Parson, who oversees the police LGBT [...]

5 02, 2017

Gay Couple In Changsha, China Sue Over Marriage Equality

By JRL Charts|2025-08-16T21:13:31-07:00February 5th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Changsha, China, Civil Affairs Authority, denied marriage license, gay marriage, his fiance Hu Mingliang, lgbt equality laws, LGBT Political News, lgbt politics, LGBTQ+ equality, same-sex marriage, South China Morning Post, Sun Wenlin, Sun Wenlin and his fiance Hu Mingliang|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Sun Wenlin and his fiance Hu Mingliang, were denied a marriage licence from the Civil Affairs Authority in Changsha, China. In what is being called a first such court case in the mainland over Gay marriage, Wenlin and Mingliang have captured worldwide press coverage over their lawsuit for marrige equality. [...]

31 01, 2017

President Trump Will Enforce LGBTQ Workplace Protections

By JRL Charts|2024-04-08T09:41:32-07:00January 31st, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Affordable Care Act, AIDS, HIV, Human Rights Council, lgbt politcal news, lgbt politics, president trump, transgender people, Will Protect LGBTQ Rights in Workplace|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The White House confirmed early Tuesday in a press statement that President Trump will continue to enforce an Obama-era executive order protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees in the workplace. “President Donald J. Trump is determined to protect the rights of all Americans, including the [...]

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