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14 01, 2022

LGBTQ+ Rights Activist Jorge Diaz-Johnston Found Dead in Landfill

By JRL Charts|2022-01-14T14:50:02-08:00January 14th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Florida LGBTQ+ Rights Activist, Hate Crime – LGBTQ Attacks, Threats & Global Reports | JRL CHARTS, Jorge Diaz-Johnston found dead, lgbt politics|

JACKSON COUNTY, FL — (01-14-22) — LGBTQ+ rights activist Jorge Diaz-Johnston, who played an integral role in legalizing same-sex marriage in Florida prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2015 decision, was found dead in a landfill in Jackson County, Florida. According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Jorge Diaz-Johnston's remains were found in a [...]

13 01, 2022

Australian Man Pleads Guilty in 1988 Hate Crime Murder

By JRL Charts|2025-08-09T15:42:15-07:00January 13th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics, World LGBT News|Tags: crime, Hate Crime – LGBTQ Attacks, jrl charts crime news, lgbt politics, North Wales hate crime, samhsa, Scott Johnson hate crime murder, Scott White hate crime, Threats & Global Reports | JRL CHARTS|

SYDNEY — (01-13-22) — Australian man Scott White has pleaded guilty to the hate crime murder of American mathematician who fell from a Sydney cliff in 1988. At the time of the hate crime, police dismissed the case as a suicide. Scott White was charged in 2020 for murder of 27 year-old Los Angeles native [...]

12 01, 2022

France Lifts Ban on LGBT Citizens Donating Blood

By JRL Charts|2022-01-12T22:32:20-08:00January 12th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: France approves Gay Men Blood Donors, LGBT Blood Donors France, lgbt politics, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS|

PARIS, FR — (01-12-22) — France' Health Ministry announced on Tuesday they will now allow LGBT citizens to donate blood without "discriminatory" conditions. Beginning March 16, blood donation will be open to all French citizens regardless of a citizen's sexual orientation, said health minister Olivier Véran. "We are putting an end to an inequality that [...]

12 01, 2022

Pro Disc Golfer Thomas Gilbert Comes Out Gay on Instagram

By JRL Charts|2022-01-12T13:03:52-08:00January 12th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Gay Pro Disc Golfer, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, lgbt politics, Thomas Gilbert I'm Gay|

LAS VEGAS — (01-12-22) — Pro disc golfer Thomas Gilbert came out as Gay on his Instagram profile this past weekend. He posted is coming out day with the headline “I’m gay”. "I’ve been part of this sport for the last 6 years of my life. During this time I have grown into an elite [...]

9 01, 2022

Pope Francis Praises Sister Jeannine Gramick’s 50 Years of LGBT Ministry

By JRL Charts|2025-08-12T18:12:30-07:00January 9th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Catholic apostolate New Ways Ministry, Jeannine Gramick, lgbt politics, Pope Francis, religious freedom, Sister Gramick|

LAS VEGAS — (01-09-22) — Pope Francis once again sticks a thorn in his conservative colleagues in Rome by showing his support for LGBT Catholics by praising Jeannine Gramick, S.L., the co-founder of the Catholic apostolate New Ways Ministry in a handwritten letter. Sister Gramick is celebrating 50 years of working with and advocating for [...]

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