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LAS VEGAS — (06-21-21) — Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay on Monday. In an Instagram video posted Friday, the five-year veteran defensive told his followers: “I just wanna take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.” - Carl Nassib Not only [...]
SARASOTA, FL — (06-17-21) — After first denying a permit for the city of Sarasota to decorate its bridge for PRIDE Month, the Florida Department of Transportation has reversed its decision and will allow the city of Sarasota to decorate its John Ringling causeway bridge for PRIDE Month. Sarasota Mayor Hagen Brody told NBC News [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — (06-16-21) — Assistant Utah Attorney General Steven Wuthrich apologized for sending a harsh profanity laced email to an LGBT politician who is campaigning to be the first Asian American person elected to the Salt Lake City council. Steven Wuthrich told Councilman Darin Mano he hated him and his family. Then he [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-12-21) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, made history by being the first 2nd family of the USA to march in an LGBT PRIDE Parade on Saturday in Washington D.C. The Vice President wore a blazer over a T-shirt with the supportive slogan “LOVE IS LOVE”. Emhoff’s T-Shirt [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. — (06-10-21) — The Biden administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) has submitted an updated court filing in a case over religious schools' being exempted to anti-discrimination laws after LGBT activists groups blasted the Biden administration over its previous filing in the case. In the updated motion filed on Wednesday and shared with JRL [...]