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19 02, 2021

Democrats Unveil COVID-19 $1.9T Relief Package Details

By JRL Charts|2021-02-19T20:37:11-08:00February 19th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Congress, coronavirus stimulus, COVID-19 $1.9T Relief Package, lgbt politics, Senate COVID-19 $1.9T Relief Package|

WASHINGTON D.C. — (02-19-21) — Congressional Democrats unveiled their massive COVID-19 $1.9 trillion Relief package, the first step of codifying the legislation crafted by President Biden’s administration. The $1.9 Trillion package is a result of a combination of measures that have been approved by at least nine different committees. The full COVID-19 $1.9T Relief Package [...]

18 02, 2021

LGBT People of Color 2X times More Likely to get COVID-19

By JRL Charts|2021-02-18T13:59:14-08:00February 18th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Biden administration, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coronavirus, covid 19 vaccine, COVID-19, LGBT Community, LGBT People of Color, lgbt politics, president Joe Biden, UCLA Williams Institutde Study|

WESTWOOD, CA — (02-18-21) — According to a new Study conducted by the UCLA Williams Institute, LGBT people of color are twice as likely to contract the coronavirus than their heterosexual, white counterparts. The UCLA Williams Institute study announced their assessment on Wednesday. The study assessed the impact of the fall 2020 surge of COVID-19 in [...]

17 02, 2021

British Veterans Discharged for being Gay, Allowed to Get Medals Back

By JRL Charts|2024-04-10T18:35:47-07:00February 17th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: British Veterans, discharged for being Gay, Gay British Vets Get Medals Back, lgbt politics, LGBT Veterans|

UNITED KINGDOM — (02-17-21) — Gay and bisexual British veterans who were stripped of their medals because of their sexual orientation will now be able to reclaim them, the UK government announced on Tuesday, admitting the pre-2000 policy was an "historical wrong." Only heterosexual people were allowed to serve in the British Armed Forces until [...]

14 02, 2021

Virginia Moves to Repeal State Gay Marriage Ban Amendment

By JRL Charts|2025-08-12T17:57:40-07:00February 14th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: gay marriage, lgbt politics, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, obergefell vs hodges, repeal gay marriage ban, same-sex marriage, Virginia Bill SJ 270, Virginia gay marriage ban repeal, Virginia Senator Adam Ebbin|

RICHMOND, VA — (02-14-21) — Virginia is getting the spotlight this month as it moves to repeal the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage. Following the move initiated by Senator Patty Pansing Brooks in Nebraska to have her state repeal its ban on same-sex marriage, Democratic state Sen. Adam Ebbin is sponsoring SJ 270, which [...]

8 02, 2021

United States Plans to Rejoin UN Human Rights Council

By JRL Charts|2021-02-08T03:26:59-08:00February 8th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: American foreign affairs, Biden Returns Human Rights Council, lgbt politics, President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, state department, USA return Human Rights Council|

NEW YORK, NY — (02-08-21) — The U.S.A leaked to media outlets on Sunday that it plans to rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council after former President Trump left the organization in 2018. U.S. officials who wanted to remain anonymous because they did not have the authority to speak publicly, says that Secretary of [...]

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