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29 04, 2024

President Biden Reinstates LGBTQ+ Health Care Protections

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:28:30-07:00April 29th, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: LGBT Health News, LGBT Healthcare Policy, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, LGBTQ Health, LGBTQ health care protections, LGBTQ protections, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, President Biden, US State Department|

WASHINGTON D.C. — (04-29-24) — Last Friday, the Biden administration has reinstated federal protections for LGBTQ+ individuals seeking health care, reversing Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ-era policy. In a set of new rules unveiled by the Department of Health and Human Services last Friday, the department moved to advance civil rights protections for patients by barring health [...]

31 01, 2024

LGBT Advocates File Complaint over N.C. ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:40:10-07:00January 31st, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: civil liberties, congressional equality caucus, Craig White, lgbt politics, LGBTQ Education Rights, LGBTQ protections, North Carolina Senate Bill 49, Parental Rights in Education, Parents Bill of Rights, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, Southern Equality|

CHARLOTTE, NC — (01-31-24) — A federal complaint has been filed by LGBT Advocates of the Southern Equality, claims that North Carolina's Parents' Bill of Rights, "are systematically marginalizing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students." The Title IX complaint includes testimonials from unnamed students, parents, educators and school staff. Attorneys working with the [...]

11 12, 2023

US Supreme Court Snubs Gay Conversion Therapy Ban Challenge

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:40:10-07:00December 11th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Brett Kavanaugh, Brian Tingley, Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, conversion therapy ban, freedom of speech, gay conversion therapy ban, Gay Washington News, lgbt mental health news, LGBTQ protections, Samuel Alito, US Supreme Court|

WASHINGTON D.C. — (12-11-23) — The U.S. Supreme Court shocked the LGBT community on Monday when it declined to hear a challenge to Washington state's Ban on gay conversion therapy on children brought by a Christian therapist who calls the 2018 measure an affront to free speech rights. The conservative packed Supreme Court turned away [...]

13 09, 2023

Pittsburgh City Council Pass Two Bills Protecting LGBT Community

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:40:12-07:00September 13th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Gender‑Affirming Care: Latest Policies, Access & Advocacy, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, lgbt politics, LGBTQ protections, Pennsylvania LGBTQ Politics, Pittsburgh City Council|

PITTSBURGH, PA — (09-13-23) — Pittsburgh City Council passed two bills Tuesday, both of which are aimed at protecting gender-affirming care for the city’s LGBTQ population. The two bills, sponsored by Councilmembers Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson, and Bruce Kraus, passed at a time where LGBT laws and protections are handled differently, depending on which state [...]

31 01, 2023

ACLU Mapping anti-LGBTQ Bills in U.S State Legislatures

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:31:50-07:00January 31st, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: ACLU track anti-LGBTQ Bills, Anti-LGBT legislation, anti-LGBTQ bills State Legislature, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, LGBTQ organizations, LGBTQ protections, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS|

LAS VEGAS — (01-31-23) — The ACLU release the latest alarming map of U.S. State Legislatures that have anti-LGBTQ bills on its docket. Over the last few years states have advanced a record number of bills that attack LGBTQ rights, especially transgender youth. The ACLU is tracking these attacks and working with a national network [...]

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