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25 08, 2022

LGBTQ Candidates Win Big in Florida Over Don’t Say Gay

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:31:54-07:00August 25th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Don't Say Gay Bill, Election 2022, Florida Gay News, Florida LGBTQ News, Florida politics, Florida Rejects Don't Say Gay, gay Florida news, lgbt politics, LGBTQ organizations, LGBTQ protections, LGBTQ+ Candidates Win Florida|

FLORIDA — (08-25-22) — Seven openly LGBTQ+ candidates running for state House and Senate seats in Florida, won their primaries on Tuesday night, advancing to November’s general election where Floridian voters will decide whether to triple LGBTQ+ representation in the state legislature. Florida’s legislature made national headlines in January when conservative anti-LGBTQ state Republicans introduced [...]

4 08, 2022

Christian University’ Anti-LGBTQ Employment Policy under Investigation

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:31:55-07:00August 4th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Attorney Generael Bob Ferguson, Investigative Journalism & Verified Reporting | JRL CHARTS, JRL CHARTS Religion, LGBT discrimination Washington State, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, LGBTQ protections, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, religion and lgbtq, Seattle Pacific University Lawsuit|

SEATTLE, WA — (08-04-22) — We can now confirm that Washington State attorney general Bob Ferguson is investigation a Christian University's anti-LGBTQ employment policy. Attorney General Ferguson opened the investigation of the private Christian university after months of outrage on campus over the school's anti-LGBTQ hiring policy. Washington State attorney general Bob Ferguson-2022-jrl-charts-lgbt politics [...]

26 07, 2022

22 GOP AGs sue for right to Discriminate against LGBTQ Students

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:31:56-07:00July 26th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: GOP states sue USDA, GOP sue to Disriminate LGBT Students, GOP Tennessee Attorney General, Herbert H. Slatery III, Indiana AG Todd Rokita, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, lgbt politics, LGBTQ protections, Stacy Dean, Tennessee LGBTQ Politics News, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA|

LAS VEGAS — (07-26-22) — Twenty-two states controlled by Republican legislatures are suing the Biden administration over a rule that would cut federal meal funding for schools that discriminate against LGBTQ faculty and students. Indiana Attorney General (AG) Todd Rokita and Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III are leading the fight in the anti-LGBTQ [...]

18 07, 2022

Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of LGBTQ Protections

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:28:17-07:00July 18th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Eastern District of Tennessee, Joe Biden, JRL CHARTS Religion, Judge Charles E. Atchley Jr, lgbt civil rights, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, LGBT protections, LGBTQ protections, LGBTQ protections blocked, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, Tennessee LGBTQ Politics News, Title VII Civil Rights Act|

KNOXVILLE, TN — (07-18-22) — Judge Charles E. Atchley Jr. of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee temporarily blocked enforcing protections to LGBTQ individuals, siding with 20 state attorneys general who sued the Biden administration over guidelines on the rights for LGBTQ workers and students. Judge, Charles E. Atchley Jr's ruling comes [...]

14 06, 2022

City Council Rescinds LGBTQ Anti-Discrimination Law 4 Months After Passage

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:31:57-07:00June 14th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, LGBTQ anti-discrimination Law, LGBTQ Housing, LGBTQ protections, Lincoln City Council, Nebraska Family Alliance, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS|

LINCOLN, NEB — (06-14-22) — Nebraska's capital city sent shockwaves through the state on Monday when the City Council rescinded an anti-discrimination measure that extended protections to sexual orientation and gender identity, just four months after unanimously approving the measure. The Lincoln City Council voted 4-3 Monday to rescind the February revision to the city’s [...]

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