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1 12, 2022

City of Richmond Scores 100 for LGBTQ Protections 3 Years in a Row

2026-05-01T11:28:16-07:00December 1st, 2022|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

RICHMOND, VA — (12-01-22) — Richmond scores another perfect score of 100 for LGBTQ Protections for its third year in a row by the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI) scorecard for the City’s work in LGBTQ protections. “We are working hard every day to build a welcoming, inclusive and equitable city, and [...]

20 11, 2022

Five dead, 18 injured in Mass Shooting at LGBTQ Nightclub Club Q

2026-05-01T11:31:53-07:00November 20th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics USA, LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — (11-20-22) — Police have confirmed that five people are dead and 25 others were injured in a mass shooting at LGBTQ Nightclub, Club Q, Saturday night.  Authorities responded to multiple 911 calls starting at 11:57 p.m. and responded to the scene [...]

25 08, 2022

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

2026-07-24T13:36:24-07:00August 25th, 2022|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

2026-05-01T11:31:55-07:00August 4th, 2022|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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

2026-08-20T15:06:25-07:00July 26th, 2022|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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