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19 02, 2020

Mike Bloomberg Pro LGBTQ support Blows Up in His Face

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:32:05-07:00February 19th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: anti-LGBTQ, democratic presidential candidate, don't ask don't tell, LGBTQ employees, lgbtq politics, LGBTQ protections, LGBTQ+ equality, Mike Bloomberg LGBTQ, New York Equal Benefits Law, politics|

NEW YORK, NY — (02-19-20) — Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg' pro LGBTQ talking points posted on his website blew up in his face on Wednesday after the Washington Blade reported on his history of anti-LGBTQ actions in New York. On the official Bloomberg for President website, it says: "The fight for equality for LGBTQ+ Americans [...]

14 01, 2020

Major LGBTQ Ally Corey Booker, Ends Presidential Campaign

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:32:06-07:00January 14th, 2020|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: corey booker ends campaign, corey booker ends presidential campaign, lgbt politics, LGBTQ ally corey booker, LGBTQ civil rights, LGBTQ protections, politics news, Senator Corey Booker|

NEW JERSEY – (01-14-20) – Major LGBTQ ally Cory Booker has announced the end of his presidential campaign. Booker made the announcement on Monday and said that he would campaign and support the Democratic nominee. “Today I’m suspending my campaign for president with the same spirit with which it began,” Booker said in a video [...]

12 12, 2019

Lawmakers target Trump for allowing LGBTQ Discrimination

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:32:07-07:00December 12th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Barack Obama, congressional leaders, Department of Health and Human Services, Donald Trump, lgbt politics, LGBTQ protections, Ninth Circuit Court, politics, religious liberty, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Trump administration anti-LGBTQ discrimination policy|

WASHINGTON D.C. — (12-12-19) — Lawmakers target Trump and his administration's LGBT discrimination rule allowing business receiving Federal Funding to discriminate against LGBTQ workers due to their religious beliefs. The Trump administration's decision to allow religious groups to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals while receiving federal funding is a slap in the face of LGBTQ citizens. [...]

20 11, 2019

New Poll – Majority of GOP voters support LGBT Adoptions

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:41:27-07:00November 20th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: adoption agencies, Alphonso David, GOP voters Support Gay adoption, Hill-HarrisX Poll gop gay adoption, human rights campaign, LGBT adoption, LGBT discrimination, lgbt politics, LGBTQ protections, same-sex adoptions, Trump administration|

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (11-20-19) — A majority of registered GOP voters sampled in a new Hill-HarrisX poll, said they support LGBT adoptions and that adoption agencies should not be permitted to discriminate against same-sex couples seeking to adopt a child. The nationwide survey released on Tuesday by Hil-HarrisX, showed that 66 percent of Republicans say [...]

1 11, 2019

HHS Ban on LGBTQ Protections on Adoption and Foster care

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:28:21-07:00November 1st, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Department of Health and Human Services, Equality Act, Family Research council, federal grants, HHS, HRC, human rights campaign, LGBT Political News, lgbt politics, LGBTQ adoption ban, LGBTQ foster care ban, LGBTQ protections, LGBTQ rights, Mitchell McConnell, religious groups, Tony Perkins, Trump administration bans LGBTQ adoptions foster care|

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (11-01-19) — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is eager to reverse LGBT protections on adoptions and foster care. The proposed new rule announced on Friday, would allow recipients of federal grants from the health agency, including faith-based adoption agencies and foster care providers, to reject same-sex couples. The rule [...]

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