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4 06, 2019

Tennessee DA Craig Northcott Outrageous Statements on Gay Rights Goes Viral

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:41:30-07:00June 4th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: district attorney Craig Northcott, domestic violence, gays don't deserve domestic abuse protections, homophobic district attorney Coffee County, lgbt politics, LGBTQ protections, Tennessee DA Craig Northcott, Tennessee Equality Project, Tennessee LGBTQ Politics News|

COFFEE COUNTY, TN — (06-04-19) — Tennessee DA Craig Northcott has created a fire storm over his comments saying that Gay people aren't entitled to domestic violence protections. The controversial comments by the Tennessee prosecutor who recently faced calls to resign for calling Muslims inherently 'evil', has once again put his foot in his mouth [...]

24 05, 2019

Trump Rolls back Transgender Healthcare Protections

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:33:54-07:00May 24th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics, Transgender News|Tags: Department of Health and Human Services, director of HHS Civil Rights Office, HHS, LGBT Health News, LGBT Healthcare Policy, lgbt politics, LGBTQ Health, LGBTQ protections, Roger Severino, rollback Transgender Healthcare Protections, Trump administration anti-Transgender proposal|

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (05-24-19) — The Trump administration Friday, announced the cancellation of an Obama-era policy that prohibited health care providers from discriminating against transgender patients. This is latest attack and rollback of federal protections for transgender Americans. The Department of Health and Human Services announced today that they are rewriting an Obamacare regulation that [...]

22 05, 2019

HUD OK’s Discrimination Against Homeless Transgender People

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:41:31-07:00May 22nd, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics, Transgender News|Tags: anti-LGBTQ proposal, discrimination against homeless Transgender people, Homelessness Crisis, HUD Secretary Ben Carson, HUD Spring Rule List, lgbt politics, LGBTQ protections|

WASHINGTON, D.C — (05-22-19) — The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is pushing to roll back protections instituted by the Obama administration, for homeless transgender people, by enabling HUD-funded providers of shelters to consider a person’s sex or gender identification in determining whether they can be admitted. The new anti-LGBTQ proposal that was [...]

1 04, 2019

Google, Amazon, Apple & Facebook Condemn Texas anti-LGBT Bills

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:41:32-07:00April 1st, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: amazon, anti-discrimination ordinances, Apple, Ben & Jerry, Facebook Condemn Texas anti-LGBT Bills, Googe, IBM, lgbt politics, LGBTQ community, LGBTQ customers, LGBTQ protections, PayPal, PepsiCo, Salesforce, Senate Bill 15, Senate Bill 17, Texas DEI Ban, Texas LGBTQ News, Unilever|

LAS VEGAS, NV — (04-01-19) — Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook have joined the growing list of American businesses to condemn anti-LGBT bills being pushed by the state legislature. “We will continue to oppose any unnecessary, discriminatory, and divisive measures that would damage Texas’ reputation and create problems for our employees and their families,” states [...]

21 03, 2019

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) Says No to LGBTQ Protection Bill

By Paul Goldberg|2026-05-01T11:33:55-07:00March 21st, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: human rights campaign, LGBTQ Protection Bill, LGBTQ protections, Nancy Pelosi introduce LGBTQ Protection Bill, Senator Joe Mancin against LGBTQ Protection Bill, Trans People of Color, Transgender youth, transgenders ban from military, U.S. House of Representatives|

WASHINGTON D.C. — (JRL CHARTS) — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) says No to LGBTQ Protection Bill last Monday. The Democratic senator from West Virginia said Monday that he would be the only Democrat in the Senate to oppose a nondiscrimination bill meant to expand federal protections for the LGBTQ community. Sen. Manchin (D-W.Va) singled out [...]

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