LGBTQ protections

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8 08, 2018

Governor Tom Wolf Launch Nation’s First LGBTQ Commission

2026-05-01T11:34:01-07:00August 8th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

Governor Tom Wolf (D) of Pennsylvania has made history creating the first ever LGBTQ Commission on LGBTQ Affairs through an executive order he signed on Monday. The first of its kind in the United States, the LGBTQ Commission will be headed by executive director Todd Snovel, of Lebanon Valley College, where he teaches courses on [...]

3 05, 2018

New Hampshire Passes Bill HB 1319 Protecting Transgenders

2026-05-01T11:42:12-07:00May 3rd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

HB 1319 which passed the New Hampshire Senate, bans anti-transgender discrimination. This marks a stunning move by the majority Republican legislature. Could the state’s Republican governor who is expected to sign HB 1319 into law, trying to do damage control with the LGBTQ community due to the Trump administration's anti-LGBTQ agenda? HB 1319 passed the [...]

20 03, 2018

Ben Carson HUD Secretary: Trans People Are A Threat, Make Others Uncomfortable

2026-05-01T11:42:13-07:00March 20th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson continues to show his anti-LGBTQ narrative with his latest anti-transgender rhetoric in today's congressional hearing in Washington D.C.  The HUD Secretary stated that his department reversing the current policy instituted by President Obama on anti discrimination protections for trans people. The HUD secretary [...]

8 03, 2018

New Hampshire Votes To Protect Transgenders From Discrimination

2026-05-01T11:42:14-07:00March 8th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics USA In another shocking and landmark decision, transgender rights just got backing in New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives! Yes, the New Hampshire State House which holds a Republican majority, voted on Wednesday in favor of a bill entitled HB 1319, that prohibits discrimination against [...]

27 02, 2018

Court Rules Civil Rights Act Protects Gay Workers, Defeating Trump’s Anti-LGBT Agenda

2026-05-31T16:05:11-07:00February 27th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals handed the Trump administration another defeat as the judges voted 10 to 3 on Monday that the Civil Rights Act protects gay and bisexual workers from sexual orientation discrimination. The ruling is a stunning defeat for the anti-LGBT Trump administration and its mouth [...]

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