A Dem Win is Not an LGBTQ Win

With less than two months remaining in the Trump administration, the Department of Labor went through with making a rule final on Monday that would grant religious institutions a broader exemption under former President Obama’s executive order barring anti-LGBTQ workplace discrimination among federal contractors.

British stage and screen veterans Stephen Fry and Geraldine James are set to join Richard Armitage in the upcoming LGBTQ+ feature Now & Then.

Fran Drescher) in his hometown of Milwaukee — where he reconnects with his high school crush, Patrick (Lee).This is a big deal in the wdorld of holiday TV movies, which have garnered criticism in recent years for their lack of diversity.

As the title suggests, the documentary “Queer Japan” is big and broad, not focused.

Masterpiece Cakeshop case where a baker refused to provide a cake for a same-sex wedding; the Hobby Lobby decision, in which the Supreme Court found that for-profit closely-held corporations were entitled to religious exemptions; and the Our Lady of Guadalupe School case, where the high court found that schools have a right to designate any employee as a “minister” and may dismiss them if their behavior or lifestyle is in conflict with religious teachings.“In this final rule, OFCCP has sought to

Chris Willman Music WriterAfter moving last year from its longtime New York base to L.A., Cyndi Lauper’s annual benefit for homeless LGBTQ youth has found a new home for these holidays, and it’s online, of course.

A just opened queer bar-pizzeria in Boyle Heights is dedicated to a famous song from iconic Mexican singer Juan Gabriel.

2 min read A lawyer working to advance the rights of the LGBTIQ+ legal community has won the 2020 Australian Young Lawyer Award. Queensland lawyer Dean Clifford-Jones founded Pride in Law in 2017, which advocates for tolerance and equality across the legal profession.

Despite efforts from LGBTQ advocacy organizations to get LGBTQ issues on the docket at last night’s Senatorial debate between Republican Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock, there was no mention of Georgia’s LGBTQ community during the entire hour-long debate.

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Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who is running against Raphael Warnock in the upcoming runoff election, has donated portions of her Senate salary to anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ organizations, according to Buzzfeed News.

post last week.The son of evangelist Billy Graham decried a call from the Human Rights Campaign urging President-elect Biden to reinstate nondiscrimination rules in higher education, PinkNews reports.“LGBTQ activists within the Democratic Party are pushing their godless, secular agenda with a potential Biden Administration,” Graham wrote. “If you don’t conform to their ideology, agree with their sinful beliefs, teach what they say is right, they want to close you down.

Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) donated part of her senate salary to an organization that opposes same-sex marriage and calls homosexuality “offensive to God.”Loeffler is the richest U.S. senator with a combined net worth, with her husband Jeff Sprecher, estimated at $800 million.

Juan Pablo di Pace and Peter Porte are weighing in on the debate over whether only LGBTQ actors should be hired to tell LGBTQ stories in blockbuster hits.

The voting power of LGBTQ Americans is significant, and LGBTQ Georgians have another chance to use this power to enact serious, long-lasting change.

Lilly Singh — the first woman and LGBTQ  person to host a late-night series on a broadcast network — will return to the airwaves in early 2021.

bill, known as the “Bella Evangelista and Tony Hunter Panic Defense Prohibition and Hate Crimes Response Amendment of 2020,” would ban the use of the gay and trans “panic” defense in criminal cases where an LGBTQ individual is a victim of a bias crime.The most recent bill was introduced in September 2019 and was granted a public hearing a month later, in response to calls from local advocates who argued that the defense tactic amounts to victim-blaming.

A sign along the beach path in Long Beach informs the public about social distacning. Photo: Q Voice News.

Related: Did 28% of LGBTQ people really vote for Donald Trump?Looking to the future, 66% of LGBTQ voters said they feel more optimistic about the future due to the election results. But significant numbers of LGBTQ voters are mistrustful of the conservative U.S.