Executive order Archives

Governor Tom Wolf Launch Nation’s First LGBTQ Commission

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 [...]

Louisiana Judge Throws Out Executive Order Protecting LGBT State Workers

By JRL Charts|2016-12-15T05:13:05-08:00December 15th, 2016|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Blocks Order, Executive order, Judge Hernandez, LGBT Anti-Discrimination, LGBT Political News, Louisiana Governor Edwards, Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer BATON ROUGE, LA — A right wing conservative judge has thrown out the executive order issued by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards that protected LGBTQ government employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Judge Todd Hernandez stated that the action “an unlawful usurp of the [...]