8 02, 2021

United States Plans to Rejoin UN Human Rights Council

By |2021-02-08T03:26:59-08:00February 8th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , |

NEW YORK, NY — (02-08-21) — The U.S.A leaked to media outlets on Sunday that it plans to rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council after former President Trump left the organization in 2018. U.S. officials who wanted to remain anonymous because they did not have the authority to speak publicly, says that Secretary of [...]

17 06, 2019

California Defies Trump, Raises PRIDE Flag on Capitol Building

By |2019-06-17T19:36:22-07:00June 17th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

SACRAMENTO, CA — (06-17-19) — California joins the Trump defiance club by raising the Rainbow PRIDE flag over the state capitol's building. California Gov. Gavin Newsom had the rainbow pride flag raised at the state Capitol on Monday for the first time in state's history, sending a clear message that the state of California supports [...]

7 06, 2019

Trump Bans U.S. Embassies from flying PRIDE Flag Worldwide

By |2019-06-07T23:02:42-07:00June 7th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , |

WASHINGTON, D.C — (06-07-19)  — The Trump administration bans U.S. Embassies who have requested to hang the PRIDE flag from its flag polls to salute PRIDE month. Three American diplomats leaked to NBC News, that the state department has been rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow pride flag on embassy flagpoles during [...]

25 01, 2017

Trump Admin. Removes LGBT Lavender Scare Apology

By |2017-01-25T21:48:47-08:00January 25th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , |

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Gay and Lesbian civil rights leaders will remember when back in the 50s and 60s, the U.S. State Department was a high profile organization that actively discriminated against employees and job applicants based on sexual orientation. At that time, LGBT rights weren't even thought about and the government willfully refused [...]

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