Tennessee State Capitol Senate Chamber – Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel, via Wikimedia.
26.01.2020 - 21:16 / thegavoice.com
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign is defending amid LGBTQ backlash its acceptance of support from podcast host Joe Rogan, who in the past has made comments condemned as transphobic, used anti-gay epithets and jokingly compared a black neighborhood to “Planet of the Apes.”
Briahna Joy Gray, national press secretary for the Sanders campaign, responded to the controversy in a statement to the Washington Blade by emphasizing the need to build a coalition to defeat President Trump in the
Tennessee State Capitol Senate Chamber – Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel, via Wikimedia.
Republicans on an Iowa House panel Monday advanced an anti-LGBTQ bill that is so extreme it would require teachers to notify parents if they plan on even mentioning Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, because he is gay. The bill, sponsored by 13 Republican lawmakers, would force educators to allow parents to opt-out of any instruction that relates to sexual orientation or gender identity.
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins has awarded 51 U.S. Senators and 100 members of the House of Representatives the anti-LGBTQ hate group’s True Blue award, and lawmakers – all Republicans – were only too proud to tweet out photos of themselves receiving their awards.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (left) and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra – Photos: Facebook.
Three years after AEG owner Philip Anschutz was widely criticized for donating to organizations with anti-LGBTQ agendas, the global concert promoter whose $10 billion entertainment portfolio includes festivals like Coachella, Firefly and Electric Forest is still supporting organizations that have a history of discriminating against queer and transgender people, according to a recent tax return obtained by Billboard.
A poll from the Morning Consult of over 95,000 potential Democratic voters—12 percent of whom identified as LGBTQ—reveals that Sen. Bernie Sanders is the top candidate among young and “very liberal” LGBTQ voters.
President Donald Trump and his allies appear to be doing nearly everything they can – in apparent disregard for the moral or legal perceptions – to win the 2020 presidential election. Trump occasionally has courted the Black community’s vote, albeit in usual Trump fashion – by degrading them – as he did in 2016, asking, “What the hell do you have to lose?”
The tragic death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash, alongside his 13-year-old daughter and 7 other people, cast a somber mood over Sunday night’s 62nd Grammy Awards ceremony. A breathtaking opening number by host and multiple Grammy-winner Alicia Keys and members of Boys II Men paid tribute to the basketball superstar, setting the stage for an evening which was peppered with speeches and performances dedicated to Bryant’s memory.
Franklin Graham‘s planned tour of the UK has run in to a snag: It appears few in the UK want him there. The far right evangelical Christian leader with strong ties to President Donald Trump had announced a UK tour starting in June, but as word spread venues started canceling on him, or pulled out of negotiations. At issue: Graham’s anti-LGBTQ extremism.
GLAAD’s Anthony Ramos speaks with Brittany Howard on the red carpet at Sunday’s Grammy Awards (Image via YouTube)
In the state of Tennessee, governor Bill Lee recently signed into law HB 836, a bill providing protections for child welfare organizations who to turn away LGBTQ parents looking to adopt children. The Human Rights Campaign denounced the decision, saying that the new legislation "will harm children in Tennessee."
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation into law that would enable taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to refuse placement into LGBTQ homes over religious objections, making it the first anti-LGBTQ bill to become law in 2020.
The concept of separation of church and state seems to be all but dead in the state of Florida. Anti-LGBTQ religious activists have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, convincing lawmakers that the taxpayers should foot the bill for nearly any school parents want to send their children – including private Christian and other religious schools that promote anti-LGBTQ hate.
Vice President Mike Pence spoke at a church where the pastor gave an anti-LGBTQ sermon—and the White House livestreamed the entire thing.
The Trump administration has proposed nine rules reversing Obama-era regulations affecting faith-based nonprofits with government contracts, enabling them to turn away LGBTQ people or those of another religion in the name of “religious freedom.”
As Kanye West continues on his journey of spiritual awakening, it appears that he's going to be rubbing shoulders with some less-than-tolerant leaders in the evangelical community.This week, it was announced that West would be headlining Awaken 2020, an Evangelical prayer rally.