LGBT candidates hoping to ride Democratic wave
January 10, 2018 By Chris Johnson Washington Blade With President Trump facing low approval ratings, signs continue to point to a political wave against him in this year’s mid-term elections — and LGBT candidates [...]
Controversial Mississippi Law Limiting LGBT Rights Not Heading To Supreme Court
January 8, 2018 By MERRIT KENNEDY NPR The Supreme Court says it will not take up a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows businesses and government officials to deny services to LGBT people if doing so [...]
MEET ALEXANDRA CHANDLER, THE TRANSGENDER MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ANALYST RUNNING FOR CONGRESS
January 4, 2018 BY CHRISTIANNA SILVA Newsweek In 2017, the U.S. elected its first ever openly transgender woman to the Virginia State House. In 2018, it might elect its first out transgender woman to Congress—Alexandra Chandler. [...]
2 Men Charged In Murder Of Same-Sex Couple, Children In Upstate New York
January 3, 2018 By Curtis M. Wong Huffpost Two men wanted in a quadruple homicide that traumatized an upstate New York town have been captured. Justin C. Mann and James W. White of Schenectady, New York, were charged [...]
After coming out, H.S. football star is headed to Indiana State
January 3, 2018 By Julie Compton NBC News High school football star Jake Bain is tackling homophobia head on. In October, he came out during an assembly at his high school in St. Louis, Missouri. [...]
These two anti-LGBT Republicans may run for Senate in 2018
January 2, 2018 By Chris Johnson Washington Blade Shakeups in the U.S. Senate led to news Tuesday that two prominent Republicans and former presidential candidates who have anti-LGBT records — Mitt Romney and Michele [...]