(Photo: Sonya Holt) The lovely Tennessee woman who shouted at a protester at a Black Lives Matter protest that he is a “gay homosexual piece of crap” and told a 16-year old “you’re just a poor little Black girl with a messed up mind,” has been fired from her job, reports toofab.com. On Monday morning, Keith…
How Did That Happen?! I would have bet a magnum of vintage Krug that we would lose our Title VII GLBT workplace discrimination cases in the Supreme Court last month, and I’ve rarely been so happy to be so wrong. But my God, you guys! It seemed impossible. Of course we still had the remnant…
(Photo: Kanye West. Photo By David Shankbone) The possibility of a future with President Kanye West and first lady Kim Kardashian inched closer to reality on Saturday as the rapper tweeted he is running for president, apparently this year, reports The Hill. In an Independence Day tweet, the 43-year-old musician and fashion designer said he is running for…
Californians living in several key Golden State cities could incur hundreds of dollars in fines if they venture out in public without masks, reports CNN. Authorities in Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Monterey announced they’ll enforce California Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s mask mandate by citing people who don’t cover their face in public. …
On Tuesday, a Black transgender woman was left in critical condition after she was shot in downtown Los Angeles, reports CBSLA. The incident happened near 15th Street and Hooper Avenue at about 7:10 p.m on Tuesday. No arrests have been made and a suspect description was not released. A motive in the incident was also…
(Photo: Kelly Clarkson) Singer Kelly Clarkson has released a video just in time to wrap up Pride month. Clarkson has been taping episodes of her Kelly Clarkson Show at home during the coronavirus pandemic, reports LGBTQ Nation. Interspersed with photos from Prides around the world, Clarkson gives her take on Swift’s LGBTQ anthem. WATCH:
(Photo: Kristian Rouse) Police are investigating a brutal attack on a transgender teen that nearly killed him, reports KGET. The teen, Kristian Rouse, 18, was found laying on the floor of his apartment, barely alive, by his mother, Eurydice Darrington. “He could barely speak, barely breathe. He had marks around his neck, his face was swollen,…
Donald Trump gave a wide-ranging interview to Christian Broadcasting Network on Monday night, and was asked about the recent Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ people are protected from being fired under civil rights laws, reports Towleroad. Asked how he felt about his appointee Neil Gorsuch ruling in favor of LGBTQ people, Trump replied: “I was…
Gail Hayden, director of the California Farmers’ Market Association, was captured on video last week at the Livermore Farmers’ Market berating Dan Floyd, owner of Dan Good Cookies, for handing out Pride flags at his booth, reports Towleroad. “I don’t even care what the flags are for,” Hayden claimed. “This person may have an issue…
Today the Los Angeles LGBT Center joins a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal and Steptoe & Johnson LLP challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recently published health care discrimination rule that purports to carve out LGBTQ people and other vulnerable populations from the protections of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care…
Baton Rouge activist Gary Chambers Jr. called out school board member Connie Bernard for online shopping during a public meeting about changing the name of a school named for Confederate general Robert E. Lee, reports Towleroad. “You should walk out of here and resign and never come back,” said Lee, “because you are the example…
Via Instagram: “Today’s Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBTQ Americans from workplace discrimination is an affirmation of our country’s founding promise of equality for all. I’m heartened to think of all those Americans who will no longer live in fear of being fired because of who they are and who they love. It’s a moment decades…
“Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn’t like me?” tweeted Trump on Thursday. The questioning tweet came right after the court ruled that his decision to the end the DACA immigration program was an “arbitrary” and “capricious” violation of the law, reports Huff Post. In addition, the court ruled earlier this week ruled…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday he will require masks in most public settings statewide in an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19 as new cases rise by thousands daily in the state, reports Politico. The California Department of Public Health released updated guidance Thursday that requires Californians to wear a face covering in…
In response to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision today in blocking the Trump Administration’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program established by the Obama Administration which protects undocumented young people who entered the U.S. as children with their families, the Los Angeles LGBT Center issued the…
During an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump claimed that California would have been hit much harder by COVID-19 if it had not been for his border wall, reports Towleroad. “Think of it, in Tijuana, Mexico, it’s one of the most infected places on earth, and we have a…
The Board of Supervisors of California’s Ventura County voted 4-3 on Monday night to require face coverings inside businesses and government offices, on public transit, and in most other public indoor spaces, reports Towleroad. The vote was likely much to the chagrin of this passionate and well-rehearsed Trump supporter, who put on quite a show…
