5 THINGS TO KNOW
Year: 2017
5 THINGS TO KNOW
GOP committee chair to Trump, “dump these judicial nominees.”
Two of President Donald Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees might not make it to the bench after all. On Tuesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley told CNN that he had encouraged Trump to withdraw the nominations of Brett Talley and Jeff Mateer. “I’ve advised the White House they ought to reconsider,”… Read the full article HERE.
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Study found that 50% of LGBT college students are in the closet.
In 2001, Elmhurst College in Illinois became the first institution of higher education to include an optional demographic question on its admission application forms related to sexual and gender identity. The question asks: “Would you consider yourself to be a member of the LGBT community?” with the three… Read the full article HERE.
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Canadian researchers blast plan to destroy LGBTQ conviction records.
Four leading researchers say a federal plan to destroy the criminal records of people convicted of same-sex activity is a “troubling feature” of proposed legislation intended to help make amends to the LGBTQ community. While the academic researchers applaud ensuring the records… Read the full article HERE.
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Now Trump is pissing off conservatives in renominating LGBT activist.
The Trump Administration has nominated to keep a radical LGBT activist, lesbian Chai Feldblum, in place as commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). A holdover from the Obama Administration, Feldblum is credited with spearheading and implementing much of the former administration’s radical gay and transgender policy agenda. Read the full article HERE.
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It’s not healthy to be LGBT on Spanish-language TV shows.
A new report from GLAAD reveals that LGBT representations on Spanish-language television is lagging. The second annual report “Still Invisible/Todavia Invisibles” examined primetime programming from Telemundo, Univision, UniMas, and Netflix in the 2016-2017 television season. Analysts counted just 19 LGBT characters out a total of 698, including 13 gay men, five lesbians/bisexual women, and one trans woman. Read the full article HERE.
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Did Trump just tell the CDC not to use the word “transgender”?
The National LGBTQ Task Force tore into the Trump administration for reportedly banning the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from using terms like “transgender” in official documents. The nonprofit’s executive director Rea Carey ripped the report in a statement Saturday, saying that the LGBTQ… Read the full article HERE.