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A mayor & thousands of businesses asked a city council for civil rights law. The council voted no.
The non-discrimination ordinance would protect LGBTQ people and keep businesses from fleeing town. It still didn’t pass – and council members have different excuses as to why.
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Alabama is becoming the fifth state this year to ban trans youth from participating in sports
Alabama’s governor signed the ban on trans youth in sports, despite opponents warning that this could jeopardize the state’s future NCAA events.
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Child kidnapper Lisa Miller is behind bars after escaping the law for a decade
Miller made national headlines when the Christian “ex-lesbian” took her and her ex-partner’s daughter to a religious community in Nicaragua after she lost custody.
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Dallas mayor says resolution to support marriage equality is a waste of time
Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings said Wednesday that a proposed city council resolution supporting marriage equality is a political distraction and a waste of the council’s time.
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Openly gay Utah state senator announces his resignation
Utah’s first openly gay state senator will be resigning from office effective the end of this week to focus more time on practicing law, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. Democratic state Sen. Scott McCoy, announced Tuesday that he had already decided that he wasn’t going to seek re-election when his term is up next year. […]