NEW YORK (AP) — Across the natn, LGBTQ ndidat achieved tone victori Tuday’s electn, cludg the first transgenr person elected to a state Senate, and the first openly gay Black men to w seats Congrs.
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- KEIR MATHER: LABOUR’S OUT GAY WNER OF SELBY AND ASTY BY-ELECTN IS YOUNGT MP PARLIAMENT
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- THE GAY FROGS ELECTN
- GAY RIGHTS, FERAL ELECTNS, AND THE RT OF THE SUPREME COURT’S HISTORIC TERM
KEIR MATHER: LABOUR’S OUT GAY WNER OF SELBY AND ASTY BY-ELECTN IS YOUNGT MP PARLIAMENT
Openly gay Labour ndidate Keir Mather has bee the youngt MP parliament after he won the Selby and Asty by-electn. * gay election *
The supreme urt’s landmark abortn lg immediately wiped away abortn rights for lns of Amerins, but tucked away Clarence Thomas’s ncurrg opn on the se was another threat: to the rights of LGBTQ+ people across the his opn, wrten to acpany the Roe v Wa cisn, Thomas, part of the ntrollg bal of rightwg jtic, suggted that the urt should “rensir” the right to same-sex relatnships and same-sex marriage, which was legalized natnwi the face of fears that the urt will now lead a charge agast LGBTQ+ rights – and growg far-right vlence agast LGBTQ+ targets – a rerd number of LGBTQ+ ndidat are nng for US Congrs least 101 LGBTQ+ people ran for US Congrs 2022, acrdg to LGBTQ Victory Fund, a natnal anizatn dited to electg openly LGBTQ+ people to all levels of 57 ndidat are still their rac, wh advot hopg greater reprentatn uld brg tangible change Washgton, after a year when gay and trans people have been creasgly persecuted by rightwg policians the McLeod-Skner is one of the LGBTQ+ ndidat hopg to make a difference the US Hoe of Reprentativ. ”Balt, a former lear of the Vermont senate, supports universal healthre and says she would ph for the passage of the Equaly Act, which would place a feral ban on discrimatn based on sexual orientatn or genr inty public spac and feral Garcia, who is nng California, would also break new ground: as the first openly gay immigrant elected to Congrs.
Garcia, who was born Pe, won the Democratic primary June, and has a strong chance of beg elected wave of LGBTQ+ ndidat as Republins have phed, and passed, bills targetg gay and transgenr who support equal rights for LGBTQ+ people will have their work cut out if Republins do aim their fire at same-sex marriage. This week Texas Republins unveiled their 2022 party platform, which f homosexualy as an “abnormal liftyle choice” and says the party would “oppose all efforts to validate transgenr inty”’s a Republin mpaign that has amounted to an alarmg rise anti-trans and anti-gay speech over the past year, wh three hate-filled cints occurrg jt over the past March Ron DeSantis, the Florida ernor who is nsired a ontnner for the Republin party’s printial nomatn 2024, signed a ntroversial “don’t say gay” bill that prevents teachers om discsg sexual orientatn or genr inty public schools. This month DeSantis moved to ban transn re for transgenr youth, and this week suggted he may orr Florida’s child protective servic to vtigate parents who take their children to drag policians and rightwg media figur have spread li and misrmatn about gay and trans people attemptg to groom this climate, the supreme urt’s suggtn that the Obergefell se, which enshred the right to same-sex marriage, be revised, has advot for equal rights on edge.
”Heather Mizr, who fac a Democratic primary July, would bee the first out LGBTQ+ member of Congrs om Maryland if she is elected to the ndidat, if succsful, would jo ne openly LGBTQ+ members of the Hoe and two senators, all of whom are Democrats, and uld bolster gay and trans rights at a time when they are unr severe threat. Keir Mather has bee the youngt MP parliament and the latt gay man elected to Wtmster.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn. * gay election *
Out gay Labour polician Keir Mather has bee the youngt MP parliament after he stormed to victory the Selby and Asty by-electn.
THE GAY FROGS ELECTN
GLAAD, the world’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocy anizatn, is releasg the fdgs of the first of an ongog seri of polls to gge and track motivatn, enthiasm, and issu ahead of the 2022 midterm electns takg place November. The poll measur how motivated LGBTQ likely voters are * gay election *
Who is Keir Mather, Labour’s newt out gay MP? Keir Mather is parliament’s newt out gay MP.
In 2018, he garnered a mentn his stunt newspaper when he grilled Rsia’s ambassador to the UK on the torture and murr of gay men Chechnya. “Ambassador, I’m a gay man.
GAY RIGHTS, FERAL ELECTNS, AND THE RT OF THE SUPREME COURT’S HISTORIC TERM
Chief Jtice John Roberts stggl to mata appearanc for the Supreme Court, and analysis of two major s om this term volvg gay rights and feral electn laws. * gay election *
REUTERS/Serg PerezSummaryPolls suggt right-wg parti will w Spa electnConservativ may form aln wh far-rightLGBTQ+ activists fear a roll back of their rightsMADRID, July 17 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn. 8 ballot were 678 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer ndidat — an 18% crease om 2020, when 574 ndidat ran for office, acrdg to the group. “Tonight’s Rabow Wave is a clear rebe to the creased homophobia and transphobia sweepg our muni – and prov voters want to elect qualified LGBTQ lears, " Fujii said.