Fear & Ignorance Masquerading As Religious Freedom, Conservatism
The right’s religious freedom uses excuses to discriminate against trans and many other groups By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Extremist religion has been—and still is—a…
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Extremist Religion Needs To Be Put In Its Place
Religion is a divisive topic nowadays; people don’t just accept one another By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw */TRT Columnist— The Trump administration is becoming more and…
Stonewall 50: Remember. Celebrate. Act.
During the Stonewall anniversary, there is more than just “celebration” By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, the penultimate…
VA GOP Challenger Compares Same-Sex Marriage & Abortion To Slavery, Opposes LGBTQ+ Child Adoption
HD-13 Republican nominee Kelly McGinn has publicly advocated for LGBTQ+ discrimination RICHMOND– Kelly McGinn, the Republican challenger to Delegate Danica Roem in HD-13, has an…
Intense Internalized Homophobia: LGBTQ Immigrants, “Hope at St. Anne’s”
By: Lilo*/Sent to TRT via E-mail— To The Rainbow Times: My inbox had an unread e-mail on Palm Sunday. The subject line was “Intense Internalized…
New Report Points Unique Challenges, Rewards For 3 Million+ Rural LGBT People
Rural Life Amplifies Impact of Both Acceptance and Discrimination, But Millions of Rural LGBT People Have Few Legal Protections DES MOINES, IA—Popular culture images of…
Kennedy, Harris, Scott Reintroduce Bill To Amend Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Restoring & Protecting Civil Rights and Religious Freedom in the Trump Era By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter— WASHINGTON—In an attempt to ensure that others are not…
Radical Religion Rears Its Ugly Head Once Again
Religious right using legislation to curb LGBTQ rights; what radical religion accomplishes By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/ TRT Columnist— In the name of religious freedom, or,…
Year-End NYT Interview Implicates Trump Further, Dissociated From Reality
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— Through trial and triumphs, 2017 brought us highs and lows like never experienced in U.S. modern history, starting with the presidential inauguration…
MA AG: No to “Religious Freedoms” Used to Discriminate, Leads 20 States in Supreme Court Brief
“Religious Freedoms” Amicus Brief Filed in Case Over Colorado Business that Refused to Serve Same-Sex Couple BOSTON—Arguing that a business owner’s personal beliefs do not…
Creep of the Week: The Uber Conservative & Anti-LGBT Hater Jeff Sessions
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Ah, religious freedom. That call to arms for conservative Christians who believe that they live in some Bizzaro Land version…
Alliance Defending Freedom Drops Lawsuit Intended to Create Exemption from MA Nondiscrimination Law
BOSTON—The anti-LGBT group Alliance Defending Freedom, ADF, representing four Mass. churches, has formally withdrawn a lawsuit they recently filed that sought to exempt the plaintiffs from complying…
Proposed Discriminatory Tennessee Anti-LGBT Bills, Risk State’s Welcoming Reputation for Businesses
TN Residents, Businesses, and Lawmakers Who Share Our Vision of a Fair and Welcoming State Should Reject HB1840 and HB2414 In a number of states…
Ted Cruz Creates Religious Liberty Council
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has created a “religious liberty” council for his campaign that is filled with anti-LGBT activists. Some of those activists include Tony…
Creep of the Week: Anti-Gay Liberty Ridge Farm
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— While I’ve never been there in person, Liberty Ridge Farm looks like a beautiful place according to the photos on…
Creeps of the Week: Obergefell Win Rushed GOP’s Creation of the FADA Bill
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Making sure that gays and lesbians were never afforded legally recognized marriages was the focus for the anti-gay right for…
Faith, God and Family: Reflections of a LGBTQ Scholar, Activist, Professor & Theologian, Part IV
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Justin Tanis (http://goo.gl/Jbkahs), Managing Director at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (http://goo.gl/IBWXqy), established at…
Faith, God and Family: Marriage Equality and Religious Liberty, A Theologian’s Reflection
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Faith Columnist— Justin Tanis, Managing Director at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, established at the Pacific School…
Atheist Former Boy Scouts Lead Secular Alternative Summer Camp
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Camp Quest, a summer camp serving youth from non-religious families, is now led by two Eagle Scouts, Shawn Jeffers (Chair) and Neil…
Tech Industry Leaders Send Unprecedented, Historic Statement to Legislators
In response to a host of anti-LGBT bills pending or signed in to law in states around the country, more than 70 technology industry leaders have…
Creep of the Week: So-Called Religious Freedom
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Dear Religious Freedom: Fu@k off. Actually, that should say “so-called religious freedom” (or “so-called religious liberty”) since I happen to…
NC Gets a Unique Kind of Lawsuit Against Marriage Ban
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— In a first of its kind lawsuit, a group of ministers filed a complaint in federal court Monday against North…
Creep of the Week: Anti-Gay & Anti-Women Hobby Lobby
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— It’s really amazing that in 2014 Americans are still fighting over birth control. As in whether or not contraception makes…