LGBT

President Donald Trump has not publicly acknowledged the early endorsement he received late last week from the gay Republican group Log Cabin Republicans, but he was quick to mention it when asked about his record of destroying the civil rights of LGBTQ people. Trump bragged, “they’re with me all the way, and I just got a big endorsement from the Log Cabin group,” during a Tuesday afternoon press gaggle, according to pool reports. “I’ve done very well with that community,” Trump said of LGBT people. ” I just got an award,...

Actress Faye Dunaway is being sued by her former gay assistant for allegedly calling him “a little homosexual boy”. Michael Rocha served as Dunaway’s assistant during her brief time working on the one-woman play Tea at Five earlier this year. In a lawsuit seen by Page Six, Rocha claimed that he was fired for complaining about the way Dunaway treated him. Rocha said he started working for the production as Dunaway’s assistant on April 5 and was responsible for doing her shopping, helping her take medication, arranging her schedule and...

The Trump Dept. of Labor on Wednesday has just announced a new rule that would effectively codify the right of “religion-exercising organizations” that are federal contractors to discriminate against LGBTQ workers. The new proposal appears to be a roadmap faith-based organizations claiming to have religious beliefs or moral convictions can use to protect themselves from charges of discrimination. “Federal contractors will get a clearer picture of religious defenses to workplace discrimination claims under a proposed rule the Labor Department will announce today,” Bloomberg Law reports. “The proposal would cement current...