CHICAGO — Lambda Legal, a national legal advocacy organization for the LGBTQ community, published an analysis on judicial threats against the community from the Trump administration. Lambda Legal said in a blog post that the record speed with which President Trump is reshaping the courts, along with the number of judges with anti-LGBT records whom he…
LOUISVILLE — A Kentucky judge who refused to hear adoption cases involving LGBTQ people has been found guilty of misconduct by the Judicial Conduct Commission, according to local media. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported on Tuesday that the commission had issued a public reprimand against W. Mitchell Nance, who announced his intention to resign earlier this…
LEXINGTON — A Kentucky judge who refused to handle gay adoptions skipped a hearing charges that he violated ethics rules on Friday. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, W. Mitchell Nance, family court judge for Barren and Metcalfe counties, and his attorneys did not attend a hearing of the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission in Lexington. Nance…
IOWA CITY — A student group that was ousted by the University of Iowa for discriminating against LGBTQ students is now suing the university. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reported Wednesday that the group Business Leaders in Christ filed the suit on Monday. The suit says the university violated Higher Education and Iowa Human Rights acts after…
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – West Michigan TNG is a educational group for those 18-35 years of age and their partners. Held monthly at Denny’s on 28th Street in Grand Rapids, West Michigan TNG strives to provide quality education to the younger members of our community. This month we will be looking at the community from…
VANCOUVER, B.C. – A man claims in court that a sex educator defamed him on a social networking site for “kinksters” and BDSM practitioners. John Langdon sued Jennifer Skrukwa aka Jennifer Zurba, in British Columbia Supreme Court. Langdon claims that Skrukwa, a sex educator, defamed him in status updates posted on her profile at fetlife.com.…
