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Rainbow Health, which has provided health care services to the Twin Cities LGBTQ community for more than 40 years, announced the closure to employees on Thursday, according to union members.Employees were informed of the closure during an announcement in the morning and a staff meeting at 12:15 p.m.”I never thought anything like this would happen,” said Michelle Peterson, a benefits counselor at Rainbow Health and president of the Rainbow Health union, which is represented by SEIU Healthcare of Minnesota and Iowa.Peterson said board members at the meeting cited funding issues as the reason for the closures and suggested all facilities…

Donald Trump initially made no move to contact the family or attend the funeral of Corey Comperatore, the pro-Trump firefighter who was shot and killed at a rally and suffered minor ear injuries in a botched assassination attempt.But he eventually got in touch with the widow and displayed the firefighter’s jacket at the Republican National Convention, but many immediately noticed something odd: Comperatore’s name on the jacket was misspelled, missing the “A.””Oh my goodness!!! The stupid prop used to politicize a real murder that happened this weekend was actually a misspelling of a firefighter’s name,” wrote Fred Guttenberg, a gun…

MILWAUKEE — Log Cabin Republicans President Charles Moran explained his organization’s stance on divisive LGBTQ issues at the group’s big tent event outside the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday. “As conservatives in the LGBT community, we are deeply concerned that ‘radical gender theory’ is being promoted ‘in the name of LGBT equality,'” Moran said in a video address after speaking at the event. “The last three years have really been a watershed moment for these radical leftists who have aligned themselves with woke corporations, outdated academics and cultural elites who want to hijack our hard-won civil rights movement…

MILWAUKEE — Republican congressional candidates in some of the most anticipated races of the 2024 election cycle spoke Wednesday at the Log Cabin Republicans Big Tent event at Milwaukee’s Discovery World Art Museum. Speakers included Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), a 31-year incumbent with an anti-LGBTQ voting record who is narrowly trailing Democratic candidate Will Rollins, and Eric Hovde, an entrepreneur who is seeking to unseat the nation’s first openly gay senator, Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.). Nick Meade, president of LCR Coachella Valley, introduced the California congressman, acknowledging that he “didn’t have the most loving relationship with our community in terms of…

The licensing, operation, and funding of LGBTQ groups and other human rights organizations in Uganda will now be subject to strict government scrutiny. President Yoweri Museveni on July 16 signed the Non-Governmental Organisations (Amendment) Act 2024. The law disbands Uganda’s National NGO Bureau, which regulated non-governmental organisations. The new law places their activities under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior. President Museveni gave his assent to the bill after parliament passed it in April, with lawmakers accusing it of obstructing the NGO Bureau’s monitoring of NGO activities that violate Ugandan law, such as promoting homosexuality. “I ask all members…

Claim: Shooting victim Corey Comperatore’s name was mistakenly written on a jacket that was brought onto the stage at the Republican National Convention when former US President Donald Trump paid tribute to him. Evaluation: Context Firefighter Comperatore said the spelling on the jacket was intentionally misspelled because there wasn’t enough space on the uniform to write everything, long before the Republican National Convention. On July 18, 2024, at the Republican National Convention, former US President Donald Trump paid tribute to firefighter Cory Comperatore, who had been killed in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally a few days earlier. A…

Claim:Shooting victim Corey Comperatore’s name was mistakenly written on a jacket that was brought onto the stage at the Republican National Convention when former US President Donald Trump paid tribute to him.evaluation:Rating: Truecontext:Firefighter Comperatore said the spelling on the jacket was intentionally misspelled because there wasn’t enough space on the uniform to write everything, long before the Republican National Convention. On July 18, 2024, at the Republican National Convention, former US President Donald Trump paid tribute to firefighter Cory Comperatore, who had been killed in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally a few days earlier. A firefighter’s jacket and…

Staff Report | news@seacoastonlineCONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu announced he has signed House Bill 1205, which bans transgender girls from participating in school sports from grades 5 through 12.Governor Sununu signed four bills related to the LGBTQ+ community on Friday, including HB 619, which bans gender reassignment surgery for anyone under the age of 18. He also signed HB 1312, which requires advance notice of “any curriculum material” that teaches about sexual orientation, sex and gender identity, allowing parents to opt out of their children’s participation.Governor Sununu vetoed HB 396, a bill that would have eliminated anti-discrimination protections for transgender…

Ohio Sen. and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance tried to force through nominations of more qualified diplomats because he believed they were too “woke” to do their jobs, a new report has found. According to the Washington Post, Vance has grilled potential foreign service candidates about their stance on LGBTQ+ rights, representation and DEI hiring practices, and has subjected qualified candidates to “anti-woke” screening before moving forward with their nominations. “Where, if at all, do you believe it would be inappropriate to ‘celebrate and actively support local and regional pride celebrations?'” Vance’s selection committee questions asked, including whether he…

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Friday signed a package of bills that restrict the rights of transgender youth, including banning transgender girls in grades 5-12 from participating on girls’ sports teams and prohibiting medical professionals from performing gender reassignment surgery on minors. The decision, which LGBTQ+ advocates condemned Friday and said was an attack on the transgender community, was welcomed by Sununu’s fellow Republicans who have made sex and gender reassignment surgery in high school sports a major political battleground. Governor Sununu also signed a bill allowing parents to opt their children out of public school classes that have…