Nebraska judge adjourns same-sex marriage hearing, no decision until next week
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge will be asked Feb. 19 to tell the state of Nebraska that it immediately must recognize same-sex marriages while a lawsuit challenging the state’s gay marriage ban...
View ArticleNebraska Woman Files Suit Against All Homosexuals
A Nebraska woman filed a lawsuit on behalf of God and His son, Jesus Christ, against “Homosexuals,” also listing “Gay” as their alias. Sylvia Driskell, 66, addressing herself as the “ambassador” for...
View ArticleNebraska lawmakers avoid vote on employee anti-discrimination bill
LINCOLN (AP) — More than a dozen opponents of a bill that would ban discrimination against gay and lesbian workers in Nebraska refused to cast votes during debate May 15, quietly halting any further...
View ArticleHate-Crime Hoaxer Receives More Jail Time for Probation Violation
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A woman who faked an anti-gay hate crime has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for violating probation, but she can apply to serve the time on house arrest. Charlie Rogers, 36, of...
View ArticleNebraska may soon allow transgender high school athletes
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The group that governs Nebraska high school sports is drafting a policy on allowing transgender athletes to compete because there has been some interest in it. The Omaha...
View ArticleUprisings: Conventional Wisdom
The time for political walk-and-talks around cubicle boxes and D.C. streets is nearing its preliminary end, Aaron Sorkin, and that momentary pause couldn’t come any sooner. Despite all of the...
View ArticleNebraska man convicted of burning gay pride flag gets probation
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man convicted of burning a gay pride rainbow flag has been given two years of probation. Online court records say 25-year-old Cameron Mayfield was sentenced Aug. 31. He’d...
View ArticleNebraska panel considers bill to protect LGBT workers
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Supporters of a bill that aims to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Nebraska residents from discrimination in the workplace packed a hearing room at the state Capitol...
View ArticleCreighton University investigating profane note targeting gay people
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Officials with Creighton University say they are investigating to try to learn who taped a profane, threatening letter targeting gays on a student’s dorm room door. The hand-scrawled...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds Nebraska funeral picketing law
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A federal appeals court has agreed with a lower court’s ruling upholding Nebraska’s law requiring picketers to stay at least 500 feet from funerals. The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of...
View ArticleSupreme Court leaves in place Nebraska funeral protest law
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is leaving in place a Nebraska law that bars protests around funerals. Nebraska enacted the law in 2006. It prohibits protests near a cemetery, mortuary or church...
View ArticleProposal would end Nebraska’s unenforceable same-sex marriage ban
ABOVE: Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, photo via Facebook. LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) | A Nebraska lawmaker known as a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community presented a ballot measure to a […] The post Proposal...
View ArticleProposal would end Nebraska’s unenforceable same-sex marriage ban
Nebraska Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks. (Photo from Brooks’ Twitter) LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) | A Nebraska lawmaker known as a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community presented a ballot measure to […] The post...
View ArticleThreats of violence and death shuts down Nebraska drag queen story hour
(Screenshot of the Lincoln Children’s Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska. ABC News affiliate coverage) A private LGBTQ+ event scheduled for after hours this past Saturday at the Lincoln Children’s Museum in...
View ArticleNebraska capital city LGBTQ ‘Fairness Ordinance’ challenged
Nebraska State Capitol building in downtown Lincoln. (Photo by Chris Dyer) A measure passed by the Lincoln, Nebraska City Council Feb. 14 updated Title 11 of the city’s municipal code. […] The post...
View ArticleNebraska’s capital city rescinds LGBTQ fairness ordinance
Lincoln, Nebraska City Council. (Photo from Lincoln.ne.gov/City/City-Council) LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) | The City Council in Nebraska’s capital city has rescinded an anti-discrimination measure that extended...
View ArticleNebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill
Nebraska Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh. (Photo from Cavanaugh’s Facebook) LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) | It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to...
View ArticleNebraska judge allows abortion limits and restrictions on gender-affirming...
(Photo by Jimmy Emerson, from Flickr) A Nebraska judge rejected an effort Aug. 11 to block a ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and restrictions on gender-affirming surgery. […] The post...
View ArticleNebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth
Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. (Photo by Matt Johnson, from Flickr) Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order Aug. 30 strictly defining a person’s sex. The order notably...
View ArticleNebraska imposing 7-day wait for trans youth to start gender-affirming...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen. (Photo via Pillen’s Facebook) Nebraska is requiring transgender youth seeking gender-affirming care to wait seven days to start puberty blocking medications or hormone...
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