As the first openly gay man to run for office in the City of New Orleans, I’ve seen unimaginable ugliness hurdled at the LGBTQ+ community. I’ve spent years repeatedly fighting hateful legislation in our state. Through it all, in the midst of the AIDS pandemic and the era of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, one man […]
Category: Social Issues
“Our Waterways, Like Our Communities, Are Connected”: NOLA Businesses Are Against Formosa Plastics
April 5, 2021On April 8, the New Orleans City Council will consider Resolution 92 by Councilwomen Kristin Palmer and Cyndi Nguyen which opposes the construction of Formosa Plastics along the Mississippi River in St. James Parish. Of course, the complex is not being built in New Orleans, it’s being constructed in St. James, so why should the […]
Cameras May Be Installed in Special Education Classrooms. Will It Curb Abuse?
April 3, 2021It’s not the first time this has happened, and it won’t be the last. Teachers accused of punching, verbally abusing, and other acts of violence against special needs students are not as uncommon as people might wish. In a lawsuit in Covington, Louisiana, at Covington Elementary School, a special needs teacher was accused of injuring […]
Louisiana Budget Project Says Bill 186 Will Strip Child Support Payments From Children in Need; Rep. Bacala Says Otherwise
April 1, 2021Louisiana State Representative Tony Bacala, Republican representing Ascension Parish, has been in the crosshairs of Twitter recently, specifically of Jan Moller, Executive Director of the Louisiana Budget Project, and Louisiana Democrats. Moller recently tweeted that, “A Louisiana legislator wants state government to confiscate child support payments from poor kids to help pay their Medicaid costs.” […]
LA State Rep. Mandie Landry Is Unapologetic in Her Fight for the Rights of Sex Workers
March 31, 2021Working within the conservative Republican-controlled Louisiana Legislature, it hasn’t been easy for a progressive first-term female Democrat like State Representative Mandie Landry to pass legislation vital to her constituents’ quality of life. But that hasn’t stopped Landry from preparing an aggressive 2021 legislative agenda that will address several important issues. At the top of Landry’s […]
A Louisiana Senator Filed a Bill That Will Make It Harder for Trans Youth to Get Medical Care
March 31, 2021On March 30th, 2021 Senator Mike Fesi filed Senate Bill 104 which will force transgender and gender non-conforming people under the age of 18 to get permission from their parents before they can get gender-based medical or mental health care. Transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals who don’t have parents that support their identity will be unable […]
Lafayette Collectibles Store “Proudly Refuses Admittance to Any Chinese Communist MoFo”
March 30, 2021On March 30th, Kim Belew stopped by Coin & Treasure in Lafayette, with the intention of buying a 2021 Silver Eagle. When she got to the shop at 2472 W Congress St., she saw something that disturbed her. A sign on the front door read, “Coin & Treasure PROUDLY refuses admittance to any Chinese Communist […]
“Charging Women a Penalty Just for Being Women”: Louisianian Women Pay Higher Car Insurance Than Men
March 30, 2021A study conducted by The Zebra, the nation’s leading insurance comparison site, determined that on average across the country, women pay up to $118 more than men for car insurance, even if they have a perfect record. One of the states with the worst gender discrimination when it comes to car insurance rates is Louisiana. […]
Two-Thirds of Louisianians Support Legalizing Marijuana
March 29, 2021According to a poll recently conducted by JMC, two-thirds of Louisianians support legalizing marijuana. The poll found that 67% of residents support marijuana’s legalization, which reflects a 13% jump from last year when they conducted a similar poll. 16% of respondents favored only legalizing medical marijuana, 8% favored keeping recreational and medical marijuana illegal, and […]
A New Era for Jim Crow: Voting Suppression Bill Passes; What That Means; Could it Happen Here?
March 29, 2021What happened? Surrounded by his all white, all male peers, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp sat in front of a painting of Callaway plantation. It’s a place that was built on and succeeded entirely due to slavery. Outside of the Governor’s office, a Black woman, Georgia State Representative Park Cannon, was dragged away by police for […]
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