Louisiana
#BlackLivesMatter advocate DeRay Mckesson arrested during Baton Rouge protest, released
"McKesson, who filmed the encounter on Periscope, repeatedly pointed out that they weren’t blocking the street and that there was no sidewalk in the area where they were marching."
April 13, 2016
Louisiana governor protects LGBT state workers while two harmful anti-LGBT bills are considered
While Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards issued an executive order banning discrimination against LGBT people who work for state government, two bills, SB 288 and HB 597, continue to progress in legislation.
Louisiana senate committee to hear anti-LGBT bill SB 288 today
A bill known as SB 288 that would effectively ban nondiscrimination protections for LGBT Louisianans across the state is up consideration.
Evangelical Lutheran bishop comes out as gay at National Youth Gathering
When coming out, he said unequivocally, “Being gay is not a sin. My sin was a lifetime of denying that the God who created me, also loves me. It was faithlessness.”
February 23, 2015
Big Freedia: "When straight guys come up to me to tell me they like the show, I know things are changing"
Big Freedia says South is more LGBT-inclusive and talks new dramatic season of Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce.
September 3, 2014
For the first time since Windsor, federal judge upholds Louisiana's ban on marriage equality
On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that Louisiana's statewide ban on marriage equality is constitutional, marking the first time a federal court has done so since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down parts of the discriminatory "Defense of Marriage" Act in 2013.
July 28, 2014
Southern stories told by the Washington Blade
The Washington Blade recently published a series of articles detailing the quality of life of Southern LGBT individuals. The authors spent a week in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi chronicling accounts of those who have experienced poverty, discrimination, Hurricane Katrina, and other hardships not uncommon to residents of the South.
June 6, 2014
Transgender woman held captive and tortured in Louisiana, suspects arrested
In Louisiana, three suspects were arrested for allegedly holding a transgender woman captive in the Ajax area of Natchitoches Parish.
February 19, 2014
Louisiana insurers use loophole to deny AIDS patients insurance
The state of Louisiana has only three insurance companies offering healthcare insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and all three are denying insurance to people who are HIV positive.
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