{"id":2967,"date":"2017-05-04T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2017-05-01T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T19:15:45","slug":"lgbtqia-politics-roundup-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2967","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA Politics Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/LGBTQIA-Politics-Roundup-050117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2968\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/LGBTQIA-Politics-Roundup-050117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By Thomas Maxheimer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2017\/04\/coup-bar\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+towleroad%2Ffeed+%28Towleroad+Gay+News+%29\">This New Cocktail Bar Will Donate 100% of Profits to Causes Under Attack by Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next time you?re in NYC, do your part and stop by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coupnyc.com\/?dom=icopyright&amp;src=syn\">Coup<\/a> for a drink. ?Pronounced ?k?o&#8221;, this new cocktail bar opened recently in NYC?s East Village and will donating every single cent of its profits to nonprofit organizations whose efforts are threatened by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2017\/04\/hes-19-running-office-georgia-mocked-lifestyle\/?utm_source=LGBTQ+Nation+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=eb13452a2c-20170408_LGBTQ_Nation_Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c4eab596bd-eb13452a2c-429500585\">He?s 19 &amp; running for office in Georgia after being mocked for his ?lifestyle?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At just 19 years old, Andrew Niquette has achieved more than many people twice his age. ?Niquette will be running for a seat in the Georgia General Assembly next year. ?If successful, he will be the youngest member ever elected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/gay-politician-shut-homophobic-bigot-calling-trolls-grandmother\/\">This gay politician shut down a homophobic bigot by calling the troll&#8217;s grandmother<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Sims, who is gay, decided to take an unusual but effective action against a troll recently. ?The troll posted ?n*gger f*aggot*&#8217; on the politician?s Facebook page so Sims posted a reply: ?David, I can?t tell if you?re just a really dumb little boy or an angry bigot but I know for sure that you shouldn?t have posted your grandmother?s telephone number on your Facebook page. ?She and I just had a very disappointing chat about you. We?ll talk soon?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Thomas Maxheimer This New Cocktail Bar Will Donate 100% of Profits to Causes Under Attack by Trump Next time you?re in NYC, do your part and stop by Coup for a drink. ?Pronounced ?k?o&#8221;, this new cocktail bar opened recently in NYC?s East Village and will donating every single cent of its profits to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glbt-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}