Democrats introduce bill to protect jurors from anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination
The proposed law would safeguard one of the most fundamental rights and responsibilities of American citizens.
June 12, 2024
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Judge Weighs Discrimination Against Gay Jurors
Can attorneys exclude gay jurors just because of their sexual orientation?
September 18, 2013
Juror Reveals Reason They Found Jussie Smollett Guilty
"It wasn't an easy decision. You've got the mother sitting there. You feel bad."
December 13, 2021
Court: Jurors Can't Be Kicked Out for Being Gay
Jurors can't be turned away from serving in a trial solely because of their sexual orientation, a three-judge panel ruled on Tuesday
January 21, 2014
Jurors at Pulse Widow Trial Forced to Watch Scenes of Carnage
Prosecutors showed jurors the dozens of people, mostly LGBT, killed by Omar Mateen, while his widow wept.
March 16, 2018
Hard to Find Impartial Jurors for Hated 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli
There is still no jury for Shkreli, known for hiking up the cost of a life-saving drug for AIDS patients by 5,000 percent in 2015, and now accused of fraud.
June 28, 2017
Gay Man Sentenced to Death, Allegedly Because Jurors Thought He'd Enjoy Prison
The lawyers of convicted murderer Charles Rhines say homophobia played a role in his sentencing.
June 12, 2018
Dylann Roof Sentenced to Death After Telling Jurors, 'I Had to Do It'
The unrepentant white supremacist, who fatally shot nine black church members during a Bible study session, is the first person ordered to be executed for a federal hate crime.
January 10, 2017
Potential juror's excuse that he's racist, homophobic could spur charges
A Cape Cod man who claimed he was homophobic, racist, and a habitual liar to avoid jury duty earned an angry rebuke Monday from a judge, who referred the case to prosecutors for possible charges.
July 11, 2007
First Married Lesbian Murder Case in Mass. Ends in Hung Jury
After a 16-day trial and five days of deliberations, jurors were deadlocked.
March 15, 2013
Oped Queering the Cannes Film Festival
A behind-the-scenes look at the world's most famous film festival from a Queer Palm juror.
May 30, 2012
Federal grand jury in D.C. refuses to indict people accused in Trump’s crime crackdown
At least six times, jurors declined to validate charges federal prosecutors were alleging.
September 2, 2025
Jeanne Shaheen & Susan Collins introduce bipartisan bill banning anti-LGBTQ+ bias in federal jury selection
Currently, there is no law protecting jurors from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
June 18, 2025
Georgia police searching for man convicted of killing trans woman Skyler Gilmore
Davonte Fore was found guilty of the 2021 murder of Skyler Gilmore but fled before jurors reached their verdict.
October 17, 2024
Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 felony counts in hush-money trial
The jurors in New York City rendered their verdict Thursday afternoon in the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
May 30, 2024
Justice Samuel Alito wishes homophobia was acceptable
The conservative Supreme Court justice thought jurors who were dismissed for their antigay religious beliefs were treated unfairly.
February 21, 2024
Outfest Slams Gay White Men Who 'Co-Opted' Trans History
In honoring a short on Marsha P. Johnson, a juror at the LGBT film festival sent a strong message about authority in the arts.
July 23, 2018