By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (November 30, 2025) — In a stunning and widely condemned reversal of U.S. public-health tradition, the Trump administration has ordered federal agencies, employees, and grant recipients not to recognize World AIDS Day — a global commemoration observed annually on December 1 since [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Political Correspondent | JRL CHARTS WASHINGTON, D.C. — (November 20, 2025) — A decorated former FBI staff operations specialist has filed a powerful federal lawsuit, alleging the Bureau wrongfully terminated him for displaying a Pride flag that was given to him by FBI leadership — a flag he says represented his service, [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics Europe ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN — (November 14, 2025) Kazakhstan has become the latest country to enact sweeping restrictions on LGBTQ+ visibility, after lawmakers approved a controversial bill banning what it broadly labels “LGBT propaganda” across media and online platforms. The legislation — passed by parliament this [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (November 9, 2025) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other top Democrats are breaking ranks with a bipartisan coalition that brokered a deal to extend government funding through January 30, arguing the proposal falls short of addressing key Democratic [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Political Correspondent | JRL CHARTS NEW ORLEANS, LA — (November 6, 2025) — In another troubling blow to LGBTQ+ civil rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has revived portions of Texas Senate Bill 12, a controversial measure that critics have long condemned as a thinly veiled attack on [...]