By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics LAS VEGAS, NV — (November 16, 2025) — LGBTQ Americans are buying guns at a record pace over the surge in hate crime violence. For decades, gun culture in the U.S. was framed as rural, conservative, and overwhelmingly Republican. Today, that picture has radically [...]
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 [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics News LAS VEGAS, NV — (November 5, 2025) — Voters across the United States delivered a powerful message at the polls on Nov. 4, turning out in some of the highest numbers seen in a non-federal election year — and with that turnout came [...]