LGBT Politics
LGBT Politics USA
Trump Pardons Todd and Julie Chrisley in Shocking Oval Office Call
By: Paul Goldberg | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C — (May 27, 2025) — In a stunning political twist, former President Donald Trump called Savannah Chrisley from the Oval Office on Tuesday to inform her that he will be pardoning her parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley — the former reality TV stars from Chrisley Knows Best — who were convicted in 2022 for defrauding banks of more than [...]
NYC Pride Faces $750K Crisis as Corporate Sponsors Pull Out
By: Paul Goldberg | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics NEW YORK, NY — (May 24, 2025) — Heritage of Pride, the nonprofit behind NYC's official Pride Month celebrations, has revealed a staggering $750,000 budget [...]
Judge Kacsmaryk Guts LGBTQ Job Protections in Texas Ruling
AMARILLO, TX — (May 20, 2025) — A federal judge in Texas has just taken a sledgehammer to LGBTQ workplace protections—striking down key parts of Title VII in a ruling that openly defies the [...]
Texas Passes THC Hemp Ban Amid Medical Marijuana Expansion
By Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS Cannabis News AUSTIN, TX — (May 22, 2025) — In a dramatic move that could shake up the state’s multibillion-dollar hemp economy, Texas lawmakers have [...]
Apple Fined $93K in Russia Over LGBTQ+ Content on Streaming Platform
JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics — U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. has been hit with a 7.5 million ruble fine (approx. $93,000 USD) by a Russian court for allegedly violating the country’s controversial LGBTQ+ propaganda laws. [...]
LGBT Politics Asia
Condemnation over Denial of Rental Space for LGBT Festival
SEOUL, KR — (10-28-24) — South Korea's Human Rights Commission condemned city officials for denying rental space for the country's upcoming Seoul Queer Culture Festival, saying that it violates the Equality Rights law. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was outraged following the decision to deny rental space by the Seoul Museum of History and the Seoul city government’s public activities support center. Official say the decision was made because [...]
Thailand King Signs Historic Same-Sex Marriage Bill Into Law
BANGKOK, THAILAND — (09-27-24) — Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn made history earlier this week when he signed a marriage equality bill into law, making the country the first in South East Asia to [...]
Thailand Parliament Passes Bill Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
BANGKOK, TH — (03-28-24) — Thailand' Parliament made history yesterday when it passed a same-sex marriage bill, making the country the first Southeast Asian nation to recognize same-sex marriage. “I want to invite [...]
Thailand celebrates Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage
BANGKOK, TH — (06-19-24) — The Southeast Asian nation of Thailand will become the first to legalize same-sex marriage in the region, after the kingdom’s Senate approved a marriage equality bill on Tuesday. [...]
South Korea High Court Upholds Ban on Gay Sex in the Military
SEOUL, KR — (10-30-23) — South Korea's constitutional court has upheld the ban on gay sex in the military, a long standing law against same-sex relations in the military, in what activists have called a [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
EU Lawmakers to Protest Budapest Pride Ban
By Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics Europe MEPs Unite to Defy Budapest Pride Ban, Urge EU to Act Against Hungary BRUSSELS — (May 22, 2025) — A cross-party coalition of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) is preparing to travel to Hungary in defiance of the government’s recent Budapest Pride ban, with lawmakers and activists urging the European Commission to launch immediate legal action. At a [...]
Russian Gay Travel Agency Owner Found Dead in Custody
MOSCOW, RU — (01-01-25) — An alleged gay Russian man who was arrested for allegedly running the Men Travel agency, an LGBT travel agency, was found dead in custody in Moscow on Sunday, [...]
Twelve LGBT Russians found guilty after Police Raid Gay Clubs
MOSCOW, RU — (12-04-24) — Moscow has disgraced itself by finding twelve Moscow Gay clubgoers guilty of “petty hooliganism” following anti-LGBTQ "propaganda" raids conducted by Russian security forces. The twelve Russian citizens were [...]
Right Wing Nationalists Force Cancellation of ‘Kyiv Queer Talk’ Event
LAS VEGAS, NV — (12-09-24) — Ukrainian right-wing nationalists clashed with police over the weekend at the 'Kyiv Queer Talk' event. The incident took place outside the Office Repair Together meeting space in [...]
Georgia Right-Wing Speaker Signs anti-LGBTQ Bill into Law
TBILISI, GEORGIA — (10-04-24) — Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has refused to sign her right wing parliament's bill that bans LGBT Rights. In response, the Georgian Parliament's Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, signed the bill into law [...]