LGBT Politics USA Archives

Welcome to JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA, your front line for coverage on anti-LGBTQ bills, civil rights battles, and queer policy developments across the United States. From school board conflicts to national court rulings, we track the pulse of legislation, protests, and political leadership impacting the LGBTQ+ community in every state.

5 05, 2025

Boise Set to Make LGBT Flag Official to Comply with State Law

By JRL Charts|2025-05-05T03:00:02-07:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Boise Mayor Lauren McLean, Flag, HB 96, LGBT Flag, lgbt politics, Organ Donor Flag|

BOISE, ID — (05-05-25) — What’s Happening: The city of Boise will soon vote on designating the LGBT flag and the Donate Life flag as official city flags — a move aimed at bringing the city into compliance with a state law passed earlier this year. For the past month, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean has [...]

25 04, 2025

Kennedy Center Cancels LGBTQ+ Pride Month Events

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (04-25-25) — LGBTQ+ Pride organizers and performers are trying to find new venues after the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts abruptly canceled all PRIDE Month Events. A week's worth of events that were scheduled to celebrate LGBTQ+ rights during this summer's World Pride festival in Washington, D.C. The decision follows a [...]

25 04, 2025

Fmr Rep. George Santos Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison

By JRL Charts|2025-04-25T10:02:16-07:00April 25th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: George Santos, LGBT News, lgbt politics|

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — (04-25-25) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos, the disgraced openly gay republican who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he heard his punishment. "From his creation of a wholly fictitious biography to his callous theft of money from [...]

14 04, 2025

Free Speech Coalition helps defeat Colorado Age Verification Bill

By JRL Charts|2025-04-14T15:28:20-07:00April 14th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: ACLU of Colorado, Center for LGBTQ+ Economic Advancement and Research, Fight for the Future, Free Speech Coalition, porn biz gay, Woodhull Freedom Foundation|

DENVER, CO — (04-14-25) — Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announces that with its help, Colorado's recently introduced age verification bill has been defeated. Colorado SB 201 was another part of the war on the adult industry by conservatives nationwide with their campaign of Age-Verification bills. This time however, it was defeated. Review the Free Speech [...]

7 04, 2025

Trump Axes More than $125M in LGBTQ Health Funding

By JRL Charts|2025-04-07T00:05:38-07:00April 7th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: DEI, donald trump, LGBT News, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, LGBTQ healthcare funding|

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (04-07-25) — We can now confirm that the Trump administration has cancelled over $125Mm in LGBTQ health research funding, collapsing the nation’s LGBTQ research by cancelling over 270 grants that totalled $125 million. While the country has been consumed with the stock market crashing, LGBTQ military veterans being erased from history, the [...]

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