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.
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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 approved a bill banning the nonmedical sale of THC — the psychoactive component in cannabis — and sent it to Governor Greg [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics USA 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 U.S. Supreme Court. Related Links: JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics [...]
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. The Tagansky District Court in Moscow ruled that Apple Distribution International Ltd. committed three administrative offenses under Part 3 of [...]
NEW YORK, NY — (May 17, 2025) — A huge Mexican Navy training vessel, decorated with festive lights and flying an enormous Mexican flag, carrying up to 200 people, crashed into the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday. Hundreds of onlookers along the shoreline watched in shock and captured video of the dramatic collision.. Brooklyn [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - Military News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (May 6, 2025) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can begin executing its ban on transgender military service members. In a vote of 6-3, the justices blocked a lower court order that temporarily halted the [...]