LGBT Politics USA
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LGBTQ Consumers Shift Spending Away from Target, Walmart and Amazon
By: Paul Goldberg | Senior Political Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 18, 2026) — A growing number of LGBTQ consumers are adjusting their shopping habits based on how they perceive corporate commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The findings come from the organization's Pride in the Marketplace 2026 Report, which found that nearly 72% [...]
New HIV Data Raises Alarms After Trump Administration Funding Cuts
By: Paul Goldberg | Senior Political Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 15, 2026) — New federal data released in April 2026 is intensifying concerns among global health experts after revealing significant [...]
Federal Indictment Against LGBTQ Rights Attorney Suddenly Dismissed
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 10, 2026) — A federal indictment filed against LGBTQ rights attorney Carl Charles has been dismissed, bringing an unexpected conclusion [...]
Christian Foster Care Giant to Bar LGBTQ Couples from New Adoptions Beginning in 2027
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — (June 14, 2026) — One of the nation's largest Christian foster care and adoption agencies has announced a major policy change [...]
LGBTQ Business Owners Join Growing Coalition Against Bank Account Closures
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Business Finance News LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 8, 2026) — A growing coalition of artists, entrepreneurs, digital asset firms, civil liberties advocates, and LGBTQ allies is weighing [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
Russia Backs Down? St. Petersburg Court Tosses LGBT Propaganda Case Against Bookstore
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS — LGBT Politics Europe MOSCOW — (July 11, 2025) — A court in St. Petersburg has officially dropped an “LGBT propaganda” case against the iconic bookstore Podpisniye [...]
UK Minister Vows Urgent Action on LGBT Veterans’ Redress After Delays Exposed
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Business Correspondent | LGBT Business Finance News LONDON — (July 10, 2025) — The UK government has pledged to accelerate financial redress payments for LGBT veterans who were historically abused and discharged [...]
Global Allies Back LGBTQ Rights as U.S. Remains Silent on Pride Day
By: Keith Witchka, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics Europe WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 29, 2025) — While Pride Day celebrations lit up cities across the world, the United States government remained notably [...]
Germany’s Far Right Declares War on Pride: Militants Target LGBTQ Events
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics Europe BERLIN — (July 4, 2025) — In a terrifying surge of far-right aggression, LGBTQ Pride events across Germany are now under siege by neo-Nazi [...]
Budapest Defies Orbán: Massive Pride Protest Erupts Despite Ban
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics Europe BUDAPEST, HUNGARY — (June 28, 2025) — Tens of thousands flooded the streets of Budapest in a powerful act of defiance against Hungary’s [...]
LGBT Politics Asia
Thailand celebrates Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Political Correspondent | JRL CHARTS 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 [...]
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 you all [...]
76 People Arrested for Organizing Gay Wedding
NIGERIA — (10-24-23) — Security forces arrested 76 Nigerians on Saturday on charges of organizing a gay wedding in north-east Nigeria, where same-sex marriage is criminalized and often met with violence. Nigeria passed its anti-gay [...]
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 [...]
Hong Kong Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Civil Unions
HONG KONG — (09-05-23) — Hong Kong's top court ruled Tuesday in favor of same-sex civil unions but stopped short of ruling in favor of full marriage rights in a partial win for HK's LGBTQ [...]
