LGBT Politics USA
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Did the Pentagon Force Scouting America to Change Its Transgender Policy? Lawsuit Demands Answers
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | Breaking Military News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 28, 2026) — A federal lawsuit is seeking to determine whether the U.S. Department of Defense and Scouting America reached an agreement that altered the organization's transgender membership policy as part of a partnership announced earlier this year. The complaint, filed Thursday in federal court in New York City by gay rights activist James Dale, alleges [...]
Trump-Appointed 9th Circuit Judges Revive Lawsuit Against Alaska Airlines Over LGBTQ Policy
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (June 27, 2026) — A federal appeals court has revived a closely watched lawsuit accusing Alaska Airlines of religious discrimination after [...]
Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Narrative Faces Reality Check as Factory Employment Falls
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | JRL CHARTS LGBT Business Finance News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 23, 2026) — President Donald Trump continues to promote what he calls America's new "Golden Age," but fresh [...]
Tennessee Christian School Settles With Student Suspended After Coming Out as Gay
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA CLEVELAND, TN — (June 24, 2026) — A Tennessee Christian school has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle a legal fight brought by a former [...]
DACA Renewals Stall as Trump Immigration Policy Leaves LGBTQ Dreamers in Limbo
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 21, 2026) — The legal limbo facing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients is growing more dangerous as first-time DACA applications [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
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 [...]
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 [...]
Christian Group Threatens Westminster Over PRIDE Flags
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics Europe WESTMINSTER, UK — (June 16, 2025) — The City of Westminster is once again under fire from right-wing activists, as lobby group Christian Concern [...]
German Parents Sue to Remove LGBT Flags from School Grounds in Berlin Showdown
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics Europe BERLIN, GERMANY — (June 20, 2025) — In a move stirring headlines across Europe, a pair of Berlin parents have filed a lawsuit [...]
European Pride Celebrations Hit Hard by Global DEI Backlash
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics Europe BERLIN, GERMANY — (June 14, 2025) — Corporate sponsors are pulling back from European Pride celebrations this year, as organizers across the continent report [...]
LGBT Politics Asia
Band 1975 cancel gigs after Gay Kiss in Malaysia Concert
MALAYSIA — (07-30-23) — British band The 1975 cancelled their shows in Liberal Taiwan and Muslim-majority Indonesia, after Malaysia stopped the group in the middle of their set after lead singer Matty Healy gave a [...]
Japan Lawmakers Pass Law Promoting LGBT Understanding
TOKYO, JP — (07-12-23) — Japanese lawmakers have just passed a law that 'Promotes Understanding of LGBT People'. According to Human Rights Watch, in June, the Japanese Diet, the national legislature of Japan, passed its [...]
Japan Sparks Outrage Over watered-down LGBT Understanding Law
TOKYO, JP — (06-16-23) — Japan has passed a watered-down LGBT Understanding Law on Friday, that is meant to promote understanding of the LGBT community. Critics of the bill say the pathetic law has absolutely [...]
Right Wing Mob Storms Tbilisi Pride Fest, Setting Fires and Looting
TBILISI, Georgia — (07-10-23) — A right wing mob stormed the Tbilisi PRIDE Festival last weekend. Hundreds of anti-LGBTQ rights activist swarmed the festival in the capital, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the [...]
Thailand Celebrates 2nd Annual PRIDE Parade with 50K In Attendance
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Political Correspondent | JRL CHARTS BANGKOK — (06-05-23) — Thailand's 2nd annual PRIDE Parade doubled its attendance from last year with over 50,000 people on hand to celebrate LGBT Rights. In celebration [...]
