LGBT Politics USA
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Nevada Ranked Safest State for LGBTQ Residents in 2026 National Study
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 6, 2026) — Nevada has been ranked the safest state in America for LGBTQ residents after earning the nation's only A+ rating in the newly released 2026 LGBTQ+ State Safety Report Cards, a comprehensive study examining legal protections, healthcare access, anti-discrimination policies, and hate crime data across all 50 states. The report, published by [...]
Dallas LGBTQ Community Defies Setback as Pride Celebrations Continue Without Rainbow Crosswalks
By Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT DALLAS, TX — (June 4, 2026) — Pride Month celebrations are underway across Dallas as LGBTQ residents, community leaders, and business owners reaffirm their commitment to visibility [...]
Andy Ogles Deletes Post After Saying ‘Homosexuality Has No Place in America’
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA NASHVILLE, TN — (June 2, 2026) — Tennessee Republican Congressman Andy Ogles is facing widespread criticism after posting a Pride Month message declaring that "Homosexuality [...]
George Santos Faces New Federal Scrutiny Over Prediction Market Betting Probe
By Paul Goldberg | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 3, 2026) Former New York Congressman George Santos is once again facing federal scrutiny after reports surfaced that the U.S. Department of [...]
Appeals Court Deals Major Blow to Trump Military Transgender Ban
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | Breaking Military News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 2, 2026) — A divided federal appeals court delivered a significant setback to the Trump administration's effort to remove transgender Americans [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
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 [...]
EU Adviser Slams Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Law as “Unconstitutional Attack on Equality
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics Europe BRUSSELS — (June 11, 2025) — In a scathing legal rebuke, a top adviser to the European Union’s highest court declared that Hungary’s [...]
Scottish Government Acts to Protect Financial Payments for LGBTQ+ Veterans
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Business Correspondent | LGBT Politics Europe UNITED KINGDOM — (June 8, 2025) — Peter Gibson, Chief Executive of Fighting with Pride, hailed the latest move by the Scottish Government as a “crucial [...]
Pride Parades Ignite Solidarity in Poland and Portugal as Political Tensions Rise
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics Europe EUROPE — (June 9, 2025) — Both Poland and Portugal ushered in Pride Month this past weekend with colorful and defiant parades, blending [...]
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 [...]
LGBT Politics Asia
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 [...]
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 [...]
Taiwan Passes Bill Allowing Gay Couples to Adopt Children
TAIPEI CITY, TW — (05-17-23) — Taiwan's parliament has passed a bill allowing same-sex married couples to adopt children, four years after same-sex marriage was legalized on the self-governing islands. Gay and lesbian couples will [...]
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 [...]
Seoul Officials Ban South Korea’s Biggest PRIDE Parade
SEOUL, KR — (05-05-23) — In a blow to LGBTQ Rights in South Korea, the organizers of the country's biggest Pride parade, Seoul Queer Culture Festival, said they were denied their annual permit. The organization [...]
