LGBT Politics USA
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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 the company terminated two flight attendants who criticized its public support for expanded LGBTQ legal protections. In a decision issued Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that sufficient [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Minneapolis Moves to Repeal 1988 Gay Bathhouse Ban Amid Culture-War Attacks
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, MN — (June 19, 2026) — More than two months after Minneapolis officials began considering the legalization of regulated bathhouses, the debate returned to City Hall [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
LGBT Politics Asia
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
South Korea High Court hands Gay Couple Historic Win
SEOUL, KR — (02-26-23) — South Korea' Supreme Court ruled in favor of LGBTQ+ couples in a landmark ruling that says spousal coverage under the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) should be applied equally to [...]
