LGBT Politics USA
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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 student who alleged she was suspended, barred from graduation, and threatened with harm to her college prospects after she came out as gay on social media. The settlement resolves a lawsuit filed by Morgan Armstrong, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
DOJ Refuses Judge’s Demand to Kill $1.8 Billion Trump-Era Compensation Fund
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 19, 2026) — A growing legal battle between the U.S. Department of Justice and a federal judge intensified Friday after government [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
PM of Japan fires Aide over Derogatory LGBT Remarks
TOKYO, JP — Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fired one of his cabinet secretary's who made anti-LGBT remarks about gay couples. Former cabinet secretary Masayoshi Arai reportedly said he "Would not want to live [...]
