LGBT Politics USA
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Federal Court Drops Explosive Ruling on Alabama GOP Congressional Map
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA MONTGOMERY, AL — (May 26, 2026) — A federal three-judge panel — including two judges appointed by President Donald Trump — delivered a major legal setback to Alabama Republicans on Tuesday after ruling that the state’s congressional redistricting map was “intentionally discriminatory” against Black voters in violation of the U.S. Constitution. The ruling arrives as voting rights battles intensify nationwide [...]
Colorado Passes Sweeping LGBTQ Mental Health Protections for Youth
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA DENVER, CO — (May 24, 2026) — Lawmakers in Colorado have approved sweeping new legislation designed to preserve protections for LGBTQ+ youth against conversion therapy [...]
LGBTQ Gun Group Sees Membership Surge After Trump White House Targets ‘Radically Pro-Transgender’ Ideologies
By Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON D.C. — (May 22, 2026) — A newly released White House counterterrorism strategy is generating outrage and concern across LGBTQ communities after the [...]
Republicans Revolt Against Trump Housing Cuts as LGBTQ Americans Face Growing Housing Crisis
By Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON D.C. — (May 23, 2026) — Republican lawmakers are publicly breaking ranks with the White House after President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget [...]
REPORT: DHS Paid Massive Markups on Warehouses Linked to Trump Investors
By Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON D.C. — (May 20, 2026) — A new investigative report is igniting outrage across political and watchdog circles after allegations surfaced that [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
Trans Woman Brutally Murdered after anti-LGBT Law Passed
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics USA - Hate Crime Report TBILISI, GA — (09-20-24) — We are sad to report that one of Georgia's most well-known transgender women, Kesaria [...]
Ghana’s Supreme Court Upholds Law Criminalizing Gay Sex
ACCRA, GH — (07-26-24) — Ghana’s Supreme Court upheld the country's six-decade-old law criminalizing gay sex, as the west African country awaits another court decision on whether to authorize harsher penalties upon its LGBT population [...]
LGBT Ukrainian Soldiers Hope for Legal Rights
KYIV, UKRAINE — (06-17-24) — Several hundred LGBT Ukrainian soldiers and their supporters marched in downtown Kyiv last Sunday, to demand legal rights, especially considering they are putting their lives on the line for their [...]
Thousands Turn Out for Madrid Gay Pride Parade
MADRID, SPAIN — (07-07-24) — Tens of thousand of attendees turned out for the 2024 Madrid Gay Pride Parade that took place on Saturday in the capital city. The 2024 Madrid Pride Parade attendance shattered [...]
Pope apologizes for ‘faggotry’ Comment made in Meeting
VATICAN CITY, ROME — (05-28-24) — Pope Francis garnered major backlash after it was leaked that he used a highly derogatory term of 'faggotry' in regards to the LGBT community. The remark was reportedly made [...]
LGBT Politics Asia
Iran Executes Two Gay Men Over Sodomy Charges
By: Paul Goldberg — Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics Asia News DUBAI, UAE — (02-02-22) — Iran announced on Tuesday they had executed two gay men who were convicted on sodomy charges and who had [...]
LGBTQ People Are Being Hunted Down in Kabul, Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — (10-15-21) — LGBTQ people in Afghanistan are being hunted down by the Taliban. They are currently living in fear and are worried they will be found, persecuted and killed by the Taliban. [...]
Turkish Judge Moves Forward on LGBT Pride Marchers
ANKARA — (12-01-19) — A Turkish judge has ruled that the cases against LGBT pride marchers can go forward, rejecting their calls to throw out the trial of 19 people. Turkish authorities arrested 19 people [...]
Gay Iranian Man Beheaded in Alleged Honor Killing
By: Paul Goldberg — Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics Asia LAS VEGAS — (05-11-21) — A young 20 year-old gay man by the name of Ali Fazeli Monfared, was beheaded by family members in what [...]
