LGBT Politics USA
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Christian Foster Care Giant to Bar LGBTQ Couples from New Adoptions Beginning in 2027
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — (June 14, 2026) — One of the nation's largest Christian foster care and adoption agencies has announced a major policy change that will limit future foster and adoptive placements to families whose beliefs align with the organization's Christian statement of faith. Bethany Christian Services, a faith-based nonprofit serving more than 25 states, said the revised policy [...]
Federal Indictment Against LGBTQ Rights Attorney Suddenly Dismissed
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 10, 2026) — A federal indictment filed against LGBTQ rights attorney Carl Charles has been dismissed, bringing an unexpected conclusion [...]
New Data Shows LGBTQ+ Businesses Navigating Tougher Financial Climate in 2026
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Business Finance News LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 7, 2026) — The economic outlook for many LGBTQ+ businesses and organizations remains challenging in 2026 as a combination [...]
LGBTQ Business Owners Join Growing Coalition Against Bank Account Closures
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Business Finance News LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 8, 2026) — A growing coalition of artists, entrepreneurs, digital asset firms, civil liberties advocates, and LGBTQ allies is weighing [...]
Federal Judge Delivers Major Blow to DOJ Effort Targeting Transgender Youth Care
By: Paul Goldberg — Senior Correspondent | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA BOSTON, MA — (June 6, 2026) — A federal judge has delivered a significant legal setback to the Department of Justice after ruling [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
Twelve LGBT Russians found guilty after Police Raid Gay Clubs
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics Europe MOSCOW, RU — (12-04-24) — Moscow has disgraced itself by finding twelve Moscow Gay clubgoers guilty of “petty hooliganism” following anti-LGBTQ "propaganda" raids [...]
Georgia Right-Wing Speaker Signs anti-LGBTQ Bill into Law
TBILISI, GEORGIA — (10-04-24) — Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has refused to sign her right wing parliament's bill that bans LGBT Rights. In response, the Georgian Parliament's Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, signed the bill into law [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
