LGBT Politics
LGBT Politics USA
D.C. Police Reverse Dupont Circle Park Closure for WorldPride
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 6, 2025) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has reversed its request to close Dupont Circle Park this weekend during the WorldPride 2025 celebrations. This decision follows the intense pushback from LGBTQ+ leaders and city officials. The initial closure, announced Monday night, cited “a history and pattern of destructive and disorderly behavior from unpermitted activities” [...]
Defense Secretary Orders Removal of Harvey Milk’s Name from Navy Ship
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 4, 2025) — In a controversial move, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has directed the US Navy to [...]
Trump Pardons Todd and Julie Chrisley in Shocking Oval Office Call
By: Paul Goldberg | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C — (May 27, 2025) — In a stunning political twist, former President Donald Trump called Savannah Chrisley from the Oval Office on [...]
Big Corporate Brands Scale Back on Pride in 2025
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics For the last several years, Pride Month was a high-visibility marketing opportunity for big brands. Retailers decked out windows with rainbow flags, [...]
NYC Pride Faces $750K Crisis as Corporate Sponsors Pull Out
By: Paul Goldberg | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics NEW YORK, NY — (May 24, 2025) — Heritage of Pride, the nonprofit behind NYC's official Pride Month celebrations, has revealed a staggering $750,000 budget shortfall for [...]
LGBT Politics Asia
Condemnation over Denial of Rental Space for LGBT Festival
SEOUL, KR — (10-28-24) — South Korea's Human Rights Commission condemned city officials for denying rental space for the country's upcoming Seoul Queer Culture Festival, saying that it violates the Equality Rights law. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was outraged following the decision to deny rental space by the Seoul Museum of History and the Seoul city government’s public activities support center. Official say the decision was made because [...]
Thailand King Signs Historic Same-Sex Marriage Bill Into Law
BANGKOK, THAILAND — (09-27-24) — Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn made history earlier this week when he signed a marriage equality bill into law, making the country the first in South East Asia to [...]
Thailand Parliament Passes Bill Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
BANGKOK, TH — (03-28-24) — Thailand' Parliament made history yesterday when it passed a same-sex marriage bill, making the country the first Southeast Asian nation to recognize same-sex marriage. “I want to invite [...]
Thailand celebrates Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage
BANGKOK, TH — (06-19-24) — The Southeast Asian nation of Thailand will become the first to legalize same-sex marriage in the region, after the kingdom’s Senate approved a marriage equality bill on Tuesday. [...]
South Korea High Court Upholds Ban on Gay Sex in the Military
SEOUL, KR — (10-30-23) — South Korea's constitutional court has upheld the ban on gay sex in the military, a long standing law against same-sex relations in the military, in what activists have called a [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
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 of the European Parliament (MEPs) is preparing to travel to Hungary in defiance of the government’s recent Budapest Pride ban, with lawmakers and activists urging the European Commission to launch immediate legal action. At a [...]
Russian Gay Travel Agency Owner Found Dead in Custody
MOSCOW, RU — (01-01-25) — An alleged gay Russian man who was arrested for allegedly running the Men Travel agency, an LGBT travel agency, was found dead in custody in Moscow on Sunday, [...]
Twelve LGBT Russians found guilty after Police Raid Gay Clubs
MOSCOW, RU — (12-04-24) — Moscow has disgraced itself by finding twelve Moscow Gay clubgoers guilty of “petty hooliganism” following anti-LGBTQ "propaganda" raids conducted by Russian security forces. The twelve Russian citizens were [...]
Right Wing Nationalists Force Cancellation of ‘Kyiv Queer Talk’ Event
LAS VEGAS, NV — (12-09-24) — Ukrainian right-wing nationalists clashed with police over the weekend at the 'Kyiv Queer Talk' event. The incident took place outside the Office Repair Together meeting space in [...]
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 [...]