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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 practices following the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Chiles v. Salazar. House Bill 26-1322 passed through the Colorado General Assembly this week and now heads to Governor Jared Polis’ desk for final approval. 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 [...]
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 [...]
LGBTQ Rights Pioneer Barney Frank Dead at 86 as Tributes Pour In Nationwide
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA LAS VEGAS, NV — (May 20, 2026) — Former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, one of the most influential LGBTQ political figures in modern [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Dominica High Court Rules Anti-LGBTQ Laws Unconstitutional
ROSEAU, DOMN — (04-22-24) — The Dominica High Court decriminalize consensual same-sex acts between adults on Monday, by declaring sections 14 and 16 of the 'Sexual Offences Act' unconstitutional. The ruling has been hailed as [...]
LGBT Politics Asia
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
