LGBT Politics USA
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Divide and Conquer: How the Transgender Culture War Is Fracturing LGBT Political Power
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA LAS VEGAS, NV — (August 26, 2026) — The political genius of a wedge issue isn't convincing everyone to agree. It's convincing former allies to fight one another. As America races toward the November 2026 midterm elections, transgender rights have become one of the most powerful and persistent culture-war issues in American politics. Questions surrounding transgender athletes, schools, healthcare, bathrooms, military [...]
Canada Opens First National LGBTQ Monument Honoring Victims of the LGBT Purge
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics International OTTAWA, Canada — (August 25, 2026) — Canada has formally opened Thunderhead, its first national monument dedicated to 2SLGBTQI+ communities, creating a permanent memorial to [...]
Byron Donalds Blames Illegal Immigration for Measles as His Anti-LGBTQ+ Voting Record Faces Scrutiny
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA TALLAHASSEE, FL — (August 23, 2026) — Republican Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds is drawing scrutiny after blaming recent measles outbreaks on “rampant illegal immigration” [...]
LGBTQ Lawmakers Expand Their Power Across California Legislature for 2027
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA SACRAMENTO, CA — (August 24, 2026) — Openly LGBTQ lawmakers are preparing to take on an increasingly influential role inside the California Legislature, with several [...]
Torrey Pines High School Hit With Federal Lawsuit Over Pro-Trump ‘LGBT’ Poster
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA SAN DIEGO, CA — (August 23, 2026) — Torrey Pines High School and the San Dieguito Union High School District are facing a federal lawsuit accusing [...]
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
Egyptian Police Targeting Gay Men thru Dating Apps
UNITED KINGDOM — (01-30-23) — Egyptian police are targeting the LGBTQ community (primarily Gay Men), through dating apps. That is what BBC investigative reporter Ahmed Shihab-Eldin discovered. While the LGBTQ community is heavily stigmatized in [...]
Iran Executes Two LGBTQ Rights Activists in Tehran
By: Paul Goldberg — Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics Asia News URMIA, IRAN — (09-04-22) — The Islamic Republic of Iran sentenced to death two LGBTQ Rights activists on the grounds of promoting "Homosexual Rights" in the [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
