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Transgender Suspect Sentenced to 73 Months in Scott Bessent Assassination Plot
By: Paul Goldberg — Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (August 18, 2026) — Ryan Michael English, a transgender Massachusetts defendant who admitted traveling to Washington with plans to attack senior Trump administration officials, has been sentenced to 73 months in federal prison in connection with a plot to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English, 24, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, received the sentence in U.S. District Court [...]
Democrats Blow Up the 2028 Presidential Map as DNC Rewrites Road to White House
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA | Election 2026 AUSTIN, TX — (August 15, 2026) — The Democratic Party just dramatically changed the road to its next presidential nominee. In a [...]
Trump Administration Cuts Medicaid Funding for Transgender Youth Care as Trevor Project Vows Fight
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (August 11, 2026) — The Trump administration has finalized a major new federal restriction on Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funding [...]
Federal Judge Tosses Trump DOJ Lawsuit Against Harvard in Major Title VI Defeat
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA BOSTON, MA — (August 13, 2026) — The Trump administration suffered a new legal setback Thursday after a federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's civil rights lawsuit [...]
Judge Hands Trump Major Win in Minnesota Transgender Title IX Battle
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA MINNEAPOLIS, MN — (August 10, 2026) — The Trump administration scored a significant legal victory Monday in its escalating battle with Minnesota over transgender students, [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
