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Adult Industry Excluded from IRS “No Tax on Tips” Policy
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Business Finance News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (April 14, 2026) — Newly released guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) confirms that the adult industry is excluded from the IRS Tip Rule. It is confirmed that income tied to adult-oriented digital content will not qualify under the federal government’s new “No Tax on Tips” policy, a provision introduced as part of the 2025 [...]
Trump Tariff Refund Process Begins April 20 as Businesses Await Payouts
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (April 13, 2026) — The U.S. government is preparing to launch a formal refund process for duties collected under former President Donald [...]
Bombshell Report: Trump Jokes About Mass Pardons for Staff Near Oval Office
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (April 10, 2026) — A new report is generating intense political backlash after claims that President Donald Trump suggested he would issue [...]
Minneapolis Moves to Legalize Bathhouses Decades After AIDS Crisis Shutdown
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA MINNEAPOLIS, MN — (April 12, 2026) — A major policy debate is unfolding in the Midwest after news broke this week that the Minneapolis City [...]
Republicans Escalate Anti-Trans Push as 2026 Midterms Take Shape
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics News WASHINGTON, D.C. — April 8, 2026 — Republicans appear to be sharpening a familiar political strategy ahead of the 2026 midterm elections: intensifying attacks on [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
Ex-Soviet State Estonia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
TALLINN, ESTONIA — (01-02-24) — Estonia has become the first ex-Soviet state to legalize same-sex marriage.The amendment to Estonia’s Family Law, passed in June, took effect on January 1, 2024. Applications are expected to take [...]
Pope Francis Approves Blessings of Same-Sex Couples
VATICAN CITY — (12-18-23) — In a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis and the Vatican, Roman Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular Church [...]
Russia moves to Outlaw LGBTQ movement as ‘Extremist’
MOSCOW — (11-27-23) — The Russian Justice Ministry announced on Nov 17, it had filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to label the “international LGBT public movement” an extremist group, and to outlaw its [...]
Russia Supreme Court Bans ‘LGBT Movement’ Group
MOSCOW — (11-30-23) — The Supreme Court of Russia outlawed the “LGBT Movement” organization on Thursday, designating it an extremist group. The anti-LGBTQ ruling also affects subsidiaries of the LGBT Movement, the court announced, without [...]
Young Lesbian Woman Threatened with “Corrective Rape”
UNITED KINGDOM — (11-15-23) — Young lesbian woman Bandy Kiki received threats of "corrective rape" after she came out as a young lesbian woman from Cameroon, where it is still a crime to be LGBT. [...]
