LGBT Politics USA
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Philadelphia Pride Police Crackdown Sparks Demands for Answers at City Hall
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics Philadelphia News PHILADELPHIA, PA — (August 8, 2026) — Philadelphia's 2026 Pride celebration was supposed to showcase the strength and visibility of one of America's most historic LGBTQ+ communities. Instead, the police response to crowds gathering in the city's Gayborhood has developed into an escalating fight over policing, accountability and how Philadelphia protects LGBTQ+ residents during one of the community's biggest [...]
New York Moves to End 41-Year Gay Bathhouse Ban in Historic Policy Shift
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Business Finance News NEW YORK, NY — (August 6, 2026) — More than four decades after New York adopted emergency regulations that effectively shut down gay bathhouses [...]
Education Department Drops LGBTQ+ Student Data From Civil Rights Survey
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 31, 2026) — The U.S. Department of Education will no longer collect several categories of LGBTQ+ student information as part of [...]
Trump Cuts Medicare Drug Subsidies—LGBTQ Seniors Could Pay More
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (August 2, 2026) — The Trump administration's decision to end a temporary Medicare Part D premium stabilization program is drawing criticism from [...]
Global HIV Funding Plunges After Trump Aid Cuts, New Reports Warn
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT International News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 27, 2026) — The global fight against HIV/AIDS suffered its most significant financial setback in nearly two decades after new reports from [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
Belarus New Law Calls LGBT Lives ‘Pornography’
MINSK, BY — (04-15-24) — European country Belarus hits a new low with its new law labeling LGBT citizens as pornographic deviants, according to Human Rights Watch. As of today, the definition of pornography under [...]
LGBT Royal Navy Veteran Wins Hero of the Year Award
UNITED KINGDOM — (04-10-24) — LGBT navy veteran, Emma Riley, was named Hero of the Year at the British Diversity Awards for her work to get a rule banning gay people from the navy overturned [...]
New South Wales Outlaws Gay Conversion Practices
SYDNEY, NSW — (03-22-24) — LGBTQ groups are celebrating legislation passed after a marathon of overnight debate. The ban on conversion practices was one of the Labor party's election promises, and it was welcomed by [...]
Owner of Pose Gay Bar Arrested under LGBT Propaganda Law
MOSCOW, RU — (04-01-24) — Russian authorities have arrested the owner of the popular 'Pose Gay Bar' on charges of organizing LGBT Propaganda "extremist" activities A Russian court has ordered the owner of the Pose [...]
Two Gay Club Employees Arrested in Russia under Extremist Law
MOSCOW, RU — (03-20-24) — In a first under Russia's LGBTQ Extremist Law, two Gay Club employees have been arrested under the new draconian law and have been sent to pretrial detention for two months [...]
