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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 its Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), ending the federal reporting of nonbinary student enrollment and removing references to gender identity from portions of the nationwide education survey. The revisions, approved by the Office of Management [...]
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 [...]
GOP Rift Deepens as Cornyn Challenges Trump on PEPFAR AIDS Funding
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 21, 2026) — A growing divide within Senate Republicans emerged Tuesday after Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) announced he would oppose advancing [...]
Americans Flood FCC With Opposition to LGBTQ TV Warning Labels
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 24, 2026) — A proposed review of the nation's television ratings system by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has sparked widespread public [...]
Hegseth’s $37.5 Billion Iran War Admission Sparks Online Firestorm
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 21, 2026) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's confirmation that the United States has spent $37.5 billion on the war with Iran [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
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 [...]
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 [...]
Violence Breaks Out at Melbourne Gay Rights March
MELBOURNE, AU — (02-05-24) — Violence erupted during the Melbourne annual gay rights march when police allegedly stormed the protesters claiming 'disgusting' behavior being conducted by the gay rights marchers. Protesters reacted to the brutal [...]
Greece Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption Rights
ATHENS, GR — (02-16-24) — In a landmark vote, Greece's parliament approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption rights to gay couples last Thursday, a landmark victory for LGBT civil rights that was greeted [...]
French PM Appoints Gay Husband Foreign Minister
PARIS, FR — (01-12-24) — Openly gay French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal appointed his husband Stephane Sejourne as foreign minister of the super power country on Thursday, just days after he himself became the first [...]
