LGBT Politics USA
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LGBTQ Consumers Shift Spending Away from Target, Walmart and Amazon
By: Paul Goldberg | Senior Political Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 18, 2026) — A growing number of LGBTQ consumers are adjusting their shopping habits based on how they perceive corporate commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The findings come from the organization's Pride in the Marketplace 2026 Report, which found that nearly 72% [...]
New HIV Data Raises Alarms After Trump Administration Funding Cuts
By: Paul Goldberg | Senior Political Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 15, 2026) — New federal data released in April 2026 is intensifying concerns among global health experts after revealing significant [...]
Federal Indictment Against LGBTQ Rights Attorney Suddenly Dismissed
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 10, 2026) — A federal indictment filed against LGBTQ rights attorney Carl Charles has been dismissed, bringing an unexpected conclusion [...]
Christian Foster Care Giant to Bar LGBTQ Couples from New Adoptions Beginning in 2027
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — (June 14, 2026) — One of the nation's largest Christian foster care and adoption agencies has announced a major policy change [...]
LGBTQ Business Owners Join Growing Coalition Against Bank Account Closures
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Business Finance News LAS VEGAS, NV — (June 8, 2026) — A growing coalition of artists, entrepreneurs, digital asset firms, civil liberties advocates, and LGBTQ allies is weighing [...]
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. [...]
