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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
Right Wing Group Challenges LGBT Rights Law in Spain
MADRID — (05-10-23) — Spain's Constitutional Court announced on Tuesday it would consider a legal challenge brought by the right wing Vox party against a new LGBT Rights Law that protects transgender teenagers and encourages [...]
Uganda President Museveni refuses to sign anti-LGBTQ bill
KAMPALA, UG — (04-21-23) — President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda announced on Thursday that he would not sign an anti-LGBTQ Bill into law, a controversial new bill against homosexuality that prescribes the death penalty in [...]
Ukraine Now Open to Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
KYIV, UKRAINE — (03-08-23) — Ukraine’s former deputy culture minister announced on Tuesday that Zelensky's government is proposing to legalize same-sex civil partnerships, saying it would both reward the service of LGBTQ soldiers and please [...]
Rights Activists Beaten after Bosnia Police Ban LGBT Event
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — (03-19-23) — Gay rights activists in the Serb-run part of Bosnia were assaulted on Saturday, hours after police banned an LGBT planned event over the weekend, citing security concerns. The assault took [...]
NGOs urge EU Countries to join Brussels’ against Hungary’s anti-LGBT law
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — (02-13-23) — Human rights NGOs are calling on European Union countries to join the Commission's court case against Hungary's "anti-LGBTIQ+ propaganda" law. Brussels initiated its infringement procedure against Budapest back in July [...]
