LGBT Politics USA
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HRC Launches $15M Campaign to Defend LGBTQ+ Rights in 2026 Midterms
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 13, 2026) — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, has announced a $15 million electoral campaign aimed at electing pro-equality candidates in eight highly competitive U.S. House districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The initiative is designed to mobilize LGBTQ+ voters, allies and equality supporters in races that HRC [...]
Federal Judge Voids Trump-IRS Settlement That Created Controversial Weaponization Fund
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON, D.C. — (July 13, 2026) — A federal judge on Monday struck down the controversial settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service [...]
Graham Platner Suspends Campaign Operations After Rape Allegations Rock Maine Senate Race
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA AUGUSTA, ME — (July 8, 2026) — Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, announced in a video posted to X that [...]
Court Issues Major Blow to Trump Administration’s Anti-DEI Grant Policy
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics USA SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (July 10, 2026) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) [...]
Florida GOP Candidate Says ‘You Cannot Be Born Gay,’ Sparking Backlash
By: Paul Goldberg - Senior Correspondent | Florida LGBTQ Politics BROWARD COUNTY, FL — (July 8, 2026) — Republican congressional candidate Rod Joseph, who is seeking his party's nomination in Florida's 20th Congressional District, is [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
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. [...]
LGB Alliance New Poll Shows LGBTQ+ Term Uncomfortable
UNITED KINGDOM — (11-7-23) — After conducting a survey of 1700 lesbian, gay and bisexual subscribers to the LGB Alliance the term LGBTQ+ is considered uncomfortable. LGB Alliance subscribers and supporters on the commonplace language [...]
Massive Turn Out for Belgrade’s Pride Celebration in Serbia
BELGRADE, RS — (09-11-23) — Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Serbians and activists turned out in the Serbian capital city Saturday for Pride March 2023, amid a heavy police presence and anti-gay messages sent by the country’s [...]
Johannesburg Pride – Over 20,000 March for LGBTQ Ugandans
JOHANNESBURG — (11-01-23) — Over 20,000 people marched through Johannesburg last Saturday to celebrate Pride 2023. The enormous crowd were seen singing, dancing and making their support clear for LGBTQ communities across Africa, where LGBTQ [...]
One of Two Gay Men Stabbed Outside London Gay Bar Speaks Out
UNITED KINGDOM — (08-16-23) — Two gay men were stabbed outside a popular London gay bar last Sunday, in what police are investigating as a “homophobic attack.” The attack comes amid a surge in reported [...]
