LGBT Politics USA
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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 during the height of the AIDS crisis, state lawmakers are moving to bring that era of public health policy to an end. New legislation would repeal New York's longstanding prohibition on adult saunas and replace [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
LGBT Politics Europe
EU Court Rules Transgender Citizens Must Have IDs Reflecting Lived Gender
By: Paul Goldberg — Senior Correspondent | LGBT International News LUXEMBOURG — (March 13, 2026) — A landmark decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union is reshaping how member states handle gender [...]
Spain Refuses Use of US Military Bases for Iran Operations as Aircraft Redeploy to Germany
By: Paul Goldberg — Senior Correspondent | Breaking Military News MADRID — (March 2, 2026) — Spain has declined to authorize the use of US military bases on Spanish territory for operations connected to ongoing actions [...]
UK Veterans Threaten Legal Action Over Ministry of Defence LGBT Compensation Criteria
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Political Correspondent | JRL CHARTS LONDON — (February 19, 2026) — A group of UK veterans who say they were forced out of the armed forces under the former ban on LGBT [...]
Global AI Pledge Signed by 88 Nations Avoids Binding Safety Commitments
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | LGBT News International BRUSSELS — (February 22, 2026) — Eighty-eight countries and regional blocs, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, have endorsed an India-led declaration [...]
EU Launches Digital Services Act Investigation Into Shein Over Online Safety Compliance
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Political Correspondent | JRL CHARTS BRUSSELS — (February 17, 2026) — The European Commission has formally opened proceedings against global e-commerce platform Shein under the European Union’s sweeping online governance framework, the [...]
LGBT Politics Asia
Ghana Revives Harsh Anti-LGBTQ Bill as Turkiye Signals New Restrictions
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Correspondent | LGBT Politics Asia ACCRA / ANKARA — (February 27, 2026) — Lawmakers in Ghana have formally reintroduced the controversial Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, while officials in [...]
See What the Supreme Court Just Ruled on Same-Sex Couples and Property Rights
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBTQ Politics Asia MANILA — (February 10, 2026) — In a historic legal decision, the Philippines Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples who live together and [...]
Malaysia’s Gay Spa Raid Backfires as Judge Orders Release of All 201 Men
By: Paul Goldberg – Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics Asia KUALA LUMPUR — (December 28, 2025) — Malaysia’s latest attempt to crack down on LGBTQ+ spaces has collapsed in dramatic fashion after a [...]
Asia’s LGBTQ Rights in 2025: Major Wins, Dangerous Backslides, and What Comes Next
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics Asia Research Credit: This report is based on original regional LGBTQ rights research by Rob Salerno, founder of 76Crimes.com, one of the world’s leading international [...]
Malaysia Sparks Outrage with Mass Raids on Men-Only Spas, Raising Fears of LGBTQ Persecution
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBTQ Politics Asia MALAYSIA — (December 1, 2025) — Malaysia is once again drawing international scrutiny after coordinated police raids on men-only saunas and spas across Kuala [...]
