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By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics A long-fought victory for LGBTQ seniors in San Francisco SACRAMENTO, CA — (December 5, 2025) — A long-awaited LGBTQ-affirming affordable senior housing project in San Francisco is finally on track to receive state funding, after being denied twice in previous years. Approval of this [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBTQ Politics News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (December 4, 2025) — In a stunning reversal of long-standing federal protections, the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered PREA-certified prison auditors to stop evaluating whether jails and prisons protect LGBTQ and intersex people from sexual abuse — despite decades of [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBTQ Politics Asia DENVER, CO — (December 2, 2025) — Community leaders in Denver are sounding the alarm after YouthSeen, a respected LGBTQ youth mental health and wellness organization, was forced to close its doors indefinitely following a targeted robbery that wiped out the nonprofit’s entire emergency [...]
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 Lumpur resulted in more than 200 men being detained — a sweeping action that activists say is part of a [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics MIAMI, FL — (November 19, 2025) — Seven Florida municipalities have earned perfect scores on the Human Rights Campaign’s newly released Municipal Equality Index, a nationwide report evaluating how cities support LGBTQ-inclusive laws, policies, and services. The cities receiving 100% ratings this year are [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics LAS VEGAS, NV — (November 16, 2025) — LGBTQ Americans are buying guns at a record pace over the surge in hate crime violence. For decades, gun culture in the U.S. was framed as rural, conservative, and overwhelmingly Republican. Today, that picture has radically [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics Europe ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN — (November 14, 2025) Kazakhstan has become the latest country to enact sweeping restrictions on LGBTQ+ visibility, after lawmakers approved a controversial bill banning what it broadly labels “LGBT propaganda” across media and online platforms. The legislation — passed by parliament this [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Asia News LAS VEGAS, NV — (November 11, 2025) — Two of China’s most popular Blued and Finka Gay Dating Apps have vanished from Apple and Android stores across mainland China, sparking global concern over a renewed digital crackdown on LGBT visibility. According to multiple [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Political Correspondent | JRL CHARTS NEW ORLEANS, LA — (November 6, 2025) — In another troubling blow to LGBTQ+ civil rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has revived portions of Texas Senate Bill 12, a controversial measure that critics have long condemned as a thinly veiled attack on [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics News LAS VEGAS, NV — (November 5, 2025) — Voters across the United States delivered a powerful message at the polls on Nov. 4, turning out in some of the highest numbers seen in a non-federal election year — and with that turnout came [...]