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UNITED KINGDOM — (10-17-23) — UK LGBTQ+ specialist Peccadillo Pictures unveils 'The Lost Boys' official trailer featuring stand-out performances from Khalil Gharbia and Julien De Saint Jean. Peccadillo Pictures picked up the rights for The Lost Boys from Paris-based Indie Sales for distribution in the UK and Ireland. This took place after the film's premiere [...]
TUSLA, OK — (10-10-23) — U.S. District Judge John Heil has allowed a state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect, adding to a growing split among judges on whether such laws are constitutional and are able to be enforced based on the constitution. Gender-affirming care includes puberty blockers, hormones and surgery. [...]
HONG KONG — (09-05-23) — Hong Kong's top court ruled Tuesday in favor of same-sex civil unions but stopped short of ruling in favor of full marriage rights in a partial win for HK's LGBTQ community. Over the past decade, LGBTQ activists in Hong Kong have won piecemeal victories in court, striking down discriminatory government [...]
TALLAHASSEE, FL — (08-18-23) — For the second time in less than a year, a Central Florida federal judge has backed the GOP's "Don't Say Gay" Law by dismissing a lawsuit challenging the 2022 state law that restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. Last Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger issued [...]
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 hate crimes against LGBTQ Britons over the past 2 years. According to Detective Inspector Gary Castle, one of the victims [...]
MALAYSIA — (07-30-23) — British band The 1975 cancelled their shows in Liberal Taiwan and Muslim-majority Indonesia, after Malaysia stopped the group in the middle of their set after lead singer Matty Healy gave a passionate kiss to his male bandmate. In a statement released by the British Band on Sunday, the indie-rock group said, [...]
TBILISI, Georgia — (07-10-23) — A right wing mob stormed the Tbilisi PRIDE Festival last weekend. Hundreds of anti-LGBTQ rights activist swarmed the festival in the capital, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the event’s bars. Deputy Georgian Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze said participants in the Tbilisi Pride Fest were safely evacuated from the [...]
ORLANDO, FL — (06-26-23) — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked governor DeSantis' new Florida law that banned drag performances. This marks the third time this month that federal courts have rejected laws backed by anti-LGBTQ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has made it his mission to target the LGBTQ in Florida. In all three [...]
NEW YORK, NY — (06-13-23) — Three men allegedly damaged multiple rainbow Pride flags on display at New York City’s Stonewall National Monument this past weekend, in what police are calling a possible hate crime. The New York City Police Department confirmed to JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics News on Monday that it is investigating the [...]
NEW YORK, NY — (06-07-23) — The interior of New York City’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine is celebrating PRIDE Month with by 'lighting up' with a rainbow color scheme. The cathedral described itself as “a bastion of support for the LGBTQ+ community” as it announced a series of events for the 2023 PRIDE [...]