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PLANO, TX — (02-28-23) — A megachurch in Texas voted overwhelmingly to leave the United Methodist Church (UMC) for ordaining LGBTQ clergy and officiating at or hosting same-sex marriages. The church's departure comes as more than 2,000 U.S. churches have disaffiliated from United Methodist Church since 2019, when they publicly came out in support of [...]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — (02-25-23) — Utah lawmaker Rep. Jeff Stenquist, says he has listened to concerns from the LGBTQ community and has updated a bill known as Utah's "Don't Say Gay' bill, over the concerns of the LGBT Community. “It was never my intention to do harm or anything like that.” - Rep. [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Political Correspondent | JRL CHARTS NAIROBI, KENYA — (02-25-23) — Kenya' Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Kenyan authorities were wrong to ban the LGBT community from registering a rights organization. Yet at the same time it stressed that gay sex remains illegal. Related LGBT International News Coverage on JRL CHARTS: • EU [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (02-22-23) — Gallup released its latest numbers on U.S. LGBT Identification., The results show perceptible increases in 2020 and 2021 among U.S. adults’ identififying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual. The study shows that radio held steady in 2022 at 7.2%. The current percentage is double what it [...]
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 2021, shortly after the right wing conservative government of right wing dark age Prime Minister Viktor Orban, adopted the outrageous [...]
BIRMINGHAM — (02-13-23) — Birmingham LGBT Centre has been attacked for the third time with homophobic vandalism worth thousands of dollars in damages. It is also the third time it has been subjected to criminal damage in recent years. Last week staff members of the Birmingham LGBT Centre arrived to work to find the words [...]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — (02-06-23) — A deal has been struck by legislatures on a bill that originally sought to dismantle some of Utah's ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy. The LGBTQ Conversion Therapy deal revolves around a language change in House Bill 228, but JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics News has confirmed it will preserve [...]
TOKYO, JP — Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fired one of his cabinet secretary's who made anti-LGBT remarks about gay couples. Former cabinet secretary Masayoshi Arai reportedly said he "Would not want to live next to, or look at, people in same-sex relationships." Mr Arai also claimed that allowing same-sex marriage into Japan's society [...]
LAS VEGAS — (01-31-23) — The ACLU release the latest alarming map of U.S. State Legislatures that have anti-LGBTQ bills on its docket. Over the last few years states have advanced a record number of bills that attack LGBTQ rights, especially transgender youth. The ACLU is tracking these attacks and working with a national network [...]
NORFOLK, VA — (01-30-23) — LGBTQ activist and beloved pillar of the Hampton Roads LGBTQ community Charles Kirtland, has died. Local LGBTQ activists are remembering him for his kindness, empathy and passion for the people and causes he championed. Charles Kirtland, owner of Gershwin’s in downtown Norfolk and chair of the LGBT Life Center‘s board [...]