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By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 7, 2025) — As rainbow flags decorate Washington, D.C. for World Pride 2025, the city is bracing for a quieter celebration than organizers had hoped for. Many international travelers are skipping the event, citing concerns over safety and protesting President [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (June 6, 2025) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has reversed its request to close Dupont Circle Park this weekend during the WorldPride 2025 celebrations. This decision follows the intense pushback from LGBTQ+ leaders and city officials. The initial closure, announced [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics For the last several years, Pride Month was a high-visibility marketing opportunity for big brands. Retailers decked out windows with rainbow flags, featured LGBTQ-themed merchandise prominently, and celebrated Pride on social media. But this Pride Month, many companies are noticeably scaling back. A survey [...]
By: Paul Goldberg | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics NEW YORK, NY — (May 24, 2025) — Heritage of Pride, the nonprofit behind NYC's official Pride Month celebrations, has revealed a staggering $750,000 budget shortfall for 2025 —an alarming blow linked to a major pullback by high-profile corporate sponsors. In a statement issued Wednesday, NYC Pride [...]
By Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics Europe MEPs Unite to Defy Budapest Pride Ban, Urge EU to Act Against Hungary BRUSSELS — (May 22, 2025) — A cross-party coalition of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) is preparing to travel to Hungary in defiance of the government’s recent Budapest Pride ban, [...]
PENNSAUKEN, NJ — (05-08-25) — Veteran adult distributor Williams Trading Co. is pleased to offer its PRIDE Tariff Buster Sales, a comprehensive marketing campaign supporting the 2025 PRIDE Season. This new program is being supported in conjunction with our partnership with JRL CHARTS, the LGBT B2B Adult News Leader. RELATED: Williams Trading Blows Away with [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (03-21-25) — Major sponsors such as Comcast, Guinness and Smirnoff, Anheuser-Bush and more have pulled out of the 2025 San Francisco PRIDE event. These sponsors are saying the reason for pulling their sponsorship dollars was due to the Trump administration's constant anti-DEI campaign. (Basically code word for women, minorities and the [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics Europe MOSCOW, RU — (12-04-24) — Moscow has disgraced itself by finding twelve Moscow Gay clubgoers guilty of “petty hooliganism” following anti-LGBTQ "propaganda" raids conducted by Russian security forces. Related Links on JRL CHARTS: Christian Group Threatens Westminster Over PRIDE Flags Right Wing Nationalists [...]
ISTANBUL, TR — (07-01-24) — Turkish police made headlines over the weekend after arresting 15 people while shutting down a previously banned LGBT pride parade. The annual June Pride parade takes place in cities across the globe but rarely in predominantly Islamic countries such as Turkey. Authorities converged on a previously banned PRIDE event in [...]
GUATEMALA CITY — (06-30-24) — Guatemala's Supreme Court issued a resolution on Friday that called for "good manners" among attendees at its annual LGBT PRIDE parade. It also called on police to protect moral values at this year's event. The ruling comes after a homophobic right wing lawyer sought to ban the Guatemala PRIDE march. [...]