By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics LITTLE ROCK, AR — (August 13, 2025) — The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Arkansas may enforce its controversial 2021 ban on gender-affirming care for minors, reversing a lower court decision that had struck the law down as unconstitutional. Related [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics USA WASHINGTON D.C. — (July 7, 2025) — In a surprise turn during late-stage negotiations, U.S. President Donald Trump’s highly touted One Big Beautiful Bill was stripped of its controversial anti-trans provision, marking a rare win for LGBTQ+ advocates amid a year of mounting [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (June 9, 2025) — In a major legal victory for the LGBTQ community, a federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing executive orders that threatened to strip funding from organizations promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - Military News WASHINGTON, D.C. — (May 6, 2025) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can begin executing its ban on transgender military service members. In a vote of 6-3, the justices blocked a lower court order that temporarily halted the [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (03-18-25) — U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued a preliminary injunction blocking president Trump's ban on Transgender military service. The judge blasted the Trump administration actions with this order. The preliminary injunction indefinitely blocks an executive order by Trump which aimed to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. The [...]