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8 10, 2025

Trump Boasts: “We Took Away Freedom of Speech” While Pledging Prison Time for Flag Burners

By JRL Charts|2025-10-08T17:26:50-07:00October 8th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: brandenburg v ohio, Donald Trump’s Policies & Scandals: The Latest from LGBT Politics USA, Flag burning, freedom of speech, lgbt politics, LGBT Politics USA, texas v johnson, US Supreme Court|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (October 8, 2025) — Former President Donald Trump ignited new controversy Wednesday after boasting that his administration “took the freedom of speech away” while pushing for a one-year prison sentence for Americans convicted of burning the U.S. flag. Related Coverage Links [...]

6 10, 2025

Supreme Court to Hear Major LGBTQ+ Case Next Week—Why It Matters

By JRL Charts|2025-10-08T17:01:10-07:00October 6th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: chiles-v-salazar, conversion therapy ban, freedom of speech, Gay Colorado News, JRL CHARTS Exclusives, lgbt politics, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, The Trevor Project, US Supreme Court|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (October 6, 2025) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that could determine whether states can continue banning LGBTQ+ conversion therapy for minors. Related Coverage on JRL CHARTS: Trump Yanks Anti-Trans [...]

2 10, 2025

Pride Flag Costs FBI Trainee His Job Under Trump-Era FBI Director Kash Patel

By JRL Charts|2025-10-02T20:02:57-07:00October 2nd, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Donald Trump’s Policies & Scandals: The Latest from LGBT Politics USA, FBI, Gay Washington D.C. News: LGBTQ Politics & Culture in the Capital, JRL CHARTS Exclusives, kash patel, lgbt politics, LGBT Politics USA, PRIDE flag|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics WASHINGTON, D.C. — (October 2, 2025) — FBI Director Kash Patel terminated an FBI agent trainee after discovering the trainee had displayed a Pride flag on his desk last year, according to an exclusive report by NBC News. Related Coverage Links on JRL CHARTS: [...]

26 09, 2025

Federal Funding Fears Push Durham County to End Pride Sponsorship

By JRL Charts|2025-09-28T13:16:31-07:00September 26th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: durham county, Florida LGBTQ News, gay Durham news, JRL CHARTS Exclusives, lgbt politics, LGBT Politics USA, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, PRIDE Events|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics DURHAM, N.C. — (September 26, 2025) — Durham County has formally withdrawn its sponsorship of the city’s Pride celebration, citing concerns that recent federal executive orders restricting government participation in “diversity, equity, and inclusion activities” could put millions of dollars in federal funding at risk. [...]

25 09, 2025

Transgender Americans Branded Terror Threat? LGBTQ Leaders Sound the Alarm

By JRL Charts|2025-09-25T19:15:47-07:00September 25th, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: FBI, Gay Washington D.C. News: LGBTQ Politics & Culture in the Capital, GLAAD, Heritage Foundation, lgbt politics, LGBT Politics USA, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, Southern Poverty Law Center, Transgender Rights News & Policy | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA, Trump administration|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics News LGBTQ Leaders Condemn FBI Proposal WASHINGTON, D.C. — (September 25, 2025) — LGBTQ leaders are pushing back hard against reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is weighing a controversial proposal to classify “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism” as a form of domestic terrorism. [...]

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