Welcome to the LGBT World News tag archive on JRL CHARTS, where international LGBTQ stories come first. From human rights violations and political protests to global Pride celebrations and legislative updates, this tag delivers trusted, fast-breaking coverage of queer life worldwide.
Whether in Berlin, São Paulo, Istanbul, or New York, this archive keeps you informed on the global movement for LGBTQ visibility, safety, and equality.
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UNITED KINGDOM — (04-01-22) — Prime minister Boris Johnson is backtracking after fierce backlash after word leaked out that conservative ministers were planning to abandon plans to ban LGBT conversion therapy. The controversial Conversion therapy practices that claims to change or suppress a person’s sexuality or gender identity is something that Boris Johnson and his [...]
BAGHDAD — (03-24-22) — LGBT Iraqi citizens are coming under daily attack by armed groups, police and one of the country's most powerful militia, the umbrella organization, daily for simply being gay. According to Human Rights Watch and IraQueer, cases include abductions, torture, rape and murder. HRW said the Iraqi government has refused to hold [...]
UNITED KINGDOM — (03-14-22) — In a shock to LGBTQ rights, the U.K.'s Privy Council ruled that LGBT people don’t have the right to marry on the Cayman Islands based on its Constitution and, it sided with a local Supreme Court's decision not to allow the practice in Bermuda. The U.K.'s Privy Council wrote in [...]
UNITED KINGDOM — (03-09-22) — The Catholic church pulled a shock and awe on an author when they banned a visit to a London school by gay author Simon James Green. They also continued their blitz by removing a number of governors who supported the event, in a move that many say reminded them of [...]
SINGAPORE — (03-02-22) — Singapore's Supreme Court dismissed a challenge by three gay rights activists to overturn the country's Gay Sex Ban. The gay rights activists had filed their suit against a law that criminalizes sex between two men. Singapore's Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon used the excuse that..."Although the law, known as Section 377A, had [...]