Southern Poverty Law Center & LGBTQ Rights

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is one of America’s most recognized civil rights organizations, known for its relentless work in tracking extremism, exposing hate groups, and defending LGBTQ rights in courts and communities.

On JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics News, explore SPLC’s advocacy in protecting transgender youth, LGBTQ families, and marginalized communities from escalating political attacks. From legal battles against discriminatory laws to research exposing extremist networks, the SPLC remains a critical ally in the fight for equality.

Follow this tag for breaking news, legal updates, and advocacy statements highlighting the SPLC’s role in challenging hate and protecting LGBTQ Americans.

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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. [...]

9 06, 2019

Neo-Nazi Group Disruption at Detroit Pride Parade Fails

By JRL Charts|2019-06-09T21:03:19-07:00June 9th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: bigotry, hate crimes, lgbt politics, National Socialist Movement, neo-nazi group, Southern Poverty Law Center, white nationalists|

DETROIT, MI — (06-09-19) — Neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Movement, attempt to disrupt Detroit' Pride parade on Saturday and failed. The white nationalist group showed up with weapons and performing Nazi salutes. Members of the National Socialist Movement (NSM) sparked outrage when they arrived on the scene and police were quick to respond. Images [...]

20 02, 2019

Antigay Group Gets LGBTQ Stripped From Indiana Hate Crime Bill

By JRL Charts|2025-08-26T12:18:20-07:00February 20th, 2019|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: American family association, disability, ender identity, hate crime bill, hate group, Indiana, race, Religion, religion and lgbtq, Sex!, sexual orientation, Southern Poverty Law Center, strips LGBTQ|

Indianapolis — (02-20-19) — An antigay group has successfully help strip both LGBTQ and Race from the Indiana Hate Crime Bill. Indiana unfortunately, is one of only five states who have not instituted hate crime laws to protect against LGBTQ discrimination and racism. The Indiana Hate Crime Bill prior to the removal of LGBTQ and [...]

12 08, 2018

Southern Poverty Law Center Hits Back At Bigot Jeff Sessions

By JRL Charts|2025-08-01T17:24:00-07:00August 12th, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: ADF, Alliance Defending Freedom, attorney general, Blistering Message, Jeff Sessions, justice department, LGBT community to pedophilia, lgbt politics, lgbt politics south america, Religious Liberty Task Force, Southern Poverty Law Center, SPLC|

'Southern Poverty Law Center' released a blistering statement for disgraced 'Jeff Sessions' , attorney general for the United States - who has been over the past few weeks, promoting his anti-LGBT religious task force initiative to satisfy the extreme religious right including the anti-gay 'Alliance Defending Freedom' (ADF), organization which is currently listed as a [...]

22 02, 2018

Mississippi Town Rejects LGBTQ PRIDE Parade, Gay Activists Outraged

By JRL Charts|2018-02-22T11:55:34-08:00February 22nd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Daily News, gay news, human rights campaign, LGBT Polics, LGBT Pride Parade Cancelled, Mississippi, Pride 2018, Southern Poverty Law Center, Starkville Board of Aldermen|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Plans for the first ever LGBTQ PRIDE Parade were shattered after local leaders in the town of Starkville, Mississippi, denied a permit to LGBTQ support group Starkville Pride to hold what would have been the historic first ever gay pride parade in the town with a population of 26,000. Needless [...]

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