By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics Asia SAN DIEGO, CA — (January 4, 2026) — A federal appeals court has stepped in to halt a controversial ruling that would have allowed school employees to disclose a student’s gender identity to their parents without the student’s consent — a decision that [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics NEW ORLEANS, LA — (November 6, 2025) — In another troubling blow to LGBTQ+ civil rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has revived portions of Texas Senate Bill 12, a controversial measure that critics have long condemned as a thinly [...]
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. — (August 8, 2025) — In a high-profile legal battle with national implications, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Christian relief agency World Vision’s right to revoke a job offer from an applicant in a same-sex marriage — [...]
By: Keith Witchka, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS — Gay Adult News — Legal ST. LOUIS — (July 9, 2025) — In a move applauded by subscription-based platforms, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s controversial “Click-to-Cancel” rule — a regulation designed to simplify online [...]