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People marching in Trans Pride London in 2019. (WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty) A leading European LGBT+ rights organisation has warned that anti-trans rhetoric is causing “serious damage” in the UK, citing the BBC’s “transphobic reporting”. Anti-trans rhetoric and violence has become increasingly common in the UK in recent years, with the nation embroiled in a

Sha’Carri Richardson. (Getty/ Jonathan Ferrey) US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has called out the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for allowing Kamila Valieva to compete at the Olympics amid a doping scandal. The 15-year-old Russian figure skater won a gold medal in the team event, but it was later revealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency

Students walk across the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. (Getty/George Frey) The US Department of Education has dismissed an investigation into how LGBT+ students are treated at Brigham Young University (BYU). The university is operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church. BYU’s main

A group of students allegedly assaulted a transgender teen after a basketball game between North Attleboro and Foxboro high schools. (YouTube/CBS Boston) Massachusetts police are investigating after a trans student was attacked after a high school basketball game. The teen – who attends North Attleboro High School in North Attleborough, Massachusetts – was allegedly assaulted

Spanish actress Isabel Torres. (Juan Naharro Gimenez/WireImage) Isabel Torres, the activist who railed against Spain’s anti-trans laws in the 1990s before winning countless awards as a beloved actor, has died. She was 52. Her family confirmed her death on Torres’ official Instagram account on Friday (11 February). The cause was complications of lung cancer, which

Polish president Andrzej Duda. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) A “disastrous” bill that will “punish” LGBT+ youth by curbing access to teaching on queer issues has been passed by Poland’s lower house of parliament. In yet another attempt by the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) to stoke hostility against LGBT+ people, lawmakers rammed

Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Cressida Dick, the embattled commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police Service, has resigned, leaving behind a Scotland Yard rocked by mounting scandal. Days after an explosive report from England’s police watchdog exposed a troubling pattern of bullying and homophobia within the Met, Dick is to step down

Republicans in South Dakota rejected a bill that would ban trans students from using bathrooms that match their gender identity.(Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) South Dakota lawmakers have killed a bill that would have banned trans students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity. House Bill 1005 (HB 1005) passed in the House

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on 8 February 2022 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Anna Moneymaker) President Joe Biden slammed a controversial Florida bill that would ban discussions of LGBT+ identities in classrooms. Biden denounced HB 1557/SB 1834, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, in a blazing post on social media

Republican Florida state senator and Baptist funeral director Dennis Baxley said discussing LGBT+ issues was “social engineering”. (Florida Senate) The Florida Senate education committee has passed SB 1834, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would ban discussions about LGBT+ identities in the classroom. The bill, introduced by Republican state senator and Baptist funeral director Dennis

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison. (Rohan Thomson/Getty Images) Australian faith-based schools will be banned from expelling gay students but could still freely oust trans pupils in proposals agreed by ruling party lawmakers. In the confusing and contentious saga of prime minister Scott Morrison’s Religious Discrimination Bill, ministers have repeatedly see-sawed between protecting Christian groups and

The new and equally fab Fab Five. (Netflix) Streaming giant Netflix has dropped the seriously dazzling first look at Queer Eye Germany with an all-new Fab Five and they’re, well, pretty fab. The German spin-off of the American reboot of the original 200 Bravo show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, will see the Fab

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s anti-trans sign has been a conduit of criticism in Congress. (Getty Images/Telegram) A furious Marjorie Taylor Greene has slammed “pathetic” Congress staffers for allegedly vandalising her transphobic office sign. Amid her campaign to tear down the Equality Act at all costs, the devout QAnon follower and Georgia congresswoman hung up the sign outside

India’s parliament is trying to change the GAY airport code for Gaya airport. (Envato) Gaya airport in New Delhi, India, is desperate to lose its GAY airport code because of its status as a holy city, with a parliamentary panel branding it “inappropriate”. In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Gaya is the place where where Rama, Sita and

Jason Sales’s death in March, 2020, was ruled an accident. (Change.org) California state senator Scott Wiener has called for police to reinvestigate the 2020 death of San Francisco gay man Jaxon Sales. Sales, 20, died in a San Francisco apartment in March, 2020, and his death was ruled an accident. His cause of death was found