On the same day, the Florida Senate expanded the state’s infamous “don’t say gay” statute and enacted a “bathroom bill” that targets transgender people. The law might make it such that families are even less likely to accept transgender people’s…
A proposal to conduct a Pride Parade in Seoul Plaza, the city’s downtown, in July was denied today. The 17-day celebration that includes the Parade celebrates the LGBTQ+ community. Originally planned for July 1, the festival kicks up on June…
Families of transgender minors in Oklahoma filed a lawsuit contesting new limitations only hours after Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt approved a prohibition on gender-affirming medical care. On Tuesday, opponents of Senate Bill 613 filed a case with a district court…
Last summer, the LGBTQ community was particularly affected by an outbreak of mpox (formerly known as ‘monkeypox’. A vaccination campaign started slowly but surely, and partly because of that it ended with a fizzle. However, we are not completely rid…
Gov. Kevin Stitt followed through on his vow to approve legislation prohibiting minors from receiving gender-affirming care, like as surgery and hormone therapy. The measure is the most recent in a countrywide surge of state legislation and political rhetoric that…
After activists organized a vigorous protest at the Texas state capitol this week, the vote on a ban on gender affirming medical care was postponed. On Tuesday, demonstrators disrupted discussion in the Texas House by yelling, “Trans kids deserve more!”…
Defining the LGBTQ community. During the month of June, which is known as Pride Month, this phrase is frequently used. And these days, it’s not uncommon to hear the acronym LGBTQ+ used in place of LGBTTTQQIAA. But, what does the…
Italy is making it harder for LGBT parents to live openly in the country. Despite previous opposition, the practice of registering both parents at the registry office is now legal in some jurisdictions. Sometimes the decision was even reversed retroactively.…
Earlier this month, Colorado governor Jared Polis (D) signed a trans refuge bill into law, and on Friday, he signed further legislation to safeguard the state’s LGBTQ+ community. After the November 19 shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, which…
On April 29, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio, a group of around 20 Nazis demonstrated against a drag brunch. Blood Tribe, a Nazi organization, showed up with black flags with white swastikas and a sign reading “There will be blood” in…
Black trans woman Chelsea Gilliam is suing the state of Maryland for allegedly locking her up for months with cisgender males, one of whom assaulted and raped her. Gilliam said that authorities not only locked her up in isolation but…
Last week in Atlanta, Georgia, Rasheeda Williams, a 35-year-old Black trans woman who had been featured in a recent documentary on trans sex workers, was killed. Unidentified male suspect, 17, has been taken into custody by police. Police discovered Williams…
Missouri’s Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s emergency order barring gender-affirming care has been temporarily stayed by a district court, marking a tiny success for the state’s advocates. On Wednesday, Judge Ellen Ribaudo delayed the enforcement of an order that would have…
The White House has joined the lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ groups against Tennessee’s new legislation prohibiting gender-affirming care for transgender youngsters. According to a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, the state’s refusal to provide puberty…
After conservatives failed in their attempt to censure Democratic Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, they are now targeting another prominent critic of anti-trans legislation. State Senator Megan Hunt (D) of Nebraska has been accused of having a “conflict of interest”…
On Thursday, Republican legislators in Kansas passed what might be the most profound transgender restroom law in the country, overriding the Democratic governor’s veto of the bill without knowing how it will be implemented. The House vote was 84-40, giving…
For exhibiting a picture of the Virgin Mary and Jesus with rainbow haloes during an LGBTQ+ march, a court convicted two women guilty of hurting religious sentiments, a felony in Poland that carries a jail penalty of up to two…
In the most recent front of the conflict between EU parliamentarians and Viktor Orbán’s administration, political party leaders who represent more than 70% of the European Parliament have urged the European Commission to reject Hungary’s request for any more EU…
A monk and a drag queen chat about religion and sexuality next to a neon Buddha with a halo of rainbow colors. Ahead is a life-size diversity mascot, in the shape of an egg with a mohawk, shaking hands and…
In addition to thanking former Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel for ‘taking the knee’ alongside him, Lewis Hamilton has criticized Middle Eastern nations for their human rights records. In a video posted to the Mercedes team’s YouTube page, Hamilton held…
