Day: October 16, 2025

In Netflix’s queer military drama Boots, Max Parker delivers a layered turn as Sgt. Sullivan—a closeted Marine whose armour is equal parts bark and bruises. It’s a performance that fuses volatility with vulnerability, revealing a man who’s learned to survive the system without truly living inside it. Before Boots, Parker was a familiar face to […]

A majority of Americans (59%) support banning conversion therapy, according to a new YouGov/Economist poll — even as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could strike down existing state bans on the discredited practice. The poll, conducted 10–13 October, asked respondents if they supported banning therapy “to change a person’s sexual orientation from […]

The UK’s treatment of transgender people may soon place it in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, according to the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, Michael O’Flaherty. In a letter to senior members of Parliament, O’Flaherty raised serious concerns about anticipated guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) following […]