The LGBTQ+ community has strongly condemned new federal guidelines under the Trump administration after a large Pride flag was removed from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City — prompting an emotional protest rally at the historic site. The rally took place on Tuesday afternoon outside the monument, just days after the Pride flag […]
Gay hook-up app Grindr is trialling a new ultra-premium subscription tier that costs up to $500 per month — and is heavily powered by artificial intelligence. The new plan, called EDGE, is currently being tested with a limited number of users across the United States, Canada, Australia, and here in New Zealand, with prices ranging […]
German football referee Pascal Kaiser has been assaulted at his home just one week after proposing to his boyfriend in front of tens of thousands of football fans — an attack widely condemned as homophobic and deeply alarming. Kaiser proposed to his partner Moritz on the pitch at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne ahead of a Bundesliga […]
Fox News’ fixation on transgender people has reached such extreme levels that it is now outpacing every other news outlet in the United States — including LGBTQ+ publications themselves. According to new research by media analyst Jessica Kant, the Murdoch-owned broadcaster published more articles referencing trans people in 2025 than any other news organisation, producing […]
New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte has vetoed a controversial anti-transgender bill, S.B. 268, that sought to roll back the state’s protections for transgender individuals in public spaces and sporting events. The bill, which would have carved exceptions into the state’s 2018 anti-discrimination laws protecting gender identity, aimed to ban trans people from using restrooms, locker […]
Before his death late last year, Craig Young penned his final opinion piece for YOUR EX, reflecting on Cold War anxieties and Fallout’s predictions for LGBTQ+ communities following a nuclear event—a reflection that seems more pertinent than ever in 2026. Defending LGBTQ+ and abortion rights wasn’t the only cause that defined my activism in the […]