Day: April 27, 2026

Police in Senegal say they have “uncovered a vast network of suspected homosexuals” after arresting 18 men, while reportedly continuing to search for another 15. The arrests are the latest in a widening anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown that has accelerated since Senegal toughened its already harsh laws earlier this year. According to reports, the investigation began after […]

St Kilda player Lance Collard has had his suspension for using a homophobic slur significantly reduced after the AFL Appeals Board ruled that the original penalty was excessive, even while upholding the finding that he used the abuse. Collard’s sanction was cut from nine weeks, with two suspended, to four weeks, with two suspended, meaning […]

More than six years after Botswana’s courts struck down the criminalisation of same-sex intimacy, the government has now formally removed the discriminatory provisions from the law itself, in a long-overdue legal clean-up that activists say matters both symbolically and practically. On 26 March, the government published a notice deleting paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section […]

Lil Nas X is pulling back the curtain on a difficult stretch of his life marked by anxiety, isolation and a need to start again. In a podcast interview recorded in February 2025 and released this month, the “Call Me By Your Name” star spoke candidly about stepping back from public life, confronting his fears […]

Caitlyn Jenner has revealed that she originally planned to transition decades before she publicly came out in 2015, saying she had hoped to do so before the age of 40. In a new interview recorded for AOL’s Maker Conference, Jenner spoke candidly about the years she spent struggling with her gender identity and the decision […]