Day: October 18, 2026

Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan says Republicans are still running campaign ads focused on transgender people even though, in his view, the issue is failing to connect with the swing voters who could decide November’s US elections. A prominent Texas Republican has questioned his own party’s continued electoral focus on transgender people, arguing that […]

France’s players received the highest volume of homophobic abuse directed at any national team during the 2026 men’s FIFA World Cup, according to a new report documenting hundreds of thousands of abusive social-media messages sent during the tournament. France’s national football team was subjected to more homophobic abuse online than any other country during the […]