Category: Around the World
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat in the country’s 2026 election, calling the result “painful” after 16 years in power. His loss marks a major political shift in Hungary, where his long rule became closely associated with authoritarianism, far-right nationalism and a sustained assault on LGBTQIA+ rights. A close ally of both Donald […]
LGBTIQ+ workers in Australia continue to experience significantly higher levels of discrimination, harassment and exclusion in the workplace, according to new national research. The latest Inclusion@Work Index 2025–2026 from Diversity Council Australia found that 46% of LGBTIQ+ employees had experienced discrimination and/or harassment in the past year. By comparison, 26% of non-LGBTIQ+ workers reported the […]
On 9 April, renewed attention fell on the US Selective Service System after it became clear that automatic draft registration is due to begin by December 2026. Under the change, responsibility for registration will shift from individual men to the Selective Service System itself, using federal data sources, instead of requiring eligible people to register […]
Mississippi is poised to become the latest US state to restrict how transgender people are identified on official documents, after lawmakers passed a bill requiring driver’s licences to reflect sex assigned at birth. Senate Bill 2322 was approved on Monday, 6 April, and now heads to Governor Tate Reeves, who is widely expected to sign […]
A father in the US has been publicly rebuked by a television judge after suing his gay son for the cost of sending him to conversion therapy. Gregory Talbert, from Memphis, Tennessee, took legal action against his 18-year-old son, Michael Talbert, after spending US$6,000 on a conversion therapy programme he believed would “cure” his son’s […]
Constitutional lawyer and human rights advocate Menaka Guruswamy has made history as the first openly LGBTQIA+ person to sit in India’s national parliament. Guruswamy took her oath of office on Monday after being elected to the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper house of parliament, where she will represent West Bengal for the Trinamool Congress party. The […]
Several employees of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community have spoken anonymously about the broadcaster’s decision to end its partnerships with ACON’s Pride in Diversity program, with one describing the move as a “kick in the teeth”. Staff members told Star Observer the decision had left them feeling […]
Two former members of the armed forces are taking legal action against the Ministry of Defence, arguing that they were unfairly denied proper compensation under the UK’s scheme for LGBTQ+ veterans affected by the military ban. Mark Shephard and Steven Stewart say they suffered lasting harm after being forced to leave military service because they […]