Category: Around the World
A 19-year-old transgender student who was fatally stabbed near the University of Washington on Sunday night has been identified as Juniper Blessing. Blessing was remembered by loved ones as “the most amazing human being we have ever known.” Her family released a statement through the Santa Fe Human Rights Alliance on Thursday, 14 May, which […]
A newly elected Reform UK councillor has resigned after it was revealed that he is also a gay adult performer, though the party publicly defended him, saying: “He has not broken the law.” Stephen Mousdell was elected as councillor for Haydock in St Helens, but it was later revealed that he also performs under the […]
Japan has taken a landmark step towards non-binary legal recognition following a major ruling from the Osaka High Court. On 8 May, the court ruled that Japan’s family registration system, known as the koseki, violates constitutional equality protections by offering only “male” and “female” as gender options. The koseki is Japan’s mandatory national record-keeping system, […]
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has confirmed that the country will begin recognising same-sex marriages performed in other European Union countries, following major rulings from both the Court of Justice of the European Union and Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court. The November 2025 ruling from the European Court of Justice and the 20 March ruling from […]
The UK Government has pledged to introduce a trans-inclusive ban on conversion therapy, with a Draft Conversion Practices Bill included in Wednesday’s King’s Speech. The Bill forms part of Labour’s legislative programme for the coming parliamentary session and follows a commitment made in the party’s 2024 election manifesto. The Government says the legislation will aim […]
A campaign calling for a European Union-wide ban on so-called conversion therapy has fallen short, despite a petition signed by more than 1.2 million people and support from the European Parliament. On Wednesday, the European Commission responded to the European Citizens’ Initiative by saying that, after it “had analysed the legal possibilities”, it could only […]
Activists are beginning to mobilise against a major upcoming anti-LGBTQ+ “family values” conference set to take place in Ghana, with campaigners pressuring the host hotel and highlighting what they describe as foreign influence behind the event. The 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty and Values has now been confirmed for 3 to 6 June […]
A man in Germany was allegedly murdered by his temporary roommate after moving into a shared home following a breakup. The 44-year-old victim had reportedly moved in with the 35-year-old defendant while waiting for his own property to become available. According to reports, the landlord made a room available in a shared home where the […]