Category: Around the World
Dozens of people have reportedly been arrested in Niger as authorities intensify a crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community following the country’s recent criminalisation of same-sex intimacy. The Guardian described the operation as a “witch-hunt”, reporting that up to 40 people have been arrested, including 16 men who have been imprisoned across the West African country. […]
Turkey has barred a scheduled gay cruise from docking in the port city of Kuşadası, citing the country’s “moral values”, following another crackdown on LGBTQ+ Pride events. The Athens-to-Venice cruise, chartered by American LGBTQ+ travel company Atlantis Events, was prevented from stopping in Turkey on 7 July as originally planned. The cruise was aboard Virgin […]
Reports have raised concerns that Steam may be limiting how LGBTQ+ content is discoverable on its platform in China, after users began encountering error messages when searching for games tagged with LGBTQ+ themes. A screenshot shared on 25 June by ResetEra user Neha showed a failed attempt to search for LGBTQ+-tagged titles on Steam’s Chinese […]
Meta has come under scrutiny at Australia’s Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion after hearings revealed a sharp drop in hateful content being removed from Facebook following policy changes introduced in early 2025. The Royal Commission was established on 9 January 2026 in response to the antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on 14 […]
Missouri has enacted a new law restricting access to gender-affirming healthcare for incarcerated transgender people, marking a major shift in how the state’s Department of Corrections can provide medical treatment. HB 2009, signed into law by Governor Mike Kehoe on 30 June, prohibits the use of state funds for hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries intended […]
A new YouGov UK tracker has found that more than three-quarters of UK adults support same-sex couples’ right to marry. The bimonthly tracker, released on 29 June, found that 76% of UK adults support the change in the law that allowed same-sex couples to marry. Of those surveyed, 51% said they “strongly support” same-sex marriage, […]
The Metropolitan Police have apologised to the family of 19-year-old Ed Cornes after acknowledging serious failures in the handling of the investigation into his death. The apology came on Monday 29 June, nearly five years after Ed was found dead in a London hotel room. Specialist officers are now reviewing the original investigation to determine […]
The man accused of murdering transgender University of Washington student Juniper Blessing has been found unfit to stand trial and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment. Christopher Leahy, 31, is charged with first-degree murder over the death of 19-year-old Blessing, who was found fatally stabbed at a Seattle student housing complex in May. At a hearing […]