Category: Around the World
The Catholic Church in Italy has held its first national conference dedicated specifically to pastoral work with LGBTQ+ people, bringing together around 200 participants and about a dozen bishops in Rome. The 4 September gathering took place at the General Curia of the Society of Jesus and focused on how Catholic communities can better listen […]
A US pastor has urged his followers to vote in the midterm elections by warning that “uncircumcised” people are trying to “steal” the country — before directing his sermon towards transgender people, Muslims and LGBTQ+ inclusion. Hank Kunneman, senior pastor of Lord of Hosts Church in Nebraska and founder of One Voice Ministries, made the […]
Donald Trump has openly described opposition to transgender athletes as one of the Republican Party’s most useful election talking points — and said he prefers to deploy it shortly before voters head to the polls. Speaking at the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Dallas on 9 September, the US President returned to the subject of […]
A prominent hijra community leader in Bangladesh has been found dead at her home in Chattogram, with police arresting a man as part of an ongoing murder investigation. Md Moshin, widely known as Moushumi and referred to by members of the community as Guruma, was found unresponsive at her home near Ambagan Railway Colony on […]
Twenty-five years after the September 11 terrorist attacks changed the world, YOUR EX remembers the LGBTQ+ people who were among those killed, the queer heroes whose courage became part of the story, and the surviving partners whose grief exposed how far equality still had to go. Twenty-five years ago, an ordinary Tuesday morning became one […]
An 18-year-old Utah man has been charged after allegedly stalking a former classmate and repeatedly threatening to kill him and his family because he is gay. Damyen Vainuku, of Provo, is accused of targeting a former West High School classmate identified in court documents as F.F. Prosecutors say Vainuku sent repeated threats over social media, […]
The Pentagon is reportedly searching military medical and personnel records to identify transgender service members as the Trump administration continues efforts to remove trans people from the US armed forces. According to reporting by Federal News Network, military officials have used electronic health records and personnel databases to identify troops who have a current or […]
Cape Town’s iconic rainbow pedestrian crossing has been targeted twice in a matter of days, with religious messages painted across the LGBTQ+ landmark in Green Point. The first act of vandalism happened over the weekend, leaving significant black marks across the crossing and the word “Jesus” painted over its rainbow colours. Ward 115 councillor Ian […]