Category: Around the World
The Trump administration has launched civil rights investigations into 36 school districts in Illinois, focusing on how schools teach and manage issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity. The Department of Justice said on Thursday, 30 April, that its Civil Rights Division will examine whether school districts gave parents adequate notice before students were […]
Concerns are growing that Senegal’s harsh new anti-LGBTQ+ law is already damaging efforts to combat HIV, with key populations reportedly avoiding healthcare services out of fear they could be arrested. In March, Senegal’s Parliament overwhelmingly passed legislation doubling the existing penalties for consensual same-sex intimacy. The law defines this to include homosexuality, bisexuality and “transsexuality”, […]
Russia’s crackdown on LGBTI+ rights has intensified, after a court designated one of the country’s leading queer advocacy groups, the Russian LGBT Network, an “extremist organisation” and banned its activities nationwide. According to Amnesty International, the St Petersburg City Court handed down the ruling after closed hearings requested by Russia’s Ministry of Justice. “For nearly […]
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a bill that would establish anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people, with H.B. 2103 narrowly clearing the chamber in a 101-100 vote on Tuesday. Republicans who opposed the legislation argued that its definitions were too broad and could clash with religious freedom, despite the bill including religious liberty protections. […]
Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons, has reportedly donated $1 million to The Trevor Project. The contribution was made through the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and was highlighted by former NFL player Carl Nassib, who came out as gay in 2021 while playing for the Las Vegas Raiders. Nassib has since worked closely […]
Mark Latham, the former federal Labor leader and One Nation MP, has been ordered to pay the maximum $100,000 penalty to Sydney MP Alex Greenwich after a tribunal found that a social media post he made amounted to unlawful vilification on the basis of sexuality. The decision by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal follows […]
A federal judge has ruled that Oregon must house transgender women in prisons according to their gender identity, rather than the sex they were assigned at birth. The ruling marks a direct challenge to a policy introduced under Donald Trump and comes as part of a class action lawsuit filed by two transgender women who […]
More than 800 Chinese participants who registered for the 2026 Asia Pride Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, are absent from the event after their entry process stalled amid security and documentation concerns. The 2026 Kaohsiung Asia Pride Games have opened in Taiwan without any competitors from China, despite 834 Chinese participants having registered for the LGBTQ+ […]