Category: Around the World
Calls for same-sex couples to be allowed to marry civilly are gathering momentum in Mauritius, three years after the country’s Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era law criminalising consensual sex between men. LGBTQ+ organisation OUT Moris is leading a national campaign calling for equal access to civil marriage, with international support now coming from the […]
A US law firm is threatening to sue one of North Carolina’s largest school districts unless parents are allowed to remove their children from a class taught by a transgender teacher. The Thomas More Society issued a formal demand to Wake County Public School System on 15 September, giving the district 15 days to meet […]
Two teenagers are to stand trial accused of murdering and robbing Dublin man Alex Coughlan after prosecutors alleged he was contacted through Grindr and targeted in a premeditated attack. Coughlan, 37, suffered serious injuries during an assault on Mill Road in Blanchardstown on 17 May 2026. He was taken to Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in a […]
Police are hunting three men after a stabbing outside one of Liverpool’s best-known LGBTQ+ venues left three people injured in the early hours of Sunday morning. Merseyside Police were called to Tithebarn Street shortly after 6.30 am on 20 September, where three men were found injured following an incident believed to have started at nearby […]
Teachers staged a mass walkout during a California school board meeting as Moms for Liberty figure and board candidate Beth Bourne began another speech attacking transgender-inclusive policies and LGBTQ+ material in schools. The confrontation unfolded during the Davis Joint Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Thursday, 17 September. As Bourne approached the lectern […]
The Trump administration is proposing sweeping changes to the 2030 US Census that could make a question about “biological sex” compulsory, prompting concerns about what transgender Americans could be required to disclose to the federal government. The Census Bureau published the proposed rules on 10 September as part of a much broader overhaul covering demographic […]
US Vice President JD Vance has falsely described the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence as a “devil-worshipping” group while campaigning in Kansas, also misnaming the long-running LGBTQ+ charity and misrepresenting its appearance at a Los Angeles Dodgers Pride event. Vance made the remarks on Monday, 14 September, during a MAGA Inc. campaign event in Olathe, Kansas, […]
Turkish authorities have detained more than 100 people protesting a sweeping crackdown on LGBTQ+ organisations, as courts begin jailing activists arrested during nationwide raids. At least 126 protesters were detained in Istanbul and Ankara on Tuesday, 15 September, after gathering to demand the release of LGBTQ+ activists arrested days earlier. The demonstrations followed coordinated raids […]