Category: Around the World
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 […]
An Alabama city has ended private access to its downtown banner programme after Pride Month displays were followed by banners declaring: “Protect Our Children From Gender Ideology”. The City of Mobile says that once the current September campaign ends, banners on public light poles will be restricted to official city programmes and events. The decision […]
Gay Christian podcaster and LGBTQ+ activist Benjamin Azariah Southworth has been arrested in Los Angeles after being federally indicted over alleged threats against US President Donald Trump and harassment targeting one of Trump’s former personal lawyers and his family. Southworth, 40, faces three federal charges: threatening the President, cyberstalking, and making harassing interstate telephone calls. […]