Category: Around the World
A gay UK Labour councillor in Greater Manchester has pushed back after screenshots from his Grindr profile were shared online alongside criticism of his private life and calls for him to resign. Paul John O’Neill, who represents North Heywood on Rochdale Council, responded publicly after learning that people had created accounts on the gay dating […]
US Senate candidate Mary Peltola has denied allegations that she used an anti-gay slur, after former staffers told The New York Times they heard her use offensive language during angry workplace outbursts. The Alaska Democrat, who is challenging Republican Senator Dan Sullivan in November, is facing scrutiny after a Times investigation based on interviews with […]
Two international names in trance land in Tāmaki Makaurau this October as 303 Events presents Ngā Wāhine o Te Trance, a night putting wāhine at the centre of the dancefloor. Taking over Darby Street Station on Friday 9 October, the event is led by Italy’s Alessandra Roncone and Australia’s Pinkque, bringing two distinct approaches to […]
Gay adult performer and model Alfonso Osnaya says he was knocked unconscious outside a well-known LGBTQ+ bar in San Francisco after being mocked over his work in adult entertainment. Osnaya says the incident happened outside Beaux in the Castro District on the morning of 17 September, following a confrontation that began inside the venue. “I […]
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 […]