Category: Around the World
A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to remove 16 transgender service members from a lawsuit challenging the Air Force’s decision to revoke their previously approved early retirements. Judge Elaine D. Kaplan of the United States Court of Federal Claims denied the Justice Department’s partial motion to dismiss on Wednesday, 22 July, allowing […]
Berlin police have identified a suspect following an apparent vehicle attack near the city’s Pride celebrations that killed one person and injured at least 16 others. The man, who had not been arrested by Sunday morning, is known to police as a member of Berlin’s “Islamist scene”, according to a police spokesperson. However, investigators stressed […]
Four men have each received an effective 15-year prison sentence for using fake Grindr profiles to lure, kidnap and rob victims across South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. The Durban Regional Court sentenced Khumdulani Ngubane, Nkanyiso Ndebele, Celimpilo Nkomo and Mzwemvelo Ngubane on Wednesday, 15 July, following a series of attacks in Ballito, Umhlanga and Durban North […]
Transgender civil servants could effectively be required to disclose their identity to managers when arranging access to suitable workplace toilets, according to leaked Cabinet Office guidance. The internal document reportedly says trans employees “may not use facilities of [their] affirmed gender which are designated as single-sex”. Instead, they would be expected to use mixed-sex or […]
Tensions inside the Big Brother house are escalating as Drag Race star Salina EsTitties faces possible eviction amid a growing controversy over comments made by fellow contestant Kamuela “Kamu” Kirk. The first weeks of Big Brother season 28 have already delivered fractured alliances, betrayals and heated confrontations. Heading into the season’s second eviction, Jason De […]
The LGB Alliance has promoted survey findings suggesting that most lesbian, gay and bisexual people are uncomfortable with the LGBTQ+ umbrella, despite the research being conducted exclusively among the organisation’s own supporters. A recent post on X claimed that 94 per cent of lesbian, gay and bisexual people felt uncomfortable being categorised under the LGBTQ+ […]
California congresswoman Doris Matsui has criticised Donald Trump after the US president falsely claimed that companies could receive billions of dollars through the CHIPS and Science Act only if they were run by transgender executives. Trump made the comments during the Pennsylvania Defence and Innovation Summit on 15 July. “We had this ridiculous CHIPS Act […]
French lawmakers have approved right-wing senator François-Noël Buffet as the country’s next human rights ombudsman, despite widespread concern over his history of opposing LGBTQ+ equality. The legal affairs committees of France’s National Assembly and Senate endorsed President Emmanuel Macron’s nominee on Tuesday, 21 July, by a combined vote of 43 to 39. Buffet will succeed […]