Category: Around the World
Chick-fil-A chief executive Andrew Cathy has declined to directly state whether the fast-food giant now supports LGBTQ+ equality, instead repeatedly emphasising hospitality and customer service when questioned about the company’s controversial history. Chick-fil-A’s long-running relationship with LGBTQ+ controversy is back in the spotlight after chief executive Andrew Cathy was pressed on the company’s current position […]
Republican senator Ted Cruz has drawn criticism after invoking a “left-wing transgender witch” while discussing voter turnout and the increasingly competitive US midterm elections. Texas senator Ted Cruz has once again put transgender people into the centre of Republican campaign rhetoric — this time while explaining why the 2026 US midterm elections are proving so […]
Human Rights Watch has called on Senegal to immediately end an escalating crackdown on LGBTQ+ people, warning that mass arrests, alleged forced HIV testing and barriers to legal representation are spreading fear and undermining access to healthcare. Human Rights Watch is urging Senegalese authorities to halt what it describes as an intensifying crackdown on LGBTQ+ […]
Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan says Republicans are still running campaign ads focused on transgender people even though, in his view, the issue is failing to connect with the swing voters who could decide November’s US elections. A prominent Texas Republican has questioned his own party’s continued electoral focus on transgender people, arguing that […]
France’s players received the highest volume of homophobic abuse directed at any national team during the 2026 men’s FIFA World Cup, according to a new report documenting hundreds of thousands of abusive social-media messages sent during the tournament. France’s national football team was subjected to more homophobic abuse online than any other country during the […]
New NHS England guidance says transgender patients should ordinarily be accommodated according to their sex at birth in single-sex wards and facilities, prompting warnings from trans advocates that the policy could deter people from seeking healthcare. NHS England has introduced new guidance changing how transgender patients and staff are expected to use single-sex spaces including […]
Senegal is preparing to become the first African country to host an Olympic event. But less than three weeks before the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games begin, Human Rights Watch has documented mass arrests, alleged forced HIV testing and growing fear among LGBTQ+ people in the host nation. On 31 October, Senegal will make sporting […]
Virginia Republican delegate Tim Griffin has attacked a school district’s recognition of LGBTQ+ History Month, calling it “despicable” and “disgusting” while claiming, without evidence, that schools are “transing the kids”. A Republican state lawmaker in Virginia has lashed out at a local school board for recognising LGBTQ+ History Month, accusing the district of trying to […]