Category: Around the World
Two young Ugandan women known as Wendy and Diana, who were arrested earlier this year for allegedly kissing, have had the charges against them withdrawn. Veteran human rights activist Frank Mugisha announced the development on X on Wednesday. He said the case against the two women, who had been released on bail, “has officially been […]
Two religious parents in the US state of Maryland have filed a lawsuit against their child’s school district after teachers used the student’s requested masculine name and pronouns without first notifying them. The lawsuit was filed in federal court on Wednesday, 8 July, against Anne Arundel County Public Schools. It seeks to prevent educators from […]
A 47-year-old Perth man has been fined $4,000, plus court costs, after pleading guilty over a series of disturbing flyers targeting members of the city’s LGBTQIA+ community. Garath James Mouncey appeared in Perth Central Law Courts and admitted seven counts of leaving an indecent or obscene article in a public place. The court heard that […]
A landmark attempt to legalise same-sex marriage in Botswana has been met with opposition from prominent church and cultural organisations. Bonolo Selelo and Tsholofelo Kumile appeared before Botswana’s High Court on 14 and 15 July, challenging the Government’s refusal to allow them to marry. The couple argues that the country’s Marriage Act is unconstitutional because […]
The Trump administration has formally rescinded a Biden-era regulation intended to help LGBTQ+ children in foster care access safe, supportive and affirming placements. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families removed the rule from federal regulations on 14 July 2026. The rescission took effect immediately. Introduced in April 2024, the […]
A viral Instagram post by transgender author and actress Jesse James Rose has made an explosive and unverified allegation about the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, claiming he once hired her as a sex worker. Rose, the author of the memoir Sorry I Keep Crying During Sex, shared her account following Graham’s sudden death on […]
Schools in England will be required to prevent transgender pupils from using toilets and changing rooms that do not correspond with their “biological sex” from September, under new statutory safeguarding guidance. The updated Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, published by the Department for Education, will take effect on 1 September. It states that schools […]
Senegal’s lawmakers have continued their crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights, this time by constitutionally outlawing same-sex marriage. On 29 June, the West African country’s National Assembly voted to amend the Constitution to define marriage exclusively as “the union between a man and a woman”. The measure passed unanimously, with 129 votes in favour and none against. […]