Category: Around the World
More than half of the United States could see marriage equality vanish if the Supreme Court overturns Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that made same-sex marriage a constitutional right. According to the Movement Advancement Project, 31 states still have laws or constitutional amendments banning marriage between same-sex couples. These bans remain unenforceable under Obergefell […]
An Irish teenager has been charged with murdering a 49-year-old man he allegedly met through Grindr. Nathan Hanlon, 19, from Castleview, Ballyneale, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, is accused of killing Ian Walsh, whose body was discovered at his home in Carrick-on-Suir on 4 August. Meeting Through Grindr According to the Irish Times, the two men exchanged […]
Monica Helms, the US Navy veteran who created the transgender pride flag in 1999, has announced she and her wife are leaving the United States due to the escalating wave of anti-trans laws. Helms, 73, revealed the move via a GoFundMe campaign, explaining that the couple plans to relocate to Costa Rica. “To live in […]
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has dismissed senior Navy medical officer Commander Janelle Marra after right-wing account Libs of TikTok targeted her role in transgender healthcare. The account, run by Chaya Raichik, has a long history of attacking LGBTQ+ people online. Their latest focus was Marra, whose Defence Health Agency biography noted her naval career […]
The US government has been ordered to reinstate hundreds of webpages on gender identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) after a legal settlement concluded that their removal was unlawful. District Court judge Lauren King ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under former president Donald Trump, wrongly deleted the content. The deletions […]
Christopher Joell-Deshields, chief executive of Pride in London, is under internal investigation following allegations of financial misconduct and inappropriate behaviour — though he remains in post. According to The Guardian, whistleblowers have accused Joell-Deshields, who has led the organisation since 2012, of misappropriating or misusing company gifts and funds, engaging in conduct that could damage […]
Luigi Mangione — the high-profile suspect in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson — is now at the centre of an entirely different kind of investigation: one involving fast fashion. As first reported by TMZ on Tuesday, Mangione appeared to be featured as a model on Shein’s website, wearing an $11 summer button-down […]
In a striking cultural salvo, the White House released a statement titled “President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian” on Thursday, accusing the Smithsonian Institution of promoting so-called “woke” ideology through its federally funded museum exhibitions. The article, published on an official government platform, lists 22 examples from various Smithsonian museums which, according to the […]