Category: Around the World
Craig Young reflects on the UK’s contradictory reforms—advancing abortion and euthanasia rights while backsliding on trans issues, and warns NZ not to follow suit. The United Kingdom has always struck me as a country of contradictions—but perhaps that’s just part of its evolving character. Lately, I’ve been observing a curious blend of progressive reform and […]
At least 30 individuals, most of them women in their twenties, have been arrested in China for writing and sharing gay erotica, in what human rights observers are calling a renewed crackdown on creative expression and LGBTQ+ content. The arrests, which date back to February, target writers who published gay romantic fiction—known as danmei—on the […]
More than 100 individuals in Russia have been convicted under the country’s sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ “extremism” law, which criminalises virtually all forms of LGBTQ+ expression and activism. Human Rights Watch reports that since the law took effect in January 2024, Russian courts have issued 101 convictions tied to alleged involvement in the so-called “international LGBT movement” […]
Transgender service members in the United States military have condemned a looming ban on their continued service, calling it “horrific” as the enforcement date rapidly approaches. The policy, initiated by a January executive order from then-President Donald Trump, classifies personnel with a “history of gender dysphoria” as “morally unfit” to serve. Following the order, the […]
The U.S. Senate has narrowly passed its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), omitting anti-transgender health care provisions that had previously sparked widespread concern. The bill passed with 50 Republican votes, and Vice President J.D. Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. Senate Democrats unanimously opposed the bill, joined by Republican Senators Rand Paul […]
In a powerful act of resistance, an estimated 200,000 people marched in Budapest Pride, defying a ban imposed by Hungary’s right-wing government and embarrassing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The 30th anniversary parade drew unprecedented crowds, gathering near the city hall before crossing the Danube. Organisers said the turnout eclipsed the previous record of 35,000, with […]
Members of Germany’s Green and Left parties made a powerful statement in parliament this week by donning outfits in the colours of the Pride flag, after officials banned the rainbow flag from being flown at the Bundestag for Christopher Street Day (CSD) celebrations. CSD is Germany’s annual LGBTQ+ event, held in cities like Berlin, Cologne […]
Pride parades across the globe capped off the final weekend of Pride Month with a vibrant mix of celebration and protest. From New York City to Budapest, LGBTQ+ communities and their allies rallied for visibility, rights, and resistance amidst escalating political pressure and conservative pushback. In New York, the largest and oldest Pride parade in […]