Category: Around the World
Five teenage boys have been sentenced in Perth Children’s Court for a string of violent and premeditated assaults on gay and bisexual men, whom they lured via a fake Grindr profile. The attacks, described by the court as “planned and premeditated,” involved fake online identities used to bait victims with the promise of sex. Once […]
A 35-year-old man from Marion County, Florida, has been arrested following allegations that he threatened to attack a local Pride festival. Michael Wilcox was taken into custody after reportedly posting a violent message online, suggesting plans to disrupt the Pride event held at the Central Florida Fairgrounds on June 14. Wilcox’s alleged post appeared on […]
A groundbreaking move tomorrow sees Lifeblood, Australia’s national blood and plasma service, update its eligibility criteria, enabling gay, bisexual, and trans men who have sex with men (GbMSM) to donate plasma immediately, without undergoing the previous three-month celibacy requirement. From Monday 14 July 2025, PrEP users and GbMSM meeting standard health criteria can donate plasma […]
A federal judge has issued a decisive ruling preventing the Trump administration from enforcing a policy that would deny transgender and non-binary people the right to obtain passports reflecting their correct gender identity. The decision, delivered on 17 June, expands a prior injunction and now applies nationwide, effectively halting the federal government’s attempt to remove […]
The Supreme Court has upheld a controversial Tennessee law banning gender-affirming healthcare for minors, dealing a significant blow to trans rights across the United States. In a 6–3 decision, the court ruled that the law, which prohibits doctors from prescribing puberty blockers or hormone treatments to under-18s for gender dysphoria, does not breach the Equal […]
The Mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony, has vowed to defy Hungary’s controversial ban on LGBTQ+ Pride events by integrating Budapest Pride into another city-sanctioned event. The move follows the passage of legislation banning LGBTQ+ marches, enacted by the country’s far-right government. “Freedom and love cannot be banned,” Karácsony declared, reaffirming that Budapest Pride would return […]
Anne Isabella Coombes, a 67-year-old trans woman, swam topless at the Cornwall County Masters swim meet to protest being forced by Swim England to compete against cisgender men in an “open” category. Despite previously competing in the female category in 2022 and 2023, Coombes was reclassified and placed into the new open division, introduced in […]
Donald Trump has refused to contact Minnesota Governor Tim Walz following the weekend assassination of pro‑LGBTQ+ House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, allegedly by a man identified as a Trump supporter. Instead, Trump dismissed Walz as “whacked out” and said calling him would “waste time.” “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked […]