Category: Around the World
The popular American children’s animated series Santiago of the Seas has been temporarily removed from Malaysian television following viewer complaints about alleged LGBTQ+ themes. The CGI action-adventure cartoon, which follows eight-year-old pirate Santiago and his crew as they defend their Caribbean homeland, aired an episode on Sunday 16 November at 10pm on TV2, one of […]
A newly released tranche of emails from the estate of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has sparked fresh controversy, with one cryptic exchange referencing former President Donald Trump in a way that top Democrats say raises serious questions—questions they claim are being blocked by the Department of Justice (DOJ). At the centre of the […]
A group of cisgender women have come together under the banner “Not in Our Name”, publicly rejecting the media and political narrative that claims to represent all women in the debate over transgender rights. Their collective open letter, published in collaboration with the Good Law Project, has garnered over 61,500 signatures so far — including […]
Kazakhstan is moving to adopt legislation that mirrors Russia’s controversial anti-LGBTQ+ laws, sparking alarm from human rights groups and LGBTQ+ advocates. On Wednesday, Kazakhstan’s lower house of parliament, the Mäjilis, advanced a bill that would ban the “dissemination of information containing propaganda of pedophilia and/or non-traditional sexual orientation” in public spaces, media, and online. Framed […]
A Republican candidate who leaned heavily into anti-trans rhetoric during her bid for Virginia governor has been defeated by Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who she repeatedly attacked for supporting trans rights. Winsome Earle-Sears, the state’s lieutenant governor since 2022, was soundly beaten by Spanberger, a three-term former congresswoman and CIA officer, who secured more than 57% […]
Following a U.S. federal appeals court ruling that reinstated Texas’s drag ban, nonbinary drag activist Brigitte Bandit took to Instagram on Monday with a powerful message: drag is not dead — and still needs your support. “Please be aware that this ‘drag ban’ only applies to certain types of performances where minors can be present. […]
Seventeen transgender service members are taking legal action against the US administration after their early retirement approvals were abruptly revoked just months after being granted. The plaintiffs, each of whom has served between 15 and 18 years in the military, now face the loss of an estimated $1 million to $2 million in lifetime compensation. […]
On 1 November 2025, the small village of Palapye, Botswana, made history by hosting the country’s first-ever local Pride march — a milestone event in the fight for equality, visibility and dignity for the LGBTIQ+ community. In a country where tradition, religion, and cultural conservatism often dominate public discourse, Pride in Palapye wasn’t just a […]