Category: Around the World
Republican Senator Rand Paul has criticised former Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official Dr Demetre Daskalakis, claiming his “lifestyle” made him unfit for public service. The Kentucky senator, known for his staunchly anti-LGBTQ+ stance, took aim at Daskalakis after his resignation as director of the CDC’s Centre for Immunisation and Respiratory Diseases. Several […]
Dong Qiao Li, a 32-year-old serial fraudster, is facing the prospect of jail time after a Melbourne magistrate was left “flabbergasted” by the full extent of his criminal history, which spans more than a decade and multiple states. Appearing in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Thursday, Li had been scheduled for sentencing after pleading guilty to […]
Pope Leo XIV has met with a prominent LGBTQ+ Catholic advocate, in what many see as a hopeful sign for queer members of the Church. In a private audience on 1 September, Leo met with Reverend James Martin, a Jesuit author and editor based in New York who has long championed LGBTQ+ inclusion within Catholicism. […]
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey has urged “humanity” after a gunman opened fire during Mass at Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday (27 August), killing two children and injuring 17 others. The attacker, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, reportedly used a rifle, shotgun, and pistol — all legally obtained — to shoot through church windows before dying […]
Two young men were publicly flogged in Indonesia’s Aceh province this week after being found guilty under Islamic law for engaging in same-sex behaviour—despite no evidence of sexual intercourse. The men, aged 21 and 20, were caught kissing and hugging in a public toilet at Taman Sari Park in June. While the act involved no […]
The U.S. Air Force has become the first military branch to issue detailed instructions on how transgender service members will be involuntarily discharged under the Pentagon’s reinstated trans military ban. According to an August 12 internal memo, hearings for trans Airmen and Guardians will resemble court trials, complete with opening statements, witness testimony, medical records, […]
Donald Trump, who has spent much of his second presidential term dismantling LGBTQ+ rights, allegedly once explained his support for queer people in the most transactional way possible. According to a New York Times feature on “Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government,” an unnamed associate recalls Trump saying of marriage equality in the run-up to his […]
A UK trans man is taking legal action after the Gender Recognition Panel (GRP) refused his application for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC), citing his intention to conceive a child. Under the Gender Recognition Act, trans people in the UK can apply for a GRC to have their affirmed gender legally recognised on official documents. […]