Category: Around the World
A 22-year-old Michigan man has pleaded guilty to plotting mass killings targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, with the possibility of facing life imprisonment. Mack Davis admitted to planning attacks on a political party’s headquarters and a bar he associated with the LGBTQI+ community, driven by explicit hatred. Court documents reveal Davis had been studying past mass killers […]
Alan Edward, a 55-year-old former journalist from Falkirk, Scotland, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a series of offences under terrorism and criminal laws. His sentencing at the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday, 19 December, followed a conviction in September at the High Court in Stirling for racism, antisemitism, Holocaust denial, […]
For the first time, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has published experimental estimates of Australia’s LGBTI+ populations, offering a unique insight into this diverse community. Drawing on data from nearly 45,000 respondents across four recent ABS health surveys, the report reveals that 4.5 per cent of Australians aged 16 and older – over 900,000 […]
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court has struck down a controversial provision of the Law on the Protection of Minors from Negative Effects of Public Information, declaring it unconstitutional. The provision, which prohibited informing minors about same-sex relationships, was deemed incompatible with fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution. The court ruled on Wednesday that the provision violated Article […]
Ghana’s Supreme Court has dismissed legal challenges against a proposed anti-LGBTQ+ law, clearing the way for President Nana Akufo-Addo to potentially enact one of Africa’s most restrictive legislations on LGBTQ+ rights. Despite concerns about human rights and warnings of significant financial risks, the bill has moved closer to becoming law. The legislation, unanimously passed by […]
Kenyan photographer Jacktone Odhiambo has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of his housemate, prominent LGBTQ+ activist Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, widely known as Edwin Chiloba. The killing, which occurred nearly two years ago, shocked Kenya’s LGBTQ+ community. Delivering the ruling, Judge Reuben Nyakundi described the murder as being carried out in […]
The founders of PinkNews, the UK’s largest LGBTQ+ website, have vehemently denied allegations of sexual misconduct and workplace impropriety, calling them “false, inconsistent, and malicious.” In their first public statement since the allegations surfaced, Benjamin Cohen, the founder of PinkNews, and his husband Anthony James, the site’s chief operating officer, addressed the claims through an […]
The police chief investigating a fatal school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, has urged the public to stop speculating about the shooter’s gender identity. Authorities responded to the shooting on Monday morning (16 December) after a 15-year-old student, Natalie Rupnow—who also went by the name Samantha—opened fire, resulting in the deaths […]