Category: Around the World
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered the removal of all “political ideologies” from public roads across the state — a directive that has sparked backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates and local leaders. The governor’s directive, issued to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), demands the removal of any non-standard street markings, with rainbow crosswalks and Black […]
As the US government shutdown enters its tenth day, the Senate has passed its version of the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) — including controversial anti-trans and anti-DEI provisions — with the support of 26 Senate Democrats. Despite widespread concerns, the bill passed late Thursday night in a 77–20 vote, advancing one of the year’s […]
A new analysis of the 2020 US Census data has revealed which states have the highest and lowest concentrations of same-sex couples living together — and the results show a distinct geographical and political divide. According to the Williams Institute, there were 1,168,566 same-sex couples cohabiting in the US as of the latest census. Of […]
⚠️ Trigger Warning: This article contains references to sexual assault, which may be distressing. Please take care while reading. A man who preyed on intoxicated people in Manchester’s Gay Village has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of raping a woman and two men. Sid Ali Djelid, an Algerian national also known […]
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could determine whether Colorado’s law banning so-called conversion therapy for minors is constitutional. Multiple conservative justices suggested during oral argument that they believe it may infringe on free speech rights. Colorado is among more than 20 states to outlaw the practice—widely discredited by medical experts—aimed […]
A Russian nuclear scientist with close ties to President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the West is deliberately using the so-called “LGBT agenda,” childfree advocacy, and biological warfare to reduce the global population. Mikhail Kovalchuk, head of Russia’s prestigious Kurchatov Institute for Nuclear Research and a reported long-time friend of Putin, made the remarks at […]
A domestic flight in the United States was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger began shouting that LGBTQ+ people were giving him cancer and declared, “the plane is going down”. The Sun Country Airlines flight departed Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport around 7:15am on Friday, 3 October, bound for Newark, New Jersey. However, the […]
US Representative Tim Burchett (R‑Tenn.) has threatened to summon Netflix executives to testify before Congress amid a backlash over a transgender character in the animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park. Speaking on right‑wing commentator Benny Johnson’s podcast, Burchett was asked whether he would back congressional scrutiny after a clip of the show’s trans character, Barney, […]