Category: Around the World
Activists in Orlando have defiantly re-coloured the rainbow crosswalk outside the former Pulse nightclub after it was removed under a directive from the Trump administration and enforced by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The memorial crossing, originally created to honour the 49 victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting—the deadliest mass shooting in US history—was scrubbed […]
US President Donald Trump has issued a stark threat to strip federal funding from California school districts that refuse to enforce his administration’s strict transgender policies—escalating a politically charged battle with the state over trans inclusion in school sports. On Thursday, 21 August, Trump posted to his Truth Social platform: “Any California school district that […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has followed through on his ongoing campaign to erase LGBTQ+ visibility from public spaces, with state officials painting over the rainbow crosswalk at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub memorial under the cover of night. According to News 6, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) removed the crosswalk late Wednesday. The rainbow tribute, installed […]
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), under the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis, has ordered the removal of a Pride-themed pedestrian crossing in Delray Beach, warning it will take matters into its own hands “by any appropriate method necessary” if the city does not comply. DeSantis, who has led a crusade against what he brands […]
LGBTQ+ people are facing growing levels of violence, harassment and exclusion following the UK Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on gender, according to a stark new report by advocacy group TransActual. The report — Trans segregation in practice: Experiences of trans segregation following the Supreme Court ruling — was released on Tuesday (19 August) and gathers […]
Nearly a decade after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is once again in the spotlight — this time for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the ruling that legalized marriage equality nationwide. But while Davis presents herself as a defender of “traditional […]
The UK’s first transgender judge, Dr Victoria McCloud, has launched a landmark challenge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), claiming the UK Supreme Court excluded trans voices in a ruling that redefined legal sex. McCloud, who retired from the High Court last year, argues that the court’s April decision stripped rights from around […]
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged same-sex couples to “consider getting married” as the Supreme Court weighs whether to hear a case that could threaten federal protections for marriage equality. The nation’s highest court is currently considering whether to take up an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who […]