Category: Around the World
A Russian man accused of running a travel agency catering to gay customers has been found dead in custody, the rights group OVD-Info reported on Sunday. This comes amid an escalating crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in Russia. Andrei Kotov, the director of the travel agency “Men Travel,” was arrested on charges of “organising extremist activity […]
At his first major rally since becoming president-elect, Donald Trump pledged to swiftly implement policies targeting transgender rights. Speaking at the Turning Point USA event for young conservatives in Arizona on Sunday, Trump declared, “January 20 will truly be Liberation Day in America,” referencing his inauguration date. Trump announced plans to halt what he called […]
A rebranding decision by the Imperial Valley LGBTQ Resource Center in El Centro, California, now known as the Donnelly Community Services Center, has sparked significant backlash from LGBTQ+ organisations and advocates. Prominent groups, including San Diego Pride, TransFamily Support Services, and the San Diego LGBT Community Center, have condemned the move, labelling it “harmful, divisive, […]
A gay Syrian activist who endured severe torture under rebel groups that toppled Bashar al-Assad has said many LGBTQ+ Syrians are celebrating the regime change despite concerns about what lies ahead. Francois Zankih, a human rights campaigner and founder of Syria’s first LGBTQ+ organisation, Guardians of Equality Movement (GEM), fled Syria in 2020 after being […]
Scotland’s strides in LGBTQ+ rights remain “fragile,” according to former Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, who has revealed she still checks her surroundings “every single time” before holding her wife’s hand in public. Dugdale, now associate director at Glasgow University’s Centre for Public Policy, tied the knot with SNP Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth in 2022. Reflecting […]
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 […]