Category: News
Cuba has made a historic leap in LGBTQ+ rights with the legalisation of gender self-identification, meaning trans people can now change their legal gender without undergoing surgery. The landmark legislation, passed earlier this month by the National Assembly of People’s Power, also introduces sweeping reforms to the country’s civil registry. Among the changes are the […]
Community groups are demanding that police no longer serve as first responders in mental health emergencies, following the death of 28-year-old gay man Collin Burling during a welfare check in Waterloo earlier this week. Burling died after being restrained by officers at his apartment complex in the early hours of Tuesday morning, amid what was […]
A new report by Healthwatch UK has found that trans and non-binary patients across Britain are facing severe challenges when accessing healthcare, particularly gender-affirming care through GPs. Published on 25 July, the survey paints a concerning picture of NHS service gaps, miscommunication, and systemic failings. Fewer than a third of trans and non-binary respondents (32%) […]
U.S. House Representative Sarah McBride, the United States’ first openly transgender member of Congress, has fiercely criticised former President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military service in a passionate House floor speech, calling the policy “appalling”, “cynical”, and “un-American”. McBride, who represents Delaware, condemned the policy for disqualifying thousands of qualified transgender Americans from serving in […]
London Trans Pride 2025 drew tens of thousands of people to the streets today (26 July), as marchers from across the UK gathered in the capital to demand trans liberation and protest ongoing discrimination. Despite cloudy skies, the crowds—many waving trans flags and holding pro-rights placards—marched from Langham Place to Parliament Square, sending a strong […]
Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who made global headlines in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples, has petitioned the US Supreme Court to overturn the legal right to marriage equality. On Thursday, 24 July, Davis filed a request asking the court to reverse the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, […]
Out gay Congressman Robert Garcia (D-CA) has issued a scathing letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., questioning whether the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to HIV and AIDS programmes were based on science—or on Kennedy’s well-documented history of misinformation. The letter, dated 17 July and co-signed by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), outlines what the […]
A respected gay school superintendent from Vermont was detained, separated from his husband, and subjected to “inhumane” treatment by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers while re-entering the country from Nicaragua earlier this week. Wilmer Chavarria, superintendent of the Winooski School District, says he was held for over five hours at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental […]