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India’s Supreme Court is set to begin hearing final arguments on several petitions seeking to legalise same-sex marriage. This decision could make India the 35th country to legalise same-sex unions. The hearing and debate, which will be “live-streamed in public interest,” according to the court, is expected to be lively, with LGBTQ+ activists and same-sex […]
Cook Islands’ Prime Minister Mark Brown called Friday’s decriminalisation the ‘historic day’ the Cook Islands ‘stomp out discrimination of the LGBT community.’ The Cook Islands has removed a law from its Crimes Act that made homosexuality illegal. Talking to express magazine, Pride Cook Island’s President Karla Eggelton, who has been campaigning for the decriminalisation for […]
Saturday Night Live (SNL) has never been one to shy away from tackling important social issues, and the show’s latest episode was no different, with non-binary cast member Molly Kearney making a powerful statement in support of trans rights. Kearney made the statement during the “Weekend Update” segment on 15 April, when Kearney was introduced […]
A new law recently approved by the Hungarian government could result in same-sex families facing the consequences for allegedly violating the nation’s constitutionally recognised definition of marriage and family. The law, which Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén proposed in February 2023, allows citizens to report same-sex families with children to local authorities for breaching Hungary’s […]
The Presbyterian Church of Australia has submitted a paper to the Australian Law Reform Commission requesting the right to prevent students in same-sex relationships or those who engage in premarital sex from taking leadership positions in prestigious schools. The submission was part of the review of Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws, wherein the church […]
The Cook Islands has eliminated a law within its Crimes Act that could imprison men for engaging in sexual activities with other men. The law, which was never enforced, stipulated that “indecent acts between males” could result in up to five years of imprisonment. Individuals hosting these acts on their property could face up to […]
The ‘Heavenly Creatures’ writer and convicted murderer has passed away aged 84. Bestselling crime writer Anne Perry has died at her Los Angeles home aged 84. Perry was formerly known as Juliet Hulme, who was convicted in 1954 of helping to murder her friend’s mother in Christchurch. Hulme was aged just 15 when she and […]
A new Instagram account named @RuPublicans is raising awareness of the increasing number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the USA by combining well-known Republican politicians and the iconic RuPaul, to create parodies of Republican figures dressed in drag. @RuPublicans, which has gained over 100,000 followers in under two weeks, uses AI-generated images to create parodies of […]