Category: News
Maryland resident, Adam Michael Nettina, has been charged with threatening LGBTQ+ rights group the Human Rights Campaign in what authorities believe to be a reaction to the March 27 mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. Nettina has been charged with interstate communications containing a threat to injure for allegedly leaving a menacing […]
Greg Fleming, National’s candidate for Maungakiekie was the former managing director of the right-wing Maxim Institute. An unearthed press release has revealed National’s candidate for Maungakiekie, Greg Fleming, once likened civil unions to polygamy and incest. The press release was issued in 2004 in the lead-up to Parliament’s passage of Civil Unions, which allowed same-sex […]
A federal judge in Texas has mandated the immediate restoration of at least 12 books removed from Llano County public libraries, many of which contained LGBTQ+ content. The judge’s order, which was filed on Thursday, gives county officials 24 hours to comply and comes after seven residents filed a lawsuit in April 2022 against county officials, […]
Kentucky’s Republican lawmakers have successfully overridden Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill widely criticised as the “most extreme anti-LGBTQ bill in America.” The new law, which includes a ban on transgender medical treatment for minors, has led to heated protests at the statehouse, resulting in 19 arrests. Supporters of LGBTQ+ rights gathered in large […]
Controversial anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, has vowed to return to New Zealand. Despite experiencing significant pushback during her recent visit to New Zealand during her ‘Let Women Speak’ tour, Parker took to Twitter to announce that she intends to return to New Zealand – which she now refers to as […]
Following a series of anti-LGBTQ+ incidents across Australia, advocates are calling on the Government to implement stronger legal protections for Rainbow communities. Concerns have been expressed by Equality Australia that there is a lack of uniformity in laws across Australia, leaving the rainbow community vulnerable to hate speech and discrimination. Currently, no laws in Victoria, […]
A queer Ukrainian soldier fighting off the Russian invasion is calling for the urgent legalisation of same-sex partnerships in Ukraine. Anna “Kajhan” Zyablikova, a soldier serving in the 47th Brigade of Ukraine’s armed forces, believes that legalising partnerships between same-sex couples is a simple move that would positively impact LGBTQ soldiers. Under the current law, […]
The UK government has confirmed it intends to wind down its vaccination campaign against mpox, which began in May 2022 and has disproportionately affected men who have sex with men. The decision made by the UK government follows the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) confirmation that mpox, a virus formerly known as monkeypox, remains a public […]