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Legislation that would have seen transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports banned in the state of Kansas has been stopped at the final hurdle thanks to the state’s Governor. Governor Laura Kelly vetoed Senate Bill 160 (SB 160) on Friday the 15th of April after the legislation was approved 74-39 in the state House […]
LGBTQ+ activists are praising South African courts after sentencing two men to life in prison for the hate crime rape of a 19-year-old lesbian woman in 2020. The sentence was handed down by the Atteridgeville Regional Court of Pretoria, South Africa, on Tuesday the 12th of April, with 30-year-old Getwin Moloto and 35-year-old Lebohang Makola […]
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of London to showcase their disapproval and frustration over the Government’s proposed conversion therapy ban that excludes trans people. According to organisers, over 3,000 people gathered outside the Prime Minister’s residence at Downing Street on Sunday the 10th of April. Holding placards reading “ban conversion therapy” followed […]
On the 50th anniversary of the birth of NZ’s Gay Liberation Front, Gareth Watkins highlights April dates that made a difference to Aotearoa’s LGBTQ+ community. 11 April 1972 This month marks the 50th anniversary of the first Gay Liberation Front action – a Gay Day held in Auckland. Historian Will Hansen writes “Activists led by […]
Former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has criticised transgender rights in the USA describing it as “far-left gender theories” and “child abuse”. The single term President made the comments during his “Save America” rally on Saturday the 9th of April, where he spoke about several typical Trump topics, including illegal immigration, mail-in voting, […]
Just days after his conversion therapy U-turn, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has now said that he does not think transgender women should compete in female sports. Johnson’s comments were made during a visit to a hospital in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, on Wednesday the 6th of April, where he spoke on several issues, including […]
One of the Mormon Church’s top leaders has reiterated the faith’s opposition to LGBTQ+ rights with an anti-same-sex marriage and transphobic rant. Dallin H Oaks, who is the second-highest-ranking leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon church), made the comments during a biannual conference at the Church’s […]
Over 80 LGBTQ+ groups, including Stonewall have cut ties and withdrawn from the UK Government’s LGBTQ+ rights conference Safe To Be Me after it was leaked that conversion therapy would not be banned. Described as the UK’s first-ever global LGBTQ+ conference, Safe To Be Me, is set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the […]