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Gay Christian podcaster and LGBTQ+ activist Benjamin Azariah Southworth has been arrested in Los Angeles after being federally indicted over alleged threats against US President Donald Trump and harassment targeting one of Trump’s former personal lawyers and his family. Southworth, 40, faces three federal charges: threatening the President, cyberstalking, and making harassing interstate telephone calls. […]
Passengers on an American Airlines flight were forced to help restrain a man with duct tape and zip ties after he allegedly became violent and hurled racist and anti-gay slurs at passengers and crew. Arthur “Layne” Lundeen was travelling on American Airlines Flight 618 from Dallas Fort Worth to Newark on 3 September when the […]
Grindr has agreed to pay £26 million to settle a major UK lawsuit brought by thousands of users who alleged the dating app unlawfully shared highly sensitive personal information with advertising companies. Around 12,000 people were represented in the claim, which accused Grindr of breaching UK privacy laws through data practices used before 2020. The […]
From male intimacy to modern excess, director Stephen Barlow reveals how NZ Opera is reimagining Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers for a 21st-century audience Two men, one woman, an impossible pact and one of the most famous male duets ever written. On the surface, Georges Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers has all the ingredients of a classic […]
Dallas Stars fans are taking Pride Night into their own hands after the NHL team removed the annual LGBTQ+ celebration from its 2026–27 promotional schedule. Longtime fan Tori Copeland was among those disappointed by the omission and has now teamed up with fellow fan Jason to organise an unofficial Pride Night during the Stars’ home […]
Ecuador has introduced a new adoption law that explicitly excludes LGBTQ+ people from adopting in several circumstances and has raised serious concerns about the rights of families with transgender children. The Reform Law Of Various Legal Bodies For The Streamlining Of Adoption took effect on 14 August after being approved by the National Assembly with […]
South Australia’s Parliament has rejected a One Nation bill that sought to introduce prison sentences for health practitioners providing certain gender-affirming treatments to people under 18. The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) (Childhood Gender Dysphoria) Amendment Bill, introduced by One Nation’s Cory Bernardi, was defeated 11 votes to 8 in the Legislative Council. […]
A Brisbane man has been convicted and sentenced after helping lure, rob and assault a 70-year-old man through Grindr while pretending to be 15. Cooper Roam Watt, now 20, pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court to robbery in company with personal violence. He was sentenced to two years in prison with immediate parole, with […]