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Indonesia has formally classified the “spread of LGBTQ culture” as a non-military threat under its national defence policy, prompting human-rights groups to warn that the language could further legitimise discrimination against queer and trans people. Presidential Regulation No. 111 of 2025, signed by President Prabowo Subianto on 24 October last year, sets Indonesia’s General National […]
Tasmanian Liberal MPs will be free to vote according to their conscience on proposed legislation banning conversion practices, as debate intensifies over what the bill would — and would not — prohibit. The Tasmanian Greens’ Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 seeks to outlaw practices intended to change, suppress or eradicate a person’s sexual orientation or […]
A gay UK Labour councillor in Greater Manchester has pushed back after screenshots from his Grindr profile were shared online alongside criticism of his private life and calls for him to resign. Paul John O’Neill, who represents North Heywood on Rochdale Council, responded publicly after learning that people had created accounts on the gay dating […]
US Senate candidate Mary Peltola has denied allegations that she used an anti-gay slur, after former staffers told The New York Times they heard her use offensive language during angry workplace outbursts. The Alaska Democrat, who is challenging Republican Senator Dan Sullivan in November, is facing scrutiny after a Times investigation based on interviews with […]
Two international names in trance land in Tāmaki Makaurau this October as 303 Events presents Ngā Wāhine o Te Trance, a night putting wāhine at the centre of the dancefloor. Taking over Darby Street Station on Friday 9 October, the event is led by Italy’s Alessandra Roncone and Australia’s Pinkque, bringing two distinct approaches to […]
Gay adult performer and model Alfonso Osnaya says he was knocked unconscious outside a well-known LGBTQ+ bar in San Francisco after being mocked over his work in adult entertainment. Osnaya says the incident happened outside Beaux in the Castro District on the morning of 17 September, following a confrontation that began inside the venue. “I […]
Calls for same-sex couples to be allowed to marry civilly are gathering momentum in Mauritius, three years after the country’s Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era law criminalising consensual sex between men. LGBTQ+ organisation OUT Moris is leading a national campaign calling for equal access to civil marriage, with international support now coming from the […]
Sydney has made LGBTQ+ history, with Councillor Olly Arkins becoming the City of Sydney’s first openly transgender Deputy Lord Mayor. Arkins was elected to the role by fellow councillors on 21 September, less than two years after first winning a seat on the City of Sydney Council in 2024. She was the only nominee for […]