Category: News

Oct 19
Health Professionals Throw Support Behind Tasmania Conversion Practices Bill

More than 50 Tasmanian doctors and other health practitioners have backed a proposed ban on LGBTQ+ conversion practices, telling MPs the practices are harmful, ineffective and incompatible with contemporary healthcare. More than 50 Tasmanian health professionals have signed a statement urging state MPs to support the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill 2026 ahead of expected parliamentary […]

Oct 19
Mass Arrests And Forced HIV Tests Reported In Senegal LGBTQ+ Crackdown

Human Rights Watch has called on Senegal to immediately end an escalating crackdown on LGBTQ+ people, warning that mass arrests, alleged forced HIV testing and barriers to legal representation are spreading fear and undermining access to healthcare. Human Rights Watch is urging Senegalese authorities to halt what it describes as an intensifying crackdown on LGBTQ+ […]

Oct 18
‘It’s Just Not Resonating’: Senior Republican Questions Party’s Focus On Trans People

Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan says Republicans are still running campaign ads focused on transgender people even though, in his view, the issue is failing to connect with the swing voters who could decide November’s US elections. A prominent Texas Republican has questioned his own party’s continued electoral focus on transgender people, arguing that […]

Oct 18
FIFA Report Reveals Scale Of Homophobia At 2026 World Cup

France’s players received the highest volume of homophobic abuse directed at any national team during the 2026 men’s FIFA World Cup, according to a new report documenting hundreds of thousands of abusive social-media messages sent during the tournament. France’s national football team was subjected to more homophobic abuse online than any other country during the […]

Oct 17
NHS England Rewrites Trans Hospital Guidance Following Supreme Court Ruling

New NHS England guidance says transgender patients should ordinarily be accommodated according to their sex at birth in single-sex wards and facilities, prompting warnings from trans advocates that the policy could deter people from seeking healthcare. NHS England has introduced new guidance changing how transgender patients and staff are expected to use single-sex spaces including […]

Oct 15
EXCLUSIVE | Qiulae Wong: TOP “Would Walk Away” Over Gender Definitions Bill 

Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong tells YOURE EX’s Oliver Hall why transgender rights could become a coalition red line, where she believes politicians have overreached, and which rainbow issues her party still has work to do on. If Opportunity enters Parliament after November’s election, leader Qiulae Wong wants the freedom to work with either Labour […]

Oct 15
From Secret Relationship To World Tour: Dan And Phil Head To Auckland

Dan and Phil finally hard-launched and are crash-landing in a city near you. In this unhinged and unafraid new era, join Dan and Phil live with their explosive new stage show for a much- needed night of outrageous oversharing, scream laughing, and celebrating that we’re all still here and we made it. This show is […]

Oct 15
Rainbow Games Ambassador Jaiyah Saelua On Trans Athletes, Fa’afafine Identity And Finding Belonging In Sport

Football trailblazer Jaiyah Saelua tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall what her fa’afafine upbringing can teach us about belonging in sport, and why the future of transgender athletes begins with the communities they call home  The debate about transgender athletes has become one of the most contentious conversations in international sport. Questions about eligibility, competitive advantage […]