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Five federal employees have filed a proposed class action against the Trump administration, challenging a policy that removes insurance coverage for gender-affirming healthcare from plans serving federal workers, retirees, Postal Service employees and their families. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, 3 August. Known as […]
A West Virginia food bank that previously served thousands of families each month has been left with empty shelves after its pastor refused assistance from organisations he says are associated with the LGBTQ+ community. Pastor Alvin Christian, who operates God’s Store House Food Bank in Bluefield, West Virginia, explained the decision in a Facebook Live […]
Christchurch developer Violet Bair talks to YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall about turning her dreams into reality and creating a new world for queer gamers After four and a half years of late nights, multiple jobs and periods of financial uncertainty, Christchurch-based American developer Violet Bair has released a video game that is unmistakably her own. […]
A giant inflatable kiss between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin became one of the most widely discussed spectacles at Amsterdam’s WorldPride 2026 Canal Parade at the weekend. The installation, titled The Kissing Couple, depicted enormous figures resembling the two world leaders leaning towards each other for a kiss. Both were dressed in Delft blue-and-white outfits […]
The Australian Government is investing more than $18.1 million in projects designed to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people, including a new national programme to help communities find safe and inclusive healthcare. Eighteen community initiatives will receive funding, while $10 million has been awarded to La Trobe University to develop an innovative healthcare […]
Gareth Watkins revisits three August milestones in Aotearoa’s queer history, from a 1919 court case to Carmen Rupe’s Cuba Street tribute. 16 August 1919 The Evening Post reported the arrest in Auckland of a young person who had been living under the name Ada Reeve – the name of a well-known English comedian who had performed in […]
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein allegedly arranged a same-sex marriage between his longtime girlfriend and one of his female assistants to help the Belarusian dental student remain in the United States, newly examined records suggest. A New York Times investigation reports that Karyna Shuliak married the American woman in 2013 after her student visa had […]
Tasmania has launched a new awareness campaign encouraging people persecuted under the state’s former homosexuality and cross-dressing laws to apply for financial redress. The campaign was developed in consultation with Tasmania’s LGBTIQA+ community and aims to reach people who may not realise that their historical charges or convictions can now be removed. Tasmania is the […]