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Police in Senegal say they have “uncovered a vast network of suspected homosexuals” after arresting 18 men, while reportedly continuing to search for another 15. The arrests are the latest in a widening anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown that has accelerated since Senegal toughened its already harsh laws earlier this year. According to reports, the investigation began after […]
More than six years after Botswana’s courts struck down the criminalisation of same-sex intimacy, the government has now formally removed the discriminatory provisions from the law itself, in a long-overdue legal clean-up that activists say matters both symbolically and practically. On 26 March, the government published a notice deleting paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a new law banning local governments from using public money to support Pride celebrations and other diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, marking the latest step in his long-running campaign against DEI and LGBTQ+ visibility. The bill, SB 1134, was signed on 22 April and applies to counties, cities, contractors […]
The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case that could determine whether publicly funded preschool providers can refuse to enrol children of LGBTQ+ parents. The case, St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton v. Roy, centres on Colorado’s universal preschool programme, which requires participating providers — including religious schools — to […]
The mother of Marriage Equality, Louisa Wall, pays homage to Sharon Aroha Hawke (13 April 1962 to 10 April 2026) I stood beside Sharon Hawke on 23 February 2025 at Albert Park in Tāmaki Makaurau as the call went out across the city: Defying Destiny, a day of queer power. It was loud, young, and […]
Hungary’s incoming government is already facing a major first test after the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the country’s so-called “LGBT propaganda” law was not only illegal, but a breach of the European Union’s foundational values. The ruling lands just days after Viktor Orbán’s defeat and places immediate pressure on incoming […]
Silas H. Shelton, a pastor from the U.S. state of Ohio who had previously spoken out against LGBTQ+ visibility in schools, has pleaded guilty to multiple sex offences involving a minor. Court records and local reporting show Shelton entered the plea on Monday, 20 April, just before his five-day trial was due to begin. Shelton […]
Online donors have raised more than US$71,000 to help cover the legal costs of David Vulin, a gay father who was arrested and later charged with a felony after a confrontation with a right-wing media personality who suggested on camera that he and his husband were more likely to molest their newborn son. The fundraiser […]