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ACT leader David Seymour tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall why he backs government intervention in puberty-blocker prescribing, supports legal definitions of men and women, and why being poor in New Zealand today “sucks”  David Seymour’s political philosophy usually begins with a simple proposition: leave people alone.  “I’m live and let live,” the ACT leader tells […]

Queer Punjabi makeup artist and social media creator Mad Sandhu has been shot dead in Amritsar, with police saying the killing appears to have been planned and that investigators are pursuing several leads. Prominent Punjabi makeup artist and LGBTQ+ influencer Madhusudan “Mad” Sandhu has been killed in a shooting in Amritsar, India. Sandhu was attacked […]

Around 100 people protested in Taipei after police raided a well-known gay bar, detained 51 patrons for questioning and arrested its owner — with officers later disciplined over their conduct during the operation. A police raid on a long-running gay bar in Taipei has sparked protests, allegations of discriminatory treatment and renewed questions about how […]

LGBTQ+ veterans in Australia can now apply to have historical convictions for consensual homosexual activity removed from their Defence records, in a major step towards addressing decades of discrimination within the military. Australia has introduced a new process allowing current and former Australian Defence Force personnel to have historical convictions for consensual homosexual activity formally […]

Vancouver punk band Rougaroux cancelled a show in Charlottetown after transgender singer Marina Hanly said she was stopped from using the venue’s women’s bathroom — prompting wider criticism from Prince Edward Island’s LGBTQ+ and music communities. A queer punk band has walked away from a Canadian gig after its transgender lead singer said she was […]

A US federal judge has ruled that a Christian-owned New Hampshire manufacturer cannot use religious-freedom arguments to have a transgender employee’s sex-discrimination claim dismissed, clearing the way for the case to proceed towards a jury trial. A transgender machinist’s discrimination case against her employer will continue after a federal judge rejected the company’s attempt to […]

Virginia voters will decide in November whether to remove the state constitution’s same-sex marriage ban and replace it with an explicit guarantee of marriage equality. More than a decade after same-sex couples began legally marrying in Virginia, voters are being asked whether those rights should also be expressly protected in the state’s constitution. Question 2, […]

The jury in the trial of former NSW Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has heard a Triple Zero call made from Luke Davies’ phone and evidence about messages allegedly sent from Jesse Baird’s phone after the couple died. The murder trial of former NSW Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has heard further evidence about the deaths of […]