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More than 100 African civil society organisations have joined forces to urge Ghanaian President John Mahama to send the country’s recently passed anti-LGBTQ+ bill back to Parliament for a more transparent and democratic process. Campaigning under the banner #BackToSender, the coalition warned that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025 was rushed through […]
Equality Australia has launched a petition calling on MPs to reject proposed changes to the Sex Discrimination Act, warning that the reforms could weaken protections for transgender and gender diverse Australians. The petition has gathered more than 11,000 signatures since launching last week. The campaign is running alongside a competing petition from the Australian Christian […]
A bill that would legally define the words “woman” and “man” across New Zealand legislation is now before Parliament, with the public given until 2 July 2026 to make a submission. The Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill, introduced by New Zealand First MP Jenny Marcroft, passed its first reading on 20 May […]
Transgender troops will be allowed to remain in the US military following a 1 June appeals court ruling, though the military may continue blocking new transgender recruits from enlisting. The split decision is expected to be challenged by Donald Trump’s administration and could ultimately end up before the US Supreme Court. The ruling pushes back […]
Urge’s King’s Birthday weekend Underwear Party left very little to the imagination, with the sold-out event packing Centurian to capacity on Sunday 31 May. After demand surged and tickets disappeared eight days out, Urge Events moved the party to Centurian on Symonds Street, where partygoers embraced the brief in every sense. Jocks, briefs, boxers, harnesses […]
YOUR EX meets the queer creative team behind SUGAR When SUGAR played Brisbane, writer Ro Bright says the politics of the show shifted in real time. “Every country we take SUGAR to, the politics around sex work, sugar culture, and the trans community is different,” Bright tells YOUR EX. “We encounter laws that take away our rights […]
Christian pastor Joel Webbon has sparked backlash after claiming that smoking marijuana makes men “spiritually gay” and urging Christian men to embrace tobacco and nicotine as a path back to “masculinity”. In a video posted to X, Webbon links cannabis use to gender stereotypes and repeatedly uses “gay” as an insult. He claims marijuana “makes […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the city of Denton over an upcoming Pride Month event called “Big Gay Swim Day”. The lawsuit seeks to block the 7 June event, which is scheduled to take place as a private rental at the Civic Centre pool in Denton. Paxton’s office claims the […]