Category: News
Meta has come under scrutiny at Australia’s Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion after hearings revealed a sharp drop in hateful content being removed from Facebook following policy changes introduced in early 2025. The Royal Commission was established on 9 January 2026 in response to the antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on 14 […]
Matt McVeigh discusses his Mr Bear Australasia win How did it feel to hear your name announced as Mr Bear Australasia winner? What was running through my mind? Absolutely nothing for about 20 minutes! Once my brain finally restarted, I just felt incredibly grateful—to the judges, the organisers, the competitors and everyone who had supported […]
Missouri has enacted a new law restricting access to gender-affirming healthcare for incarcerated transgender people, marking a major shift in how the state’s Department of Corrections can provide medical treatment. HB 2009, signed into law by Governor Mike Kehoe on 30 June, prohibits the use of state funds for hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries intended […]
A new YouGov UK tracker has found that more than three-quarters of UK adults support same-sex couples’ right to marry. The bimonthly tracker, released on 29 June, found that 76% of UK adults support the change in the law that allowed same-sex couples to marry. Of those surveyed, 51% said they “strongly support” same-sex marriage, […]
The Metropolitan Police have apologised to the family of 19-year-old Ed Cornes after acknowledging serious failures in the handling of the investigation into his death. The apology came on Monday 29 June, nearly five years after Ed was found dead in a London hotel room. Specialist officers are now reviewing the original investigation to determine […]
The man accused of murdering transgender University of Washington student Juniper Blessing has been found unfit to stand trial and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment. Christopher Leahy, 31, is charged with first-degree murder over the death of 19-year-old Blessing, who was found fatally stabbed at a Seattle student housing complex in May. At a hearing […]
The US Supreme Court has upheld two state laws barring transgender girls and women from female sports teams. In a decision handed down on Tuesday, 30 June, the court sided with West Virginia and Idaho in two closely watched cases, West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox. The ruling allows states to prohibit transgender […]
Dr Mataroria Lyndon answers your health-related questions I’m on PrEP and pretty on top of my sexual health, but I still feel judged when I talk honestly with doctors about my sex life. How do you ensure queer patients can speak openly without fear of shame? That experience of feeling judged is something a lot of queer people […]