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The US Department of Education has opened Title IX investigations into three Michigan school districts over allegations they allowed students to compete on sports teams and use locker rooms based on their gender identity. The districts under investigation are Ann Arbor Public Schools, Monroe Public Schools and Chippewa Valley Schools. The Education Department announced the […]
A New Jersey police officer has been allowed to return to work after previously being fired for using an anti-gay slur while on duty. Roselle Police Chief Stacey Williams was fired and had his law enforcement licence suspended in 2024. At the time, an investigation by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office found that Williams had […]
Rainbow rangatahi were celebrated across New Zealand last week Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa took place last week, with organisers celebrating a successful and hopeful campaign that saw more than 250 schools and community groups across the motu stand in support of rainbow and takatāpui rangatahi. Held from 15 to 19 June, the annual campaign supports […]
New Zealand-born rugby league player Asu Kepaoa could be facing time on the sidelines after being sent off for an alleged homophobic slur during the Newcastle Knights’ New South Wales Cup win over the St George Illawarra Dragons on Friday night. Kepaoa was given his marching orders at the end of the first half of […]
A man in India was allegedly lured through a gay dating app, beaten, stripped and extorted by a seven-member gang, police have said. The 44-year-old, from the Surendranagar district of Gujarat, was allegedly befriended through an app called Polo. When he arrived at an abandoned house behind Surendranagar Medical College, he allegedly found seven men […]
Fox News host Jesse Watters has sparked backlash after joking that fudge was “too gay” for US Vice President JD Vance during a bizarre on-air segment marking National Fudge Day. At the end of an episode of The Five, Watters presented Vance with a pickle cake instead of fudge. “I was gonna do fudge [cake], […]
A man convicted over an assault on a gay couple has been released from custody after successfully appealing his sentence, in a case that has also drawn attention over his alleged links to the Islamic State. Yaqoob Benshabir, 20, whose uncle was Khaled Sharrouf, one of Australia’s most notorious IS members, pleaded guilty over an […]
Police in Idaho say they are unable to charge a man accused of assaulting a gay couple with a hate crime because of a loophole in the state’s law. Pedro Villareal was arrested after reports that he shouted anti-gay slurs at Eric Reed and Juan Olvera outside a restaurant, before allegedly chasing them to nearby […]