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Apple has been fined by a Russian court for allegedly violating the country’s harsh anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, according to multiple reports. The Tagansky Court in Moscow ordered Apple Distribution International Ltd to pay a total of 10.5 million roubles (approximately NZD $200,000) across four administrative cases. Three of the fines — totalling 7.5 million roubles (NZD […]
A group of trans women staged a topless protest outside the Scottish Parliament, condemning both a UK Supreme Court ruling that defines “sex” as biological and the Scottish government’s response to it. Standing with red-painted arms, tape across their mouths, and holding white roses symbolising the “death of transgender rights in the UK”, the women […]
NZ First leader Winston Peters took aim at Labour’s Chris Hipkins during a fiery exchange with reporters at Parliament on Thursday, calling him a “sausage eater” while rejecting claims about his parliamentary behaviour. Peters was responding to Hipkins’ earlier comments, in which the Labour leader suggested Peters held a record for being the worst-behaved or […]
For the first time in 13 years, Transgender Europe’s (TGEU) annual rights map shows a decline in trans rights across Europe and Central Asia — a stark reversal of progress. The findings echo those of a recent report by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA), painting a bleak picture of mounting […]
Pope Leo XIV has used one of his first public addresses as pontiff to reaffirm the Roman Catholic Church’s position on marriage, stating that the family is “founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman,” according to the Associated Press. The statement came during a private audience with the Vatican’s diplomatic corps […]
The US military has been directed to begin identifying service members diagnosed with or showing signs of gender dysphoria, as part of a broader effort to expel transgender individuals from service by June 6. The move follows a recent Supreme Court ruling allowing the controversial transgender military ban to take effect while legal challenges continue […]
In a significant move, the Texas House of Representatives has voted to repeal a decades-old law that criminalised same-sex sexual activity. Twelve Republicans joined Democrats in a 72-55 vote to eliminate the 1973 statute, which has remained on the books despite being unenforceable since 2003 following the landmark Lawrence v. Texas U.S. Supreme Court ruling. […]
As trans rights continue to face political backlash across the United States, a growing number of trans and gender-diverse Americans are contemplating or making moves from hostile states to more supportive ones. A recent survey conducted by the Williams Institute at UCLA reveals that nearly half of trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people surveyed have […]