Category: News
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has followed through on his ongoing campaign to erase LGBTQ+ visibility from public spaces, with state officials painting over the rainbow crosswalk at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub memorial under the cover of night. According to News 6, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) removed the crosswalk late Wednesday. The rainbow tribute, installed […]
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), under the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis, has ordered the removal of a Pride-themed pedestrian crossing in Delray Beach, warning it will take matters into its own hands “by any appropriate method necessary” if the city does not comply. DeSantis, who has led a crusade against what he brands […]
LGBTQ+ people are facing growing levels of violence, harassment and exclusion following the UK Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on gender, according to a stark new report by advocacy group TransActual. The report — Trans segregation in practice: Experiences of trans segregation following the Supreme Court ruling — was released on Tuesday (19 August) and gathers […]
History-making transgender New Zealand darts player Victoria Monaghan says her career has been left “in tatters” after the World Darts Federation (WDF) introduced new eligibility rules banning trans women from competing in women’s tournaments. The WDF, which governs amateur darts worldwide, voted last month to restrict women’s and girls’ ranking events to players “recorded female […]
Nearly a decade after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is once again in the spotlight — this time for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the ruling that legalized marriage equality nationwide. But while Davis presents herself as a defender of “traditional […]
For Kat Tenbarge and fiancée Anna Iovine, wedding planning last Christmas came with more than just excitement — it came with fear. The couple, who live in New York, are set to wed at an art museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, next year so Tenbarge’s elderly grandparents can attend. But alongside booking a venue and dreaming […]
The UK’s first transgender judge, Dr Victoria McCloud, has launched a landmark challenge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), claiming the UK Supreme Court excluded trans voices in a ruling that redefined legal sex. McCloud, who retired from the High Court last year, argues that the court’s April decision stripped rights from around […]
A queer couple has made history at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after saying “I do” in front of a packed theatre audience, marking the first ticketed wedding ceremony of its kind. Linus Karp and Joseph Martin, co-founders of Awkward Productions, tied the knot on Saturday (16 August) at The Pleasance Grand in front of around […]