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US soccer star Megan Rapinoe condemns the “monstrous” attacks on trans rights by conservative lawmakers in the US. (Getty/Ira L. Black-Corbis) Megan Rapinoe has condemned the “monstrous” and “cruel” campaign by conservative lawmakers to attack trans rights in the US.  The queer icon was recently named among Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential people of 2022.

Ted Cruz has complained about Disney including more LGBTQ+ characters and says there are “lesbian toys” in the new Lightyear film. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty) Texas senator Ted Cruz went on a bizarre rant ridiculing “woke” Disney for including “lesbian toys” in its new Lightyear movie. The Republican took to his podcast the Verdict to discuss the

A man in his 60s was brutally bashed by a man in a ‘despicable’ attack. (Stock photograph via Getty Images) A man in his 60s was left suffering severe facial injuries following a “despicable” homophobic attack in Liverpool, England. In the early hours of 16 May, the victim was set upon by a man while

Members of the Horry County Council on June 7 (Image: Horry County Council website) A South Carolina county council rescinded a Pride Month proclamation it apparently voted through by accident. Horry County Council approved a slate of items without discussion in a May session, including a resolution that proclaimed June as Pride Month in the county. “The

Peter Keeley was found dead in a ditch in New South Wales, Australia. (NSW Police) A top Australian court has found two teenagers who lured Peter Keely on Grindr only to bind, gag and beat him not guilty of murder. The boys, both aged 17 at the time of the incident so legally cannot be

A Saudi Arabian official gestures towards a rainbow toy. (Screen capture via Twitter) Saudi Arabian authorities have begun seizing rainbow-coloured toys and children’s clothing for encouraging homosexuality. Hair clips, bows, pop-its, hats, pencil cases and more have been taken away from shops in the capital Riyadh for “contradicting the Islamic faith and public morals”, one official

Gay Welsh political leader Adam Price recalled his experiences with suicide as a young teenager. (Jon Pountne) Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price has opened up about his experiences of suicide as a young gay man. Britain’s only openly LGBTQ+ political leader recalled a haunting moment walking home when he was a student in the early 1990s

Monkeypox lesions. (UKHSA) UK monkeypox cases have now reached 470, with men making up 99 per cent of all confirmed cases. On Sunday (12 June), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that a further 104 cases of monkeypox had been confirmed in England, bringing the UK total to 470. There are currently 452 confirmed cases

Labour MP for Nottingham East Nadia Whittome (L) and Alicia Kearns, the Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton, attended the debate. (Screen captures via YouTube) Tory and Labour MPs urged the government to legislate a trans-inclusive conversion therapy ban in an impassioned parliamentary debate. On Monday afternoon (13 June), MPs debated a petition signed by

Patriot Front participate in an anti-abortion march in January 2022 in Washington, DC. ( Los Angeles Times via Getty/ Kent Nishimura) A group of 31 people, suspected to be members of the white supremacist neo-Nazi group Patriot Front, have been arrested at a Pride parade in Idaho. On Saturday (11 June), North Idaho Pride Alliance held

Drag queen Pickle reads from a book during a Drag Queen Story Hour event at the West Valley Regional Branch Library in Los Angeles, California.(Getty/ David McNew) Drag Queen Story Hour has hit back at Republicans who want to ban children from attending drag shows: “Drag queens aren’t going into schools to shoot kids.” Drag

James McFadzean has been described in the press as Britain’s first public case of monkeypox. (James McFadzean) Monkeypox is already being treated as a “gay disease” in the same way HIV was, Britain’s “first monkeypox patient to go public” has warned. Since 13 May, when the first case in the monkeypox outbreak was reported, health authorities

Lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House voted to erase “homosexuality” from the state’s crimes code. (Michael Candelori/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty) Pennsylvania’s House unanimously voted to remove the word “homosexuality” from the definition of prohibited sexual acts in the state crimes code. State legislators in the state’s House passed House Bill 2125 (HB 2125) on Wednesday (8 June) with

Thailand could make history after it approved a draft bill that will legalise same-sex civil partnerships in the country. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty) Thailand is set to go down in history as the first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex unions after approving a historic bill.  The country’s Cabinet has approved draft legislation which will

Miloš Zeman, president of the Czech Republic, vows to veto legislation that would give same-sex couples the right to hold civil weddings in the country. (Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty) Czech president Miloš Zeman has said he plans to veto proposed legislation that would give same-sex couples the right to get married in the country.  The

US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene likened drag shows to strip clubs. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has struck again, with another unwarranted anti-LGBTQ+ proclamation likening drag shows to “strip clubs.” In a tweet posted on Tuesday (6 June) Greene wrote: “It should be illegal to take children into

Jinkx Monsoon and Monet X Change at RuPaul’s Los Angeles DragCon in May (Getty/Santiago Felipe) After turning down an alliance with two fellow Drag Race stars, Jinkx Monsoon has revealed that “going solo” was always part of her game plan for All Stars 7. As the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race season five, it was

Turkish police descended on a peaceful Istanbul Prude protest. (Screen capture via Twitter) Turkish police brutally beat and allegedly “tortured” nearly a dozen LGBTQ+ activists in Istanbul who were simply celebrating the start of Pride Month. On 5 June, members of İstanbul LGBTİ+ Onur Haftası, which organises Istanbul Pride, gathered in the Yeldeğirmeni neighbourhood of the

Ohio lawmakers advanced a bill that would require student-athletes to undergo a medical “verification” process if their gender is questioned. (Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) Ohio Republicans have advanced a bill that would require student-athletes to undergo a medical “verification” process to enforce a ban trans kids from playing sports.  Lawmakers pushed through the anti-trans

The New York City Police Department has identified the suspect in a stabbing on a train on the first day of Pride Month as Runadieo Jordan, 52. (Twitter/@NYPDTips) A Brooklyn man is facing hate crime charges following a horrific stabbing aboard a train on the first day of Pride Month.  The police have identified the suspect as