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WORLD Australian law, soccer players, Grindr suit, South Korean situation
Official photo of Spanish President Pedro Sanchez. Photo credit Pool Moncloa Queensland. Photo by Nathan Cowley for Pexels In Australia, Queensland has updated its Anti-Discrimination Act to...
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WORLD Tel Aviv Pride, banned books, Kenyan ruling, ‘Thunderhead’
Tel Aviv-Yafo authorities announced the cancellation of Tel Aviv’s annual Pride parade, saying it will instead hold a rally as a sign of pride, hope and freedom, per The Washington Blade. In a post,...
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Nonbinary singer wins Eurovision Song Contest
Swiss rapper/singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest on May 12 with “The Code” an ode to the singer’s journey toward embracing being nonbinary, the AP reported. Nonbinary flag. Public domain...
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NATIONAL Miss. bill, Hilary Cass, NBJC, trans surfer, ban overturned
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves. Photo from official website Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law that would ban transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond with...
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WORLD South African bill, Scottish official, ‘Queendom,’ Liechtenstein,...
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa. Official headshot South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Preventing and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill—which had been introduced in...
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WORLD Rainbow Europe Map, UK schools, murder fallout, Canadian group
ILGA-Europe released its annual Rainbow Europe Map that ranks countries across the continent regarding LGBTQ+ rights. Among the findings were that only 10 countries ban conversion practices (with...
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Pope apologizes after being accused of using anti-LGBTQ+ slur
Italian publications reported that Pope Francis allegedly used an anti-LGBTQ+ slur during a discussion with bishops over admitting gay men into seminaries, The Guardian noted. Subsequently, the pope...
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UK bars puberty-blocker prescriptions for trans youth
In one of its final acts before the general election, the UK government has introduced guidelines to stop new private prescriptions of puberty blockers for minors, PinkNews reported. The government’s...
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WORLD Pride Awards, Korean benefits, French bill, Grindr
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and ILGA World (the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association) jointly announced the launch of the International Pride Awards....
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WORLD Seoul festival, Mexico makes history, ancient Greece, Gay Games
Seoul. Photo by Ethan Brooke for Pexels The annual Seoul Queer Culture Festival was held in the South Korean capital despite previous issues in securing a venue and protests against the LGBTQ+...
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Thailand becomes first Southeast Asian country to approve marriage equality
On June 18, Thailand’s Senate passed the final reading of a marriage-equality law—allowing for it to become the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize same-sex couples, Reuters reported. The...
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WORLD Vandalism, business travel, PM backtracks, global Pride events
Protesters vandalized the offices of Zimbabwe’s largest LGBTQ+-rights organization, GALZ, per The Washington Blade. Said protesters gathered at the organization’s gate and sang homophobic songs; they...
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WORLD Congo order, LGBTQ+ surveys, Macron, Caribbean report, Aruba’s rejection
Congolese Justice Minister Constant Mutamba has ordered his country’s prosecutor general to arrest LGBTQ+ allies, The Washington Blade reported. Although same-sex marriages are constitutionally...
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WORLD Georgia bills, court ruling, global Pride parades, lesbians attacked
Georgia’s parliament advanced a set of bills that would impose sweeping restrictions on LGBTQ+ freedoms and rights—similar to laws passed in Russia, VOA News reported. The legislation, from the ruling...
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Norwegian man convicted of 2022 Oslo Pride shootings
In Norway, an Oslo court convicted an Iranian-born Norwegian man of murder and terrorism over a deadly shooting rampage at a gay bar on June 25, 2022, during Pride celebrations, according to Yahoo!...
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Gay French prime minister plans to resign—but Macron requests he stays
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who identifies as gay, said he will resign in the wake of projections that show a leftist coalition has surged to the lead in legislative elections, per the AP....
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WORLD Ireland census, UK election fallout, lesbians set on fire, ‘pink baht’
LGBT Ireland is urging the Central Statistics Office (CSO) to include LGBTQ+ questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on the 2027 Census, Yahoo! News noted. A national census of...
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WORLD Court rulings, Pride festival cancelled, Polish bill, Burkina Faso
The Dutch Supreme Court ruled Aruba and Curacao must allow marriage equality, per The Los Angeles Blade. In 2022, the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curacao, St. Maarten and of Bonaire, St....
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Argentina/U.S. collab, gay couple murdered, Ghana law, bank card
Philadelphia health providers recently took their knowledge of trans-affirming surgery to Argentina, The Washington Blade noted. (Philadelphia Gay News originally published the piece.) Alireza...
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Cass Review, pro-trans march, Olympics, Nepal ruling
The British Medical Association (BMA) plans to evaluate the Cass Review, partly because of concerns around the banning of puberty blockers for youngsters, PinkNews reported. The trade union—which...
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