In July, the Trump administration shut down LGBTQ+ youth support options on the national suicide hotline, putting the lives of LGBTQ+ kids and teens at risk. New bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) looks to restore the vital “option 3” which offers support to LGBTQ+ youth. The new 988 […]
Since 2019, the rates of violence and harassment against intersex people have sharply increased within the European Union as found by the EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights. The Vienna-based agency linked the rise to a wider climate of “increasing or persisting intolerance and bigotry, as well as intense online hatred campaigns.” Sirpa Rautio, director of […]
In the wake of a $40 million judgment in July against an Atlanta-area motel for ignoring signs that a minor was being trafficked on its premises, a similar lawsuit has now been filed on behalf of another victim against chains ranging from the Ritz-Carlton to Motel 6. The suit argues that staff ignored obvious signs […]
The Hong Kong legislature, packed with pro-Beijing loyalists, voted 71-14 to reject a modest bill recognizing same-sex partnerships that had already been registered abroad. This vote defies a ruling by Hong Kong’s highest court that the government should recognize such unions. In a similar move, gay marriages in Western-produced films are now being converted by […]
A study of approximately 400,000 UK and Australian adults, mostly middle-aged and older, reveals that about 1% of the population goes through life without ever having experienced any form of sexual intercourse. The study found sexlessness is associated with a range of genetic, environmental, physical and mental factors – but much still remains unclear. Among […]
Texas has passed the so-called Texas Women’s Privacy Act, S.B. 8 which prohibits transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity in schools and government buildings. This bill also bans women’s violence shelters from providing services to anyone not assigned female at birth unless they are younger than 17 and a child […]
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a policy requiring passport gender markers to match the sex listed on one’s birth certificate. The policy would undo lower-court rulings that allow transgender and nonbinary individuals to use identity-consistent markers, including an “X.” This dispute is one of several over an executive order […]
Texas now lets people sue anyone who mails abortion pills into the state. That means neighbors, strangers, even activists online could take someone to court. Critics see it as an effort to not only impose Texas laws on other states but turn citizens in to anti-abortion “bounty hunters”. The pills in question are mifepristone and […]
Finnish MP, Anna Kontula, who has served as a leftist deputy in Finland’s parliament since 2011 and has championed sex worker rights consistently, revealed in an interview with a Finnish newspaper that she had herself been a sex worker since the age of 16. “I wanted to make a living and this was a pretty […]
Queers Sheds is an LGBTQ+ community mobilizing network that was started in 2024 in County Clare, Southern Ireland. Its founders were interested in developing opportunities for rural queers to find each other and stay connected. While queer bars and clubs can do wonders for community building in urban settings, rural queers often don’t have access […]
