Writing for The Conversation Wildlife Conservation educator Louisa Gentle explains how Autumn influences sexual and reproductive behaviour in both non-human and human animals alike. As daylight decreases and temperatures change, animals experience hormonal shifts that affect their mating habits. Some animals become more competitive during mating season, while others change their reproductive strategies to prepare […]
Millstone the Klown Wants to Protect Your Kids
Halloween is the season for scary clowns. A social media influencer in Central Illinois makes it his business to protect children by harassing not only individuals on the sex offender registry, but anyone who dares to disagree with his tactics. Dressed in a clown costume, he organizes lynch-mob rallies outside courthouses and businesses that employ […]
Trump’s Reinstated LGBTQ Suicide Hotline and Women’s Health
In the past few weeks the Trump administration has made moves that, on the surface, seem to be positive moves in healthcare. However, if looked at closely these moves could make things worse or do nothing at all. The administration has recently reinstated the LGBTQ suicide hotline that it shut down in August 2025. This […]
AI Used to Intensify School Book Bans
There is a startlingly increasing number of books being banned or restricted in public schools across the United States. According to Pen America, during the 2025–2026 school year, 11,982 book-ban cases involving 7,370 unique titles were recorded, representing the highest annual total since tracking began in 2021. Unsurprisingly, Texas and Florida accounted for the majority […]
India Distinguishes Sex Work from Sex Trafficking
India’s Supreme Court has moved to protect adult women engaged in voluntary sex work, which is legal in India, from being subjected by police to automatic assumptions that they are victims of human trafficking. The court said magistrates across the country must be trained to conduct a mandatory “threshold inquiry” into the circumstances of every […]
Protecting Trans Prisoners
Although transgender people make up only about 1% of the U.S. population, politicians continue to view them as a threat to society and rolling back rights and protections and putting the trans population at risk. Lately, trans prisoners are in the crosshairs. Last year the Department of Justice (DOJ) instructed inspectors to stop evaluating prisons […]
Asexual Human Rights
A report by Outright International, an international LGBTQ+ advocacy group, reveals a global prevalence of discrimination and violence against asexuals. The report defines asexuality as “an umbrella term used to describe people who experience little to no sexual attraction toward others, regardless of their gender.” It also notes that some asexual or “ace” people describe […]
Military Resists Trans Expulsion Orders
The Trump administration has been working to ban transgender troops from the military since the start of Trump’s second term. This past June, a U.S. court of appeals ruled that a policy to expel transgender troops was a violation of the Constitution. Last month the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, announced that he was ridding […]
Politics Makes Trans Healthcare More Difficult in India
Despite nationwide opposition, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act was passed in India. The Act revokes the legal right of transgender people to self-identify their gender and now government appointed medical boards will decide if the person can be legally recognized as trans. This has raised concerns about the potential criminalization of providing […]
Senegal Persecutes Gays
Senegal’s ramped up criminalization and persecution of LGBTQ+ people are creating serious barriers to healthcare, particularly HIV prevention and treatment. In March 2026 the Senegalese government passed legislation doubling the maximum prison sentence for consensual same-sex relationships to 10 years. The government also introduced penalties for supporting LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations. As a result, many […]