The Malaysian government has officially replaced the term “LGBT” with “deviant culture” (Malay: “budaya songsang”) in its public communications and educational materials, framing LGBTQ+ identities as out of sync with the country’s religious and cultural values. Human rights advocates argue that this new terminology further stigmatizes LGBTQ+ people and reinforces discrimination. And, as related to […]
13-Year-Old Russian Prosecuted for Spreading Extremist Propaganda
Since 2023, Russia has deemed a so-called “international LGBT movement” as an extremist group. Symbols associated with LGBTQ+ identity, such as rainbows, are classified as extremist propaganda. In recent months, prosecutions by the Russian authorities of “gay propaganda” and any expression of LGBTQ+ identity have accelerated. This May, a 13-year-old boy was charged for “LGBT […]
Library Board Fired Over Trans Children’s Book
In the fall of 2025, the Asheboro Public Library in North Carolina received a complaint about Call Me Max, a picture book by award-winning transgender author Kyle Lukoff. The library board followed established procedures for reviewing challenged materials and voted 5-2 to keep the book in place. Shortly after the decision the Randolph County Board of […]
Texas University Bans Discussion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Chancellor Brandon Creighton issued an April 9 memorandum that would end virtually all teaching and research of any subject related to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) at the five campuses of the Texas Tech University System, citing legislation that he himself authored while chairman of the Higher Education Committee of the Texas Senate. Courses […]
Ogling Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has called on a House committee to investigate the NFL and NBC for allowing Bad Bunny’s halftime show. In Ogles’ words, “Children were forced to endure explicit displays of gay sexual acts, women gyrating provocatively, and Bad Bunny shamelessly grabbing his crotch while dry-humping the air. And if that weren’t outrageous […]
No Ifs, Ands, or Buttplugs!
Bonjibon is an online sex toy business based in Toronto, Canada. It was recently warned by the US Department of War not to send “pornographic items” to the US military base in the Kingdom of Bahrain, where they are illegal. A package containing a butt plug and bullet vibrator, detected by Bahrain Customs, was returned […]
Plato Censored in Texas
Numerous organizations, including the American Association of University Professors and PEN America, have condemned Texas A&M University (one of the state’s two flagship campuses) for instructing Prof. Martin Peterson to remove Plato’s Symposium from an introductory philosophy class because its open discussion of ancient Greek sexual ethics violates the university’s vague policy prohibiting undergraduate classes […]
Meta Censors Sex Activism
Meta was criticized by sex worker activists in the UK for deleting the Instagram accounts of sex-worker led art collectives, including Sexquisite, Cybertease, and UK Sex Worker Pride. Advocates say these accounts, with over 52,000 followers, were fully compliant with Instagram’s rules, but were deleted without notice. This appears to be part of a larger […]
International Suppression of Sexual Fantasy Material
A new report released by the Center for Online Safety and Liberty is the first international survey of the legal status of “fantasy sexual materials,” i.e. fictional or artistic representations of sexual acts or relationships that involve no real persons in their production. This category is becoming a growing concern with the advent of highly […]
China and Gay Dating Apps
As of this week two of China’s most popular gay dating apps were unavailable for download, although it appears they still work for those who had already downloaded them. Founded in 2012 Blued is the most popular gay app in China with more than 40 million global registered users. Considering the closure of Shanghai Pride […]