A Roman Catholic priest, Anthony Odiong, stood trial in Waco, Texas, on charges that he used his position as a spiritual advisor to sexually exploit vulnerable female congregants. FYI, this is the same man of God who has likened members of the LGBTQ+ community to “monkeys and animals and chimpanzees” in past sermons. During the […]
Four Flogged in Indonesia for Sex Outside of Marriage
2 men and 2 women were caned 100 times in the autonomous Indonesian province of Aceh, which observes strict Sharia law. The religious police alleged they were prostitutes and customers, but it cannot be determined whether this is true, as this is the way conservative societies identify any woman who has sex outside of marriage. […]
Till Money Do Us Part
A British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered a woman to reimburse her former fiancé more than $5,000 for an engagement ring after finding she likely kept or lost it following their breakup. The ring, worth about $4,860, was given during a 2020 engagement that ended in 2022, after which the applicant repeatedly asked for […]
Legal Defense Fund for Gay Dad Who Punched Maga Harasser
Nearly $100,000 was raised through GoFundMe to support a couple of gay dads in West Hollywood, Anthony Vulin and David Miller-Robinson, after one of them was charged with a felony following a confrontation with the obnoxious right-wing influencer Ryley Niemi. According to the couple, Niemi and his team approached them while they were walking with […]
Warnings to Those Seeking Kiddie Porn
Project Intercept is a collaboration between the Lucy Faithfull Trust in the UK and huge technology firms like Google and TikTok, which posts warning messages to users who enter search terms suggesting an interest in sexualized depictions of minors or having explicit conversations with minors online. The messages advise users of the serious legal ramifications […]
Phony Epstein Victim and her Attorney Sanctioned
Judge Jessica Clarke has sanctioned Epstein accuser Kristy Makuta and her former attorney Jeanne Christensen for fabricating evidence to accuse Epstein and billionaire Leon Black of lurid and sadistic sex crimes, even though it is now clear that she had never met either of them. She had also falsely accused her parents and high-school dance […]
Continued Attacks on LGBTQ+ Healthcare
As of April 2026, 11 U.S. states have enacted conscientious objection laws, allowing health care providers to refuse to treat LGBTQ+ patients based on personal or religious beliefs. LGBQ+ adults in affected states were 71% more likely to report being in fair or poor health after the laws passed, compared to those in states without the laws. […]
Canadian Fiddler Sues Over AI Claiming He was a Sex Offender
We reported earlier this year on Canadian fiddle-player and songwriter Ashley MacIsaac, who suffered concert cancellations after Google’s AI Overview published claims that he was guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and of luring a child with sexual intent. He has now filed a $1.5 million defamation suit against Google, alleging both material damages and […]
Good News for African Gays
So much of what we hear from the African continent with regard to the rights of LGBTQ people is discouraging. Hard Copy has run stories about severe legal persecution in Uganda, Nigeria, and Senegal, among others. However, Africa is not a monolith: South Africa has long maintained very progressive policies in defense of its LGBTQ […]
Trans Inmate Wins Big Legal Settlement
The Oregon Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $295,000 (well, $200,000 will go to her lawyers…) to a transgender woman for the mistreatment she endured by prisoners and guards alike while she was incarcerated in a men’s prison. She filed her federal lawsuit in 2021 and was later moved to a women’s facility. The […]