Anti-deportation activists have noted a trend for Grindr activity to increase dramatically whenever ICE targets a jurisdiction for enhanced enforcement, as has recently happened in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. This may in part be due to ICE using Grindr and other social media as tools to track the location of their targets and set up […]
In a state where water is literally everywhere, Florida legislators have introduced bills to prohibit anyone with a sexual offense in their history from ever “being” within 200 feet of any body of water, presumably to prevent them from seeing a child or woman in a bathing suit. They would not be allowed to live […]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) recently launched the High Risk Child Sex Offender Database. The national publicly accessible tool is a product of the High Risk Child Sex Offender Database Act brought into force on December 31, 2024. The database lists those convicted of sexual offences against children that pose a high risk of […]
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot on his social media platform X, is stirring up controversy. After the AI chatbot spewed nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images, the EU opened a formal investigation into X. The investigation will examine whether Grok is living up to its obligations under the Digital Services Act, the bloc’s wide-ranging rule book for […]
In 2025, 76 Americans fled to The Netherlands to claim asylum based on fears of persecution due to their gender identity, including those who held professional jobs and resided in progressive jurisdictions like San Francisco and Massachusetts. They are detained in a fenced refugee camp alongside other asylum-seekers, mainly from Africa and the Middle East. […]
Long known as one of the European countries least friendly to gay rights under its previous right-wing government, Poland has seen some progress under the current ruling coalition. While stopping short of sanctioning same-sex marriage, the government has approved a bill allowing for notarized “cohabitation contracts” that can cover housing rights, joint tax filing, and […]
A federal district judge in San Diego ruled in favor of two teachers who claimed that school district policy forced them to “lie” to parents about their student’s preferred gender identity and thus infringed upon their 1st amendment rights. However, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed the judge’s order […]
LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights and freedoms are in flux around the world, and the United States is leading the charge in turning back the clock where progress and justice are concerned for these intersecting population groups. In a breath of fresh air, Canada has reaffirmed its commitment to respond to the world’s immigration crises with […]
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 […]
Although reproductive health care will be on the ballot in 2026, the most consequential questions may be answered in the courts. There is little political support for a nationwide abortion ban so those pushing to limit reproductive health care are circumventing the will of the people by going to the courts. Mifepristone, a commonly used […]
