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- November 15, 2025
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EU LGBTQ Legislative Trends

Despite the Netherlands electing its first openly gay prime minister (and its youngest yet) and the Church of Norway providing an apology for the harm and pain its caused LGBTQ+ folks in its history, not all of Europe is on the same page when it comes to protecting LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms. In late September […]

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- November 15, 2025
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China and Gay Dating Apps

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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 […]

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- November 15, 2025
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IOC Moves to Ban Trans Women and Intersex Athletes with “Male Levels of Testosterone”

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is likely to introduce a new policy on trans athletes after its director of health, medicine, and science, Dr. Jane Thornton, gave a “science-based review” to its members showing permanent physical advantages to being born male. Thornton, a former Canadian rower, has referenced the use of SRY cheek-swab gene test […]

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- November 1, 2025
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Mourning Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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This earthly world recently lost a trail blazing social justice warrior. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a long time trans activist who was known as “mama” to many, was involved in LGBTQ activism since her participation in the Stonewall Uprising in 1969. She died on Oct. 13 at the age of 78 surrounded by loved ones in […]

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- October 1, 2025
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Will Michigan Declare Trans Visibility “Obscene”?

Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver (R) introduced a bill, the Anticorruption of Public Morals Act, that proposes banning pornography and depictions of transgender people, real or imagined, under very broad terms. This pushes criminal penalties, heavy fines, possible sexual-offence charges. Critics argue that the bill is unconstitutional and say it conflates trans existence with obscenity […]

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- October 1, 2025
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Tea Room Crackdowns as a New Tool for ICE?

Since Pride Month in June, the New York City Police Department has cracked down on “cruising” (public sex) in Penn Station using gay Hookup apps like Sniffies. Some queer community members are alarmed and argue such crack downs are unethical and unjustly targeting of LGBTQ+ people. Immigrant justice advocates are also concerned because these arrests […]

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- October 1, 2025
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When is it OK to Call Someone a “Pedophile”?

In a defamation action brought by a man with a decades-old conviction for statutory rape involving a consensual relationship with a 15-year old while he was in his 20s, a federal court ruled against him, finding that it is “substantially true” to call such an individual a “pedophile” even though nothing in his background or […]

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- October 1, 2025
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Saving the Suicide Hotline for LGBTQ+

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 […]

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- October 1, 2025
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Violence Against Intersex People

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 […]

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- October 1, 2025
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China Erases Gay Marriages

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 […]

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