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Colorado Club Q shooter will plead guilty to hate crime and gun charges

Colorado Club Q shooter will plead guilty to hate crime and gun charges

A Colorado man who killed five people at LGBTIQA+ venue Club Q in 2022 will plead guilty and spend the remainder of his life behind bars. In court documents that were made pubic this week it was revealed that Anderson Aldrich, 23, will plead guilty to 74 federal charges. The guilty plea will see him […]

34-year-old gay politician Gabriel Attal is the new Prime Minister of France

34-year-old gay politician Gabriel Attal is the new Prime Minister of France

French politician Gabrial Attal has at 34 years of age become the youngest ever Prime Minister of France, and also the first person who has shared that they are gay to hold the position. Élisabeth Borne resigned as Prime Minister yesterday after days of speculation about a government reshuffle. President Emmanuel Macron has selected Education […]

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Amsterdam reports huge success in tackling HIV transmissions

Amsterdam reports huge success in tackling HIV transmissions

A new report has highlighted how Amsterdam in The Netherlands is successfully working to curb new transmissions of HIV. New cases of the disease have almost been eliminated with just nine cases reported in 2022. Back in 2010 the city was reporting 201 new cases in a single year. It is estimated that currently 98% […]

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UK trial of accused murders of Brianna Ghey commences

UK trial of accused murders of Brianna Ghey commences

The trial of two teenagers accused of murdering 16-year-old British transgender woman Brianna Ghey has commended in the United Kingdom. The opening day of the trial has heard shocking details about the young woman’s death that occurred in February this year. The two accused, one male and one female, were both 15 years old at […]

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Indonesians protest Coldplay over of their support of LGBTIQA+ rights

Indonesians protest Coldplay over of their support of LGBTIQA+ rights

Protesters to the streets of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Friday demanding the government ban British band Coldplay from entering the country for their upcoming tour. As the band got ready for their concert on Wednesday night the protestors returned to the streets. The Muslim protestors wanted the band barred from the country because they have […]

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Vatican issues new advice on transgender people in the church

Vatican issues new advice on transgender people in the church

The Vatican has issued new advice on how transgender people should be treated in the Catholic church saying they can be baptised, serve as witnesses to weddings and be declared godparents. The new advice is the latest is a series of comments and directions issued by Pope Francis that have softened the church’s stance on […]

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Malaysian festivals to have ‘kill switch’ to stop gay comments

Malaysian festivals to have ‘kill switch’ to stop gay comments

Music festivals in Malaysia will now be required to have a ‘kill switch’ so government censors can quickly stop any mention of LGBTIQA+ rights and other issues deemed unsuitable for local audiences. The new rules are reportedly due to comments made by Matty Healy from British band The 1975 during a recent appearance where the […]

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New US House Speaker Mike Johnson has a long anti-LGBTIQA+ history

New US House Speaker Mike Johnson has a long anti-LGBTIQA+ history

US politician Mike Johnson was elected 56th Speaker of the US House of Representatives earlier this week. The 51-year-old conservative politician has a long history of opposing LGBTIQA+ rights. The Republican party has been in disarray since it sacked former Speaker Kevin McCarthy on 3rd October. It was the first time in US history a […]

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South Korea court upholds ban on gay sex in the military

South Korea court upholds ban on gay sex in the military

South Korea’s constitutional court has upheld a law which bans gay sex in the military saying same-sex relationships among personnel could harm combat readiness and undermine discipline. Homosexual sex is legal in South Korea but is banned in the military. Military service is compulsory for all able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 28 […]

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Japan: Court rules that transgender laws are unconstitutional

Japan: Court rules that transgender laws are unconstitutional

The Supreme Court in Japan has ruled that the country’s laws which require people who are transgender to undergo sterilization medical treatments in order to be officially recognised are unconstitutional. The decision from the country’s top court follows a similar verdict being handed down by the Family Court just weeks ago. The legal win has […]

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