Profiting From Hate: Social Media Giants Failing LGBTQ+ Users
GLAAD’s new Social Media Safety Index reveals that major social media platforms are failing to provide basic protections to ensure the safety of LGBTQ+ users.
IDAHOBIT 2025: Celebrating the Power of Communities Amid Global Threats
As the world marks the 2025 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT), the call to action has never been more urgent.
US: Supreme Court Allows Trump Trans Military Ban to Proceed
The US Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s discriminatory ban on transgender military personnel to take effect.
Brazil: Police Foil Bomb Plot at Lady Gaga Megashow
Police in Brazil say they have foiled a bombing plot targeting the LGBTQIA+ community during Lady Gaga’s record-breaking concert.
Writers Raise Funds for UK and SA Transgender Rights
Award-winning authors, South Africa’s Lauren Beukes and Britain’s Jeannette Ng are helping to raise funds for transgender rights.
British Doctors: UK Supreme Court Trans Ruling is “Scientifically Illiterate”
Resident doctors from the British Medical Association slam the recent anti-trans ruling by the UK Supreme Court as “unscientific”.
Survey Reveals Alarming Reality for Queer Women in SA and Beyond
A new study has found that an alarming 27% of queer women and non-binary individuals in South Africans feel unsafe in their neighbourhoods.
Helen Zille’s Transphobia: Hate Dressed up as “Common sense”
In the wake of a regressive UK Supreme Court ruling, Helen Zille, the Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance’s Federal Council, has continued to make dangerous and misinformed claims about transgender people. She has asserted that they are a danger to society, children and women’s rights and, most recently, that trans identities are equivalent to eating […]
LGBTIQ+ Groups Respond to Helen Zille’s Anti-Trans Court Ruling Stance
Prominent LGBTIQ+ groups in South Africa condemn Helen Zille’s praise of the UK Supreme Court’s recent anti-trans ruling as “dangerous”.
EU Urged to Take Urgent Action over Hungary’s Pride Ban
Rights groups call for urgent European Union action after Hungary bans Pride marches and threatens organisers with jail.