Iraq is considering the death penalty for LGBTQ+ people – and you can thank the British for that
A law amendment in Iraq has proposed capital punishment for homosexual relationships. Campaigners have called it a "dangerous" escalation in ...
Tag: trans
English Chess Federation won’t restrict trans people, in defiance of international rules
The English Chess Federation (ECF) has said that it won't impose restrictions on trans people's participation in the game. This ...
Surge in anti-LGBTQ disinformation targets Pride in Europe
As Pride events got underway in Europe in June, disinformation and hate speech targeting the LGBTQ community has spread across ...
Cycling Time Trials issues new rules for trans competitors – that also affect cis women
Cycling Time Trials (CTT) - the national governing body for time trial events in England, Scotland, and Wales - has ...
Equality Act debate Part 2: Which lesbians count?
On Monday 12 June, MPs held a debate in response to two petitions, for and against changing the definition of 'sex' ...
The Equality Act debate served to highlight a deep division in UK politics and society
On Monday 12 June, MPs gathered to debate changing the definition of 'sex' in the equality act to mean 'biological ...
Support for trans-inclusive policies in the UK among the lowest in the world, according to Ipsos poll
Recent international research says that the UK ranks amongst the lowest in the world in terms of support for gender-affirming ...
Oxfam caves to pressure and deletes Pride video containing the supposed likeness of JK Rowling
Oxfam has come under fire on Twitter for a short animation it posted as part of its #ProtectThePride campaign. Critics ...
Scathing federal injunction blocks Florida ban on trans youth healthcare
On 6 June, a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of Florida's recent law - SB ...
Elon Musk loses another high-up Twitter exec over his support of transphobic ‘What is a woman?’ video
On Friday 2 June, Twitter's head of trust and safety - Ella Irwin - confirmed she had quit the company. ...
Rainbow capitalism was always going to fold if anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment rose: now, we’re at that moment
The months running up to Pride have seen right-wing shitheads whipping themselves into a frenzy regarding rainbow branding - particularly ...
For DeSantis and the American Right the chaos is the point
As we watch the many fronts of the culture wars play out, people ask why leaders like Ron DeSantis seem ...
The misconduct investigation into the EHRC’s Kishwer Falkner was over before it even began
Before it had even begun, a misconduct investigation into Kishwer Falkner - the chair of the UK's Equality and Human ...
Florida’s DeSantis issues slew of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation ahead of presidential campaign
Republican governor Ron DeSantis recently passed a slew of legislation restricting the lives of trans people living in the state ...
UN letter slams EHRC as writing ‘formula to discriminate’ against trans people
On 11 May, UN expert on sexual orientation and gender identity Victor Madrigal-Borloz issued a report condemning the Equality and Human ...
Stonewall slams EHRC in letter to global human rights watchdog GANHRI
On 10 May, Stonewall announced that it, along with 30 other LGBTQ+ groups, was sending a letter to GANHRI (the ...
Trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr banned from Montana assembly chamber for speaking out against transphobic bill
Zooey Zephyr - a trans Democratic US lawmaker - was banned from speaking in the Montana statehouse on 18 April. This ...
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