Censorship

A Michigan town defunded its public library over LGBTQ2S+ books

Libraries in Michigan and Iowa have closed due to conservative pushback

By Oliver Haug

Activism

Ghana’s LGBTQ+ community fights back against bigotry

LGBTQ+ groups are going to court to contest arbitrary arrests and abuse in custody

By Diamond Yao

Identity

Oklahoma is requiring student athletes to sign ‘biological sex affidavits’

The policy comes in the wake of a law prohibiting trans youth from playing on the sports team that matches their gender

By Oliver Haug

Activism

Health Liberation Now! is challenging the way anti-trans groups weaponize detransition narratives

U.S.-based activist group is finding a way forward when it comes to resisting TERF attacks and fighting for equitable access to healthcare for all

By Misha Pensato

Politics

Twenty-two Republican attorneys general target federal school lunch program

The group argues that the USDA’s anti-discrimination directives restrict their states’ ability to enforce their own laws

By Jackie Richardson

Politics

International AIDS Conference a time for Trudeau government to live up to its rhetoric

State of Canadian funding for HIV/AIDS is dismal

By Dale Smith

Trans Health

England closes country’s only youth gender clinic

A 2021 report found that large numbers of patients were waiting up to two years for appointments.

By Oliver Haug

Politics

Even America’s worst senator wants to repeal Texas’ gay sex ban

Republican Ted Cruz says “consenting adults should be able to do what they wish in their private sexual activity”

By Nico Lang

Identity

A record number of African youth support LGBTQ+ equality, according to new survey

Thirty-eight percent of young adults in sub-Saharan Africa said they want their governments to do more for LGBTQ+ rights

By Ursula Muñoz S.

Identity

This Ontario mom is throwing a gender reveal for her trans daughter

Eight-year-old Ella is celebrating her new name and transition with family this weekend

By Maddy Mahoney

Identity

Trans and non-binary Manitobans face major delays in receiving corrected health card

Some have waited months to years to receive updated cards, while others have never received a response

By Oliver Haug

Power

A trans 10-year-old will be able to play girls’ softball again after judge rules against Indiana law

The singling out of trans girls “is unequivocally discrimination on the basis of sex,” ruled the judge

By Nico Lang

Politics

Here’s how Biden is fighting to strengthen healthcare protections for LGBTQ2S+ Americans

A new rule aims to reverse Trump-era efforts to remove non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ2S+ people

By Diamond Yao

Politics

Cuba will hold national referendum to vote on legalizing marriage equality, same-sex adoptions

Critics have accused the country, however, of using LGBTQ+ rights to “pinkwash” its poor human rights record

By Dika Ofoma

Politics

This Republican attended his gay son’s wedding three days after voting against marriage equality bill

Sixty percent of Americans support the legislation, according to a new poll

By Nico Lang

Business

LGBTQ2S+ businesses were disproportionately hurt by the pandemic, but less likely to receive help

Anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate groups, however, reportedly got millions in pandemic loans

By Nico Lang

Health

Canada pledges $1 million for monkeypox prevention amid botched vaccine rollout across North America

The funding comes as the World Health Organization declares monkeypox a “global health emergency”

By Jackie Richardson

Health

Trans and non-binary people are vastly more likely to self-induce abortions

This fraught, at times dangerous, history offers valuable lessons for everyone post-Roe

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle