Grindr disappears from Apple’s App Store in China amid anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown

The queer hookup app was pulled from mobile download stores days ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics

Trans university employee wins settlement after discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit

Olivia Hill, who worked for Vanderbilt for 25 years, says she experienced sexist and transphobic harassment from her co-workers

By Oliver Haug

Politics

Federal government extends LGBTQ2 Community Capacity Fund

$7.5 million earmarked for existing recipients, plus new monies for two additional queer and trans community projects

By Dale Smith

Power

Donald Trump pledges to ban trans athletes nationwide if re-elected as U.S. president

He also misgendered Penn swimmer Lia Thomas and mocked Olympic weightlifter Laurel Hubbard

By Yvonne Marquez

TV & Film

500 Che’s of summer

OPINION: How Che Diaz in “And Just Like That” is the textbook Manic Pixie Dream Queer

By Andi Schwartz

Power

Pride Toronto mishandled grant funding, exploited Indigenous and Two-Spirit artists, investigation finds

An independent review of the largest Pride organization in Canada is now underway

By Krishna Rau

Justice

This lesbian service member was discriminated against for not wearing makeup. She’s suing

Kristin Kingrey alleges discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender expression on the part of the U.S. Armed Forces

By Nico Lang

Education

Brigham Young University is under investigation for the way it disciplines LGBTQ2S+ students

Queer students say the school’s punishments violate their civil rights

By Sarah Prager

Power

This LGBTQ2S+ group just removed Netflix from its ‘Best Places to Work’ list over Dave Chappelle

No company has ever been booted from the HRC Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index before

By Nico Lang

Sports

A historic number of LGBTQ2S+ athletes will go for gold at the Winter Olympics

At least 33 out LGBTQ2S+ athletes will compete in Beijing in February, more than doubling the number who competed in 2018

By Yvonne Marquez

Politics

Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board updates guidelines for LGBTQ2S+ claimants—but there’s more work to be done

ANALYSIS: Board members’ reliance on stereotypes and a lack of oversight can often lead to “life or death stakes” for refugees

By Dale Smith

History

Pack your bags: Britain’s first LGBTQ+ museum is set to open this spring

The museum seeks to expand knowledge of queer history and culture

By Ursula Muñoz S.

Faith & Spirituality

These priests just staged a mass coming out to demand LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic church

The new initiative is calling for reform on the church’s policies relating to the LGBTQ+ community

By Jordan Daniels

Activism

Queer Ghanaians are hoping they aren’t victimized in 2022

The community is going through an upheaval, but that isn’t killing their hope

By Ugonna-Ora Owoh

Power

A landmark LGBTQ2S+ rights bill is gaining record support from major businesses

More than 500 companies are calling on the U.S. to finally pass the Equality Act

By Sophie Hurwitz

Education

These two U.S. states are trying to ban LGBTQ2S+ education from schools

A proposal pushed by Texas’ governor could lead to potential jail time for LGBTQ2S+ affirming teachers

By Nico Lang

Power

LGBTQ+ Afghans are still in grave danger under Taliban rule

Members of Afghanistan’s LGBTQ+ community face further violence and discrimination in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, according to a new report

By J.E. Reich

Sports

NCAA erases protections for LGBTQ2S+ athletes amid anti-trans backlash

The organization’s new constitution does not include anti-discrimination language that it used in past versions

By Nico Lang