Scotland just passed a historic, trans-inclusive law mandating the right to free period products

Effective this week, the country’s new law is groundbreaking in more ways than one

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

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

London Calling

Cabaret star Tyreece is the toast of London—and the internet!

The non-binary burlesque performer and “Slag Wars” winner gives Xtra a personal tour of LGBTQ+ London

By Russ Martin

London Calling

Hot trans summer: Celebrating gender expansiveness in the U.K. after a hard year for British trans and non-binary people

From Pride marches and non-binary club nights to little-known historical archives, there’s something for everyone in London and environs

By V.S. Wells

HIV/AIDS

These two countries just loosened restrictions on HIV-positive troops serving in the military

Advocates say there’s more work left to be done

By Nico Lang

London Calling

Has British iconoclast David Hoyle unwittingly turned himself into an icon?

At the edge of 60, the performance artist and intense anti-capitalist has been connecting with younger audiences and finding recognition of a sort

By Paul Gallant

London Calling

Queer Britain opens the U.K.’s first LGBTQ+ museum

“There’s just as great a diversity of sexuality and gender identities and experiences in the past as there is today”

By Gordon Bowness

Identity

A record number of young people in the U.K. identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual

The number of Britons who say they are queer has doubled in four years

By Elvis Kachi

London Calling

Fall boozily in love with London’s queer performance scene

From seedy dives and lavishly decorated halls to twisted drag and acerbic social commentary, here are the venues and shows to check out this summer

By Toby Reynolds

Sports

This 17-year-old just became Britain’s first pro soccer player to come out in 32 years

Jake Daniels became the first male soccer star in the U.K. to open up about his sexuality since the late Justin Fashanu in 1990

By Nico Lang

Politics

The U.K.’s transphobic conversion therapy ban has some major loopholes

The ban will not apply to adults who “consent” to conversion therapy, according to government documents

By V.S. Wells

TV & Film

In Season 2, ‘Gentleman Jack’ gets even gayer as it delves into married life

REVIEW: The lesbian period drama returns for a delightfully gay and messy second season

By Sara Clements

Politics

LGBTQ+ advocates slam ‘deeply concerning’ U.K. plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Boris Johnson’s scheme to send “illegal” migrants to a country with noted anti-LGBTQ+ persecution has been criticized by politicians, charities and the U.N.

By V.S. Wells

Activism

Thousands protest the U.K. government’s refusal to ban trans conversion therapy

More than 3,000 people took to the streets to demand the government include trans people in its conversion therapy ban

By V.S. Wells

Politics

The U.K. wants to ban conversion therapy—but not for trans people

LGBTQ+ groups have asked the U.K. government to reconsider its latest transphobic policy decision

By V.S. Wells

Identity

This British MP just became the U.K.’s first openly trans member of Parliament

Conservative MP Jamie Wallis came out in a statement that also included details of sexual assault and blackmail

By V.S. Wells

Politics

These billboard campaigns ‘Say Gay’ in response to attacks on LGBTQ2S+ equality

As Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill into law, LGBTQ2S+ people are fighting back

By Jordan Daniels