Gay couple from homophobic country is now trying to self-deport after mistreatment ICE detention
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. A gay couple from Azerbaijan is suffering the current administration’s crusade against immigrants from two sides of a heavy glass partition at an ICE detention facility in Georgia. “He’s inside, but I’m outside, but I’m living the same situation,” Samir Gadirov, 30, told the Advocate of his husband held in detention. “I’m…
Hate incidents against LGBTQ+ community on the rise in Texas, across the U.S.: Report
Read more at CBS News. Hate incidents against the LGBTQ+ community are increasing across the country, including in Texas. That’s according to a new report by GLAAD, one of the largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations in the country. Data from GLAAD’s 2025 Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker desk shows that in Texas alone, there were over 60 incidents against…
Victoria passes law protecting intersex children from unnecessary surgeries
Read more at Pink News. The Victorian Parliament has passed a new law that protects intersex children from being subjected to unnecessary medical procedures without their consent. The new legislation was passed on 19 February with multipartisan support, 24 votes to 15. It is designed to stop children born with innate variations of sex characteristics from receiving…
Ken Paxton sues Children’s Health and Dallas doctor for allegedly providing transgender youth care
Read more at KERA News. Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Children’s Health System of Texas and a Dallas doctor Wednesday for allegedly violating a Texas ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The AG asked a Collin County judge for a temporary injunction to stop the two defendants from providing any gender-affirming care or filing any…
Kansas GOP overrides gov’s veto to enact bill that could ban “husbands from wives’ shared hospital rooms”
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. Republican lawmakers in Kansas overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s (D) veto of an extreme bathroom bill that Democrats say will ban people from visiting loved ones in hospitals, nursing homes, and dorms if they aren’t of the same sex. “As I said in my veto statement, this is a poorly drafted…
European Parliament passes resolution that says trans women are women
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. The European Parliament agreed to a resolution that says that trans women are women last Wednesday. The resolution was to adopt recommendations concerning the European Union’s priorities for the 70th session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, which is set to take place next month in New…
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes anti-trans ‘bathroom bounty’ bill
Read more at the Advocate. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed what LGBTQ+ advocates are calling an anti-transgender “bathroom bounty” bill. Kelly, a Democrat in a heavily Republican state, Friday vetoed Senate Bill 244, passed by legislators in January along party lines, Republicans for, Democrats against. It would have required trans people to restrooms and other single-sex facilities in government buildings according to their sex assigned at…
Angelina Jolie Plans to Flee the Country This Year
Read more at The Daily Beast. Angelina Jolie appears ready to close the chapter on her life in the United States, with her final obstacle to leaving set to be resolved in a few months. The Eternals star has been waiting for twins Knox and Vivienne to turn 18 in July before making a long-considered move abroad,…
Trump’s new State Dept. nominee said lesbian union leader should get death penalty
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. Jeremy Carl, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, deleted thousands of social media posts before his nomination. One was a May 2023 post calling for the killing of Randi Weingarten, the lesbian president of the American Federation of Teachers, a major American labor union…
Adult trans patients left reeling after Massachusetts hospital cancels vaginoplasties without explanation
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. Trans women in Massachusetts may be suffering the effects of the Trump administration’s campaign to erase transgender identity from American society, but their hospital won’t confirm or deny it. Several trans women scheduled for vaginoplasties with a highly regarded doctor specializing in the gender-affirming procedure were informed over the last…
Tennessee’s newest anti-LGBTQ bills go against U.S. Supreme Court rulings
Read more at WPLN News. Tennessee lawmakers have advanced a host of anti-LGBTQ bills that would run counter to U.S. Supreme Court precedent. Two measures, both proposed by Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Franklin, would challenge landmark cases that legalized same-sex marriage and established protections for discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Rep. Gloria Johnson,…
Indiana BMV bans trans people from correcting drivers licenses
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. The state of Indiana just banned trans people from updating the gender markers on their driver’s licenses. Advocate reports that the state’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles added a small statement to its website on Monday saying that it will no longer allow people to change their gender on state IDs, even if…
Same-sex couples just won a crucial Supreme Court victory in the Philippines
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. In a precedent-setting decision that could bode well for the legalization of same-sex marriage in the Philippines, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples can be considered co-owners of property acquired over the course of their relationship. The ruling came about based on a lesbian couple that is…
2 celebrities among 12 people arrested in anti-gay sweep in Senegal
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. Two of Senegal’s highest-profile celebrities were among 12 people rounded up and charged with committing “unnatural,” or homosexual, acts, among other crimes, police in the capital of Dakar announced Sunday. Pape Cheikh Diallo, a widely admired TV and radio presenter, and Djiby Dramé, a popular musician, were two of the…
A Republican governor just vetoed a GOP-led anti-trans bill.
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) vetoed an anti-transgender bathroom and sports bill last Friday. Republicans in the state legislature won’t likely have enough votes to override her veto. The bill, S.B. 268, sought to carve out exceptions to the state’s 2018 anti-discrimination laws (which protect people from discrimination on the…
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