Lili Rutai

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Florida and Texas hit with travel bans by furious LA officials over toxic anti-LGBT+ attacks

LA County has banned official travel to Texas and Florida over the states’ attacks on LGBT+ rights. On Monday (6 April), the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously for the measure, a response to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law and Texas’ assault on care for trans youth. This motion, added by supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Hilda Solis, called for the suspension of all official trips, but makes exceptions in any case when failing to authorise such a trip “would seriously harm the county’s interests.” The ban will be in effect for as long as the measures are. Florida governor […]

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Budapest Pride declares ‘Hungary is not open to hate’ after Orbán’s election victory

Despite Viktor Orbán winning re-election in Hungary, Budapest Pride refuses to be defeated. Using anti-LGBT+ hate and propaganda as some of the cornerstones of his campaign, Viktor Orbán and his right-wing party, Fidesz, secured a fourth term in Sunday’s (3 April) general election. The Fidesz government has become increasingly hostile to the queer community, banning same-sex adoption, ending legal gender recognition for trans people, and restricting content that depicts LGBT+ people. On the same day as the election, Orbán sought to cement his latest attack on LGBT+ rights with a loaded referendum on inclusive education and trans kids. Though 90 per cent […]

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World’s first LGBT+ head of state elected in San Marino, one of the oldest nations on earth

The microstate of San Marino has just elected an openly gay head of state, becoming the first country in the world to do so. Paolo Rondelli, 58, was elected one of two “captains regent” of San Marino, one of the world’s oldest and smallest republics which has just 34,000 inhabitants. He was elected on 1 April and will share the position with Oscar Mina for six months. They will be presiding over the nations’ Grand and General General. “I’ll probably be the world’s first LGBT+ head of state,” Rondelli said in a Facebook post. “And that’s how we crash…” Rondelli is a deputy […]