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LGBTQ+ families could be restricted from preschools in Supreme Court case

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The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear a case that could determine whether publicly funded preschool programs can exclude children of LGBTQ+ parents. The case, St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton v. Roy, challenges Colorado’s universal preschool program, which requires participating providers, including religious schools, to follow nondiscrimination rules covering sexual orientation and gender identity. Justices granted review for this case on Monday (20 April). The court is expected to decide on this case by June of next year. Arguments will be held during the court’s next term, which begins in October. Lower courts have so far upheld […]

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Court allows lesbian group appeal to exclude trans women from events

A Federal Court in Australia has allowed an appeal for a trans-exclusionary lesbian group to legally ban trans women from its public events for five years amid a lengthy, high-profile battle. The Melbourne-based Lesbian Action Group has been fighting for an exemption to Australia’s Sex Discrimination Act for years, with the most recent court date on 15 April being its third attempt. The group’s first attempt at securing the exemption was in 2023, when it submitted a later rejected application to the Human Rights Commission. The second was in the form of an appeal to the Administrative Review Tribunal, which was dismissed. Lesbian Action Group describes […]

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Senegal’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law used for first conviction as man jailed for six years

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A court in Senegal has handed down the first conviction after the country’s newly toughened anti-LGBTQ+ law criminalising same-sex acts, sentencing a 24-year-old man to six years in prison and a $3,300 fine. The case is an early sign of how quickly the harsher penalties are being enforced. On 10 April, the man was convicted in Pikine-Guédiawaye, a suburb of Dakar, for “acts against nature and public indecency”, and sentenced to six years in prison. He was arrested earlier this month. Human Rights Watch researcher Larissa Kojoué said the law has created a climate of “constant fear” for LGBTQ+ people in Senegal. Speaking […]

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Gay model detained at airport & banned from the US: “It was the most painful day of my life”

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Milo Miles had planned to fly from Toronto to Vegas. Instead, he was detained by U.S. Customs for over eight hours, and then was banned from the country for 10 years. “It was the worst and most painful day of my life,” the Toronto-based adult film model told LGBTQ Nation, phoning from Puerto Vallarta. “I’ve been banned from entering the United States for 10 years while trying to fly to Las Vegas. I was detained and questioned by U.S. customs for eight hours.” “My luggage and phone were searched. My privacy was violated. I was subjected to derogatory comments, with an […]

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Darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven forced to retire by trans ban

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A new ruling from the world of darts means that Noa-Lynn van Leuven, the first trans darts player to qualify for the World Championships, has been forced into “retirement.” The Darts Regulation Authority (DRA), which governs the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), has banned trans women from competing in its women’s events with immediate effect. This follows the World Darts Federation (WDF) banning trans women from women’s competitions in 2025. ‘I respected the sport every game and every single day’ Posting on Instagram, Van Leuven shared: “I just got an email. Apparently, I just got retired. Not by choice, but because I am no longer allowed to compete. […]

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Wyoming quietly becomes ninth US state to ban gender marker changes on ID

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Wyoming has quietly become the ninth US state to effectively ban gender marker changes on driver’s licences, doing so without any public announcement. The policy change, first reported by Transitics via Substack on 9 April, weeks after it took effect, requires residents to present an amended birth certificate to update their gender marker. But because the state has already blocked those amendments, the rule creates a de facto ban on accurate identification for many trans people. The move is part of a broader wave of restrictions across the US, with multiple Republican-led states tightening rules around identity documents in recent months. In Wyoming’s […]

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Trump’s Education Department ends agreement to protect trans students

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The Trump administration has backed out of an agreement to protect trans students in five district schools and a college. AP reported that the Education Department terminated the agreements, which were previously negotiated by the Obama and Biden administrations under Title IX, on 6 April. Title IX is a civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools and other education programmes that receive funding from the federal government. The previous administrations interpreted the law to include protections for LGBTQ+ students, particularly trans students. The original agreement pledged to help protect trans students by setting a federal obligation for the schools to run measures like faculty training […]

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Immigration judge faces criticism for ‘atrocious’ probing of gay asylum seeker

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Audio recorded from a hearing in New Mexico is raising serious concerns about how LGBTQ+ asylum claims are handled in US immigration courts. According to The Advocate, Immigration Judge Samuel Williams spent nearly three hours pressing a gay Iranian asylum seeker on intimate details of his same-sex relationship during a spring 2025 hearing, questions which advocates say reflect troubling misunderstandings about how LGBTQ+ people survive in countries where being out can be deadly. The man, who fled Iran fearing execution, described living in secrecy, maintaining a heterosexual marriage as cover while navigating a relationship with another man under constant threat. His attorney, Rebekah […]

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India passes limiting trans protection bill that redefines who qualifies as trans

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The Lok Sabha, also known as India’s House of the People, has passed a new bill that limits the rights of transgender people in the country. Passed on 24 March, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 makes amendments to the previous 2019 law that pertains to the rights and wellbeing of trans people. The amendments redefine who qualifies as trans people and therefore who is protected by the law, and also introduces a new system for identity certification and stricter punishment for offences against the trans community. Under the new bill, a medical board will be formed to […]

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Leigh Ryswyk makes history as the first AFL player to come out as gay

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Leigh Ryswyk has made history as the first male Australian Football League (AFL) player to come out as gay. Speaking on radio show GayFL on 25 March, Ryswyk shared that he has been out to close friends for the last five years. “There will be people though, if they do listen to this, it will be the first time they know about this,” he said. “I’m a very private person, so it’s not all over my social media, and things like that, and that’s fine.” He continued: “It can be a bit of a shock to some people, they might not […]

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