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US TikToker thanks supporters as he continues to battle to free boyfriend from ICE detention

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A man has thanked his followers for their support as he battles to free his boyfriend from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention.  Eric Duran has been recording his efforts to free boyfriend Juan since 21 July. In a TikTok posted on Sunday (31 August), he said Juan, with whom he has been in a relationship for more than a year, is being held in Louisiana, having been moved from Colorado and Arizona. “I got a call from someone whose brother-in-law is with Juan and shared they were transferred to this facility,” Duran wrote. “I was then able to confirm through the ICE […]

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Harvard removes dedicated tutor support for LGBTQ+ students

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As part of a wider rollback on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI), the Ivy League university will no longer designate residential proctors or tutors specifically for LGBTQ+ or first-generation/low-income undergraduates, according to the college newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. The tutors and proctors will have their tasks folded into “specialty” roles. The change was reportedly announced last week in an email from associate dean of students Lauren Brandt. Proctors and tutors are live-in advisers who support and help plan activities for students in their first year at Harvard. A document included with Brandt’s email informed students that “Culture and Community” proctors […]

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Nepal holds its first Pride since Trump cut foreign aid funding

Nepal has held its first Pride since President Donald Trump cut foreign aid funding. Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and allies rallied in support of the queer community at Nepal’s Pride parade 2025. During the annual Gai Jatra festival in the capital of Kathmandu, which honours relatives passed away throughout the year, the LGBTQ+ community and allies came together as part of Nepal Pride 2025 to advocate for queer rights. Hundreds of people attended the event on Sunday (10 August), holding Pride, Trans Pride, Lesbian Pride and Asexual Pride flags, while signs proclaimed, “Pride for all intersectional queer identities”, “Transgender men are men”, and […]

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M&S says its bra fittings are for ‘biological females’ after outcry over ‘trans’ staff member

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Marks & Spencer’s bra-fitting services are for designed for “biological females”, a spokesperson for the high-street store has said, following a row where a member of staff, claimed to be transgender, asked a customer if she needed help. The 141-year-old retailer recently apologised to a mother who complained complained that an employee she believed to be trans offered to help her and her teenage daughter while in a store. The mother claimed the member of staff was a “biological male”, according to  The Telegraph, causing her daughter to be “visibly upset” and “freaked out”. She added that it was “obviously the […]

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Polari Prize halts 2025 competition following John Boyne ‘TERF’ controversy

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The Polari Prize has announced it will “pause” its 2025 awards competition following controversy over its inclusion of author and self-proclaimed ‘TERF’ John Boyne in its long list. In a statement issued on Monday (18 August), organisers of the LGBTQ+ writing award confirmed that this year’s proceedings had been put on hold in the wake of the backlash, which has seen other nominated authors withdraw from the competition. Public backlash was ignited earlier this month after the Polari Prize included Earth, the latest novel from The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas author Boyne, on its long list. In July, Boyne described himself as a “TERF” – […]

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Books: ‘Zambia hasn’t evolved on LGBTQ+ acceptance, it’s going in the opposite direction’

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Iris Mwanza’s debut novel The Lions’ Den is inspired by a real criminal case from Zambia that has stayed with her since the 1990s. The book follows rookie lawyer Grace Zulu, who takes on the pro bono defence of Willbess “Bessy” Mulenga, arrested for an offence “against nature” and facing 14 years in prison. For Mwanza, who grew up in Zambia and now works in the US as a staunch advocate for gender equality, the case is emblematic of wider struggles against injustice. “Police brutality is a manifestation of impunity,” she tells PinkNews. “It’s happening everywhere, not just in Zambia or developing countries, […]

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More than half of Chinese citizens support LGBTQ+ rights, poll suggests

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More than half of citizens in China believe LGBTQ+ people should be treated with dignity, which flies in the face of some of the country’s restrictive laws. Responding to a survey on attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people in China, 53 per cent said queer people should be accepted in society. A similar number felt same-sex couples should be able to marry, while 46 per cent said they would personally attend a same-sex wedding. 48 per cent believed gay couples would make capable parents. Published by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, the study also showed that respondents who knew […]

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Why are Visa and Mastercard banning ‘adult’ purchases? Here’s everything you need to know

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Earlier this month, a set of payment processors, including Visa and Mastercard, forced video game marketplaces to remove thousands of adult video games from their storefronts. The financial companies forced gaming marketplaces Steam and Itch.io to remove their library of Not Safe For Work (NSFW) video games, or else customers would be prevented from using their credit cards to make purchases on the platforms. Itch.io was forced to “deindex” its entire NSFW library, saying it was vital to “ensure we can continue to operate and provide a marketplace for all developers.” “This is a time critical moment for itch.io. The situation developed […]

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Cuba’s huge leap forward in trans rights – citizens can now legally choose gender without surgery

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Cuba has taken a significant step forward in trans rights by approving a law that allows individuals to self-declare their gender without requiring surgery. The law, approved earlier this month by The National Assembly of People’s Power, also amends Cuba’s national civil registry, giving legal recognition to common-law partnerships and setting out a process for digitising paper records.  Minister of justice Oscar Silvera Martínez wrote on X/Twitter last week that the law “will allow the country to have a modern civil registry,” including “the issuance of digital documents with full validity and efficiency”. https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=e30%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1946311383659720937&lang=en&origin=safari-reader%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepinknews.com%2F2025%2F07%2F28%2Fcubas-huge-leap-forward-in-trans-rights%2F&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, also took […]

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Colombian man found guilty of murdering LGBTQ+ couple whose bodies were dumped in suitcases

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A Columbian man, Yostin Andres Mosquera, has been found guilty of the gruesome double murder of a same-sex couple, Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth, whose remains were found dumped in suitcases last year.  On 15 July 2024 the Metropolitan Police said Yostin Andres Mosquera, 34, of Scotts Road, in Shepherd’s Bush, had been charged with the murders of 62-year-old Albert Alfonso and 71-year-old Paul Longworth. The couple’s remains were found in suitcases on Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol and in a West London flat. Alfonso, originally from France but who went on to become a British citizen, and Longworth lived together […]

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