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Five LGBTQ+ Democrats advance after winning Florida primaries

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Florida voters delivered a series of wins for out LGBTQ+ candidates Tuesday (18 August), with five out Democrats advancing in races for the Florida House as LGBTQ+-backed candidates also made gains in school board contests across the state. The five candidates, Jane Aman, Felipe Sousa Lazaballet, Samuel Vilchez Santiago, Luis Salazar and Todd Delmay, were among the candidates endorsed by Equality Florida, whose political arm reported that 81 percent of its endorsed candidates won their races. Equality Florida Action PAC celebrated the results as a sign that voters are pushing back against the state’s increasingly conservative political landscape. “Last night, Florida voters […]

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New study challenges trans ‘advantage’ argument in women’s sports

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A new scientific study is challenging one of the central arguments used to justify bans on transgender women and girls competing in women’s sports. The argument that transgender women retain an inherent physical advantageover cisgender women after undergoing hormone therapy is being challenged by researchers in Brazil who pooled the results of 52 studies involving thousands of participants to compare the physical characteristics and fitness of transgender women and cisgender women following hormone therapy in a study published this year. The researchers found that transgender women generally had greater lean muscle mass, but that difference did not translate into a clear advantage in […]

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Gay congressional candidate targeted in fake HIV smear campaign

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A gay Democratic congressional candidate has been targeted in a smear campaign that falsely alerted people by text message that he can’t give blood because he is HIV positive. Shevrin Jones is currently in the running to replace Rep. Frederica Wilson, who is retiring, as representative for Florida’s 24th congressional district. Jones was Florida’s first out LGBTQ+ Black senator and, if he wins the seat, will become the state’s first out gay member of Congress. On 11 August, many voters received a text message ahead of the Democratic primary, claiming: “Shevrin Jones was denied to donate blood to Covid Survivor due to testing positive for HIV/AIDS because […]

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Massachusetts vows to fund trans kids’ healthcare after Medicaid ban

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Massachusetts has vowed to assume the full cost of gender-affirming healthcarefor transgender children and teenagers covered by the state’s Medicaid and CHIP programs if a new Trump administration rule takes effect this October. The federal rule, finalised Tuesday (11 August), would prohibit Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funds from being used for gender-affirming healthcare for people aged 18 and under. The Trump administration’s Medicaid administrator, Dr Mehmet Oz, described the treatments as harmful and “sex-rejecting procedures” in a statement, while major medical organisations continue to support gender-affirming care as appropriate treatment for some transgender young people. The federal government currently covers around 50 per cent […]

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NHS to roll out ‘life-saving’ meds to combat drug-resistant HIV

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The NHS is going to prescribe a new medication to treat the minority of patients living with a drug-resistant strain of HIV, in a landmark move. Around 100,000 people have HIV in England. There is currently no cure, though the vast majority can manage the virus with medication which hugely reduces the viral load to an undetectable level, which means they cannot pass it on. For a minority, though, the virus has mutated and become resistant to medication readily offered. Now, the drug Lenacapavir will be offered to those at risk in the coming weeks – reportedly 92 eligible patients. That number is […]

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Homophobic attackers who assaulted gay couple with fruit spared jail sentence

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Two men who chased a gay couple through north London, spat at them and pelted them with fruit while hurling homophobic abuse have avoided jail, despite being convicted of a hate crime. Mariusz Smietana, 46, and Dariusz Wawrzenczyk, 37, were sentenced at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court after being found guilty of assault by beating over the attack on Alex Grant, 34, and his partner in Gospel Oak, Camden. The court heard the couple were holding hands as they walked home from swimming at the Highgate Men’s Ponds on Hampstead Heath, shortly after 10pm on 1 July 2025, when they were […]

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Extreme ballot measure could force anatomy inspections for girls’ sports teams

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The debate over transgender student-athletes is heading directly to voters this November, with a surprising and extreme ballot measure in Washington state seeking to restrict trans girls from participating in school sports that align with their gender identity. IL26-638 would apply specifically to girls’ sports teams, creating certain eligibility requirements for K-12 athletes.  As a result, female students would have to prove their sex assigned at birth, and criticism has emerged regarding the enforcement provisions outlined in the bill’s literature. Under the proposal, female students would need to have their sex assigned at birth verified through genetic screening, testosterone level […]

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New study challenges claim that trans teens later regret gender-affirming care

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A new study, published this month in the Journal of Adolescent Health, shares data that suggests trans teens who receive gender-affirming care aren’t very likely to regret doing so down the line. The study uses data gathered from 445 young people diagnosed with gender dysphoria under the care of four clinics in Canada between 2012 and 2017.  The clinics were Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Diversity Clinic, IWK Trans Health Clinic at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, BC Children’s Hospital Gender Clinic, and Alberta Children’s Hospital Metta Clinic. Of the sample group, 331 participants were assigned female at birth, and […]

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Teens detained after gay man beaten to death in Bulgaria

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Police are investigating whether a fatal attack on a gay man in Bulgaria was motivated by his sexual orientation. Georgi Kuzev, 31, was found seriously injured near Youth Hill in Plovdiv at around 5:20pm on Tuesday (4 August), according to Bulgarian outlet Novinite. He was discovered by parents on their way to collect their children from a nearby nursery, who found him lying helpless and alerted emergency services. Kuzev was rushed to hospital with severe head trauma, multiple fractures and extensive internal injuries, but died despite doctors’ efforts to save him. Several teenagers, including minors, have been detained as the investigation […]

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Lesbian couple sue casino after alleged brutal anti-gay attack

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A married lesbian couple is suing MGM Resorts International after a brutal anti-LGBTQ+ assault outside the MGM Grand Detroit allegedly left one woman with a traumatic brain injury; they allege security staff stood by and did nothing to help. According to the lawsuit, Chelsi Way, her wife Celia Haueter, and Way’s brother and his partner were waiting for valet service after a concert in June 2025 when they were approached by two men. One of the men allegedly began filming the group before shouting homophobic slurs, mocking pronouns, and launching a violent attack. Haueter was knocked unconscious for around five […]

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