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Meta hits all-time low for LGBTQ+ safety in new GLAAD report

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A new social media report from GLAAD shows that Meta has hit an all-time low when it comes to safety for its LGBTQ+ users. The LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation’s Social Media Safety Index confirmed that Meta’s policy changes on Facebook, Instagram and Threads have made the platforms more harmful for queer users, particularly trans and non-binary people. The news comes after a year in which Meta has been scaling back best practice policies surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and loosening its hateful conduct policies. In 2025, Meta’s policy changes included allowing anti-LGBTQ+ terminology when referring to queer people, removing protections for LGBTQ+ people, modifying sections of its Hateful […]

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Trump administration investigating women’s university Smith College for trans policy

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On Monday (4 May), the Trump administration’s Department of Educationannounced it has opened an investigation into historic women’s university, Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, over a possible violation of Title IX due to the school’s trans-inclusive acceptance policy. This investigation is the latest in rapidly increasing efforts from the Trump administration to restrict trans people in the arena of higher education across the country, following Trump’s January 2025 executive order defining gender as sex assigned at birth. Within this 2025 order, trans-inclusive interpretations of Title IX are considered to be harmful to women. The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights will […]

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White House security directive focuses on ‘radically pro-trans’ groups

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The Trump administration is facing backlash after a new White House counterterrorism directive explicitly named “radically pro-transgender” groups among the domestic ideologies federal agencies should monitor. The memo, which also references anarchist and anti-fascist movements, frames trans activism as a potential national security threat while making no mention of far-right extremism or white nationalist organisations. The directive references left-wing violence and cites the 2025 killing of Charlie Kirk, carried out by Tyler Robinson, a person who prosecutors allege had recently begun dating a trans woman and criticising Kirk’s rhetoric online. White House counterterrorism official Sebastian Gorka also pointed to school shootings involving alleged […]

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Trans youth denied hormone therapy almost twice as likely to attempt suicide, survey finds

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A major new survey from The Trevor Project released on Wednesday (6 May) has found that transgender and nonbinary young people who wanted hormone therapy but were unable to access it were nearly twice as likely to report a suicide attempt in the past year compared to those currently receiving hormones. According to the report – which included over 10,000 responses from trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people – 15% of trans youth denied access to hormones reported a suicide attempt, compared to 8% of those able to receive care. The findings add to a growing body of research linking restrictions on gender-affirming care to worsening mental […]

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Colorado lawmakers pass rewritten conversion therapy ban after Supreme Court ruling

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Colorado lawmakers have approved a rewritten ban on so-called “conversion therapy” in an effort to preserve protections for LGBTQ+ youth after the US Supreme Court struck down the state’s previous law earlier this year. The new legislation, HB26-1322, now heads to Democratic governor Jared Polis, who is gay. Polis is expected to sign the bill into law. The updated bill was drafted in direct response to the Supreme Court’s March ruling in Chiles v. Salazar, which found Colorado’s earlier ban unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. Now, rather than prohibiting therapists from encouraging minors away from LGBTQ+ identities specifically, the rewritten law instead bars […]

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NFL team owner reportedly donates $1million to The Trevor Project

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Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons, has reportedly donated $1million to The Trevor Project. The contribution, made through the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, was highlighted by former NFL player Carl Nassib, who came out as gay in 2021 while playing for the Las Vegas Raiders and has since worked closely with the organisation. “I am incredibly grateful to the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation for their extraordinary $1million donation to The Trevor Project and everyone at the Atlanta Falcons for their heartfelt support,” Nassib wrote in a 30 April LinkedIn post. “This donation helps fund counsellor training, enhance volunteer services and ensure […]

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Man in critical condition after suspected homophobic assault in Bristol city centre

A man is in critical condition after a suspected homophobic attack in Bristol city centre. Emergency services were called to St Nicholas Street in the early hours of 24 April, where a man in his 30s was found unconscious with serious facial injuries. He was taken to the hospital, but his condition later deteriorated. Police say he is now in a critical but stable condition. Avon and Somerset Police are treating the incident as a hate crime and are searching for a group of three or four men believed to be responsible. The suspects reportedly fled on foot before leaving the […]

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Pope Leo XIV rejects formal same-sex blessings

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Pope Leo XIV indicated on Thursday (23 April) that he will maintain the CatholicChurch’s current stance on LGBTQ+ issues, reaffirming support for informal blessings of same-sex couples while rejecting any move toward formal recognition. Speaking at a news conference after an 11-day tour of Africa, the pope emphasised that the Vatican would not go beyond the framework established by Pope Francis in 2023, which allows non-liturgical blessings for same-sex couples, but stops short of endorsing marriage-like ceremonies. “First of all, I think it’s very important that the unity or division of the church should not revolve around sexual matters,” Leo told reporters. “We […]

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New York Times defends coverage after mum of trans teen demands accountability

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A.G. Sulzberger was challenged at The New York Times’ annual shareholders meeting after a parent of a transgender teenager asked what responsibility the paper holds when its reporting is cited to justify laws and policies targeting trans people, and what it is doing to be accountable. The parent told the meeting: “This reporting is deeply concerning to me as the mom of a trans teen,” before asking: “What steps are you taking to be accountable to concerns of the trans community, readers, and shareholders?” Sulzberger defended the paper’s journalism, describing the reporting as “incredibly rigorously reported and edited” and saying […]

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GLAAD president slams FCC crackdown on trans media

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The president and CEO of GLAAD has called out Brendan Carr and the Federal Communications Commission for their inquiry on trans representation in media, saying it’s causing “harm [to] LGBTQ Americans”. “Parents should absolutely have a say in what their kids watch, and parents already know that seeing an LGBTQ person on screen or in real life does no harm,” Sarah Kate Ellis of GLAAD said in a statement on 22 April. “What does cause harm is government overreach. Under Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission is once again attempting to dictate what can be seen on television.” The FCC announced on […]

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