International

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Canadian Government Unveils National “Thunderhead” Monument To Victims Of “Anti-LGBTQ Purge”

The Canadian government writes via press release: Thunderhead, Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ National Monument, recognizes the historic discrimination faced by 2SLGBTQI+ people in Canada, including during the LGBT Purge. It celebrates the resilience and achievements of those who fought for equality, educates visitors and inspires the change still needed so that everyone can openly love who they love and express and identify themselves as they choose. Thunderhead was designed by an all-Canadian team based in Winnipeg, led by Public City Architecture, with Elder Albert McLeod and artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan. Their concept was selected through an international design competition. The design takes […]

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Community rallies to save trans support center for South Asian immigrants amid funding struggles

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An organization led by trans South Asian immigrants is struggling to survive in the face of fewer opportunities for city and state funding. While the group thought it might have to shut down entirely in October, the community has started to rally around it. Now, leaders are hopeful that they will be able to keep going. “We’re talking from a place of a very particular intersectionality that is not served, even by the biggest of the biggest organizations that are centering immigrants, refugees, asylees or South Asians,” said the founder of Parivar, Anjali Rimi. “So, it becomes important from that sense […]

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Nepal LGBTQ+ group marks Pride with vigil for flood victims

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Nepal’s Blue Diamond Society (BDS) chose to pause its usual Pride and Gai Jatra celebration this year, instead marking the occasion with a candlelight ceremony in solidarity with a nation facing devastating floods. In an Instagram post on 30 August, BDS said it wanted to “remember, mourn, support and care together” rather than hold its usual celebration. The organisation gathered to remember members of Nepal’s gender and sexual minority communities who had died over the past year, while also mourning those killed in the recent floods, including Nepali citizens and foreign tourists. The candlelight ceremony honoured those who lost their lives, while […]

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Yiannopolous Breaks Silence After Deportation To UK

TMZ reports: Milo Yiannopoulos has broken his silence after getting booted from the U.S. … and his first message from across the pond is a giant middle finger to Louisiana. Kanye West’s former chief of staff surfaced on X Sunday, posting a screenshot of a KFC ad for a “Dirty Louisiana Burger” with the caption, “oh f*** off.” Milo was detained by ICE in Louisiana Thursday before being deported back to the UK. Milo was in New Orleans as Ye was in town for a Friday night concert. Milo hasn’t directly addressed the arrest or deportation yet … but judging from […]

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Poland Recognizes Same-Sex Marriages In EU Nations

Poland’s public broadcaster reports: Poland’s new rules allowing civil registry offices nationwide to transcribe same-sex marriages legally concluded abroad came into force on Sunday. The regulations, signed earlier this year, introduce official documents covering three forms of marriage: between a woman and a man, two women, or two men. Civil registry offices can now use the forms to transcribe foreign same-sex marriage certificates. The Court of Justice of the European Union and Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court rulings that prompted the change directly concerned same-sex marriages legally concluded in other EU member states. However, the new documents do not specify where a marriage […]

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Ghana Anglican Church officially speaks out against country’s new anti-LGBTQ+ laws

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The leader of Ghana’s Anglican Church has officially opposed harsher anti-LGBTQ+ laws that will soon be introduced in the West African country. Archbishop Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith spoke out against the impending laws last week while speaking to the BBC. The Draconian law will make simply identifying as anything under the LGBTQ+ umbrella a criminal offence. The bill also criminalises the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities, and introduces a “duty to report” acts that go against the law. Anyone that identifies as an ally to the community can also face imprisonment. Exemptions would be made for those who work in the legal, media and healthcare sectors […]

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Russian LGBT Network shuts down after ‘extremism’ ruling makes its work ‘impossible’

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Gay rights activists march in St. Petersburg in May 2013 (Image: Getty Images, stock) The Russian LGBT Network has announced it is shutting down after a St Petersburg court designated the group an “extremist” organisation, saying the ruling makes public operations too risky for staff, supporters and people seeking help. The group confirmed the decision in a statement on Telegram. A St Petersburg court in April declared the Russian LGBT Network “extremist” following a lawsuit by Russia’s Justice Ministry. The Russian LGBT Network said the label makes its previous public format of work impossible because “any connection to the organisation may create additional […]

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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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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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Puberty blockers trial can go ahead as UK court throws out challenge

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The High Court has ruled that the PATHWAYS puberty blockers trial can go ahead, after a judge threw out a challenge from campaigners. The challenge came from a number of groups or individuals, including the Bayswater Support Group which give “support for parents of children IDing as trans”. They asked that the trial be blocked, arguing it was unlawful. However the High Court has ruled it can go ahead after a two-day hearing. In a statement, the PATHWAYS Trial research team said: “We welcome the Court’s decision. The safety and welfare of young people will remain our highest priority in carrying out this research.  “PATHWAYS Trial is […]

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