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Tragic new data shows one in six children who die by suicide is LGBTQ+

New data has shown that one in six children that died by suicide in England between April 2019 and March 2025 were part of the LGBTQ+ community. Out of the 647 children that died by suicide during that time period, 107 were LGBTQ+ and 46 were transgender. The figures were obtained by QueerAF via a Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database. Speaking to QueerAF on 31 January, preventable deaths campaigner Lucy Brisbane said: “Every preventable death of a child is unacceptable. “To examine how to protect all children from suicides, including trans children, we need to understand the factors […]

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Man accused of killing multiple LGBTQ+ people found dead in custody

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A Filipino man accused of killing multiple LGBTQ+ people has been found dead while in custody, police say. Authorities said the 22-year-old murder suspect, whom police referred to as “Roy”, was found unconscious in the toilets of the Lobo Municipal Police Station in Lobo, Batangas, on Sunday night (1 February). Police executive master sergeant Jenny Atienza confirmed that the individual, accused of murdering 34-year-old make-up artist Aljohn Abag, was found by the station’s duty jailer after his partner became concerned that he had been in the toilets for several hours. Officers rushed him to the Lobo District Hospital, where he […]

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LGBTQ+ Pride organization accused of silencing board members over trans rights

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Two Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras members have accused the organisation of silencing them for supporting trans rights. SGLMG directors, Luna Choo and Damien Nguyen, claimed its Board of Directors “completely stripped” the pair of their administrative accounts after they criticised its decision to reject a motion on trans rights. The Pride organisation faced widespread criticism after announcing it would not uphold a set of resolutions proposed in November 2025 by members of the public during its annual general meeting. One of the resolutions rejected by the Board of Directors called for the main focus of the 2026 Sydney Gay and […]

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Trump administration is potentially sending two gay men to their death by preparing to deport them to Iran

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Two gay Iranian men who fled their home country after being arrested for “homosexual conduct” and facing possible execution are at risk of being deported by the United States as early as Sunday, according to their attorney, even as one federal court has intervened to temporarily block one of the removals. Advocates warn that the case exposes a deeper collapse of asylum protections. The men, romantic partners in their late 30s and early 40s, were arrested in Iran in 2021 by the country’s morality police for what authorities described as homosexual activity — a charge that can carry punishments ranging from flogging […]

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Human rights organization ordered to shut down days before election

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A human rights organisation in Uganda that supports members of the LGBTQ+ community was ordered to shut down by the government just days before the country’s election.  Chapter Four Uganda, which is dedicated to the protection of civil liberties and promotion of human rights – including LGBTQ+ rights – in the East African nation, had its operating permit suspended with immediate effect by the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organisations under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.  The suspension came just days before the country’s election, which incumbent president Yoweri Museveni – who has led the country since 1986 – won with 72 per […]

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Same-sex sexual behavior observed in dozens of primate species, suggesting evolutionary origin

Humans are far from the only primates engaging in same-sex sexual activity. A new study found instances in which 59 nonhuman primate species, including bonobos, chimpanzees and macaques, have taken part in same-sex behaviors. Researchers observed repeated occurrences of the behavior in 23 species. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, is the most comprehensive review of same-sex behavior in primates to date (though humans are not included). The findings challenge some common assumptions about the purpose of sex in the animal world, suggesting it plays a broader social role. The authors posit that same-sex behavior developed […]

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Brutal Police Raid on LGBT-friendly Venue in Azerbaijan

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Last month, Azerbaijani police raided a venue in the capital Baku, known as a safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and detained over 100 people. According to witnesses and independent media, those detained were abused by police who made it seem like the operation was to target sexual and gender minorities rather than routine law-enforcement. According to a witness Human Rights Watch spoke with, police arrived shortly after midnight, confiscated patrons’ mobile phones, demanded passwords and searched through private photos and videos without warrants. Officers took at least 106 people to the Nasimi District Police Department, then forced […]

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US claims vital UN human rights policy is too ‘woke’ to pass

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The US has twice been the only country to vote against UN human rights policies over what it has branded “globalist” woke ideology. Last month, deputy US representative Jonathan Shrier denounced a set of resolutions protecting humanitarian workers as “nothing more than a globalist wish list of divisive cultural causes”. The resolutions, dubbed the “Safety and Security of Humanitarian Personnel and Protection of United Nations personnel and the “International Cooperation on Humanitarian Assistance in the Field of Natural Disasters, from Relief to Development” would both implement fundamental human rights protections in line with UN mandates on human rights development across […]

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Ten guilty of transphobic cyberbullying of Brigitte Macron, court rules

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Ten people in France have been found guilty of cyberbullying first lady Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, by claiming she is secretly a transgender woman.  A court in Paris on Monday (5 January) ruled the defendants, which includes eight men and two women aged between 41 and 65, had spread false claims about her gender and sexuality alongside making “malicious remarks” about the 24-year age gap between the couple.  The court noted “particularly degrading, insulting, and malicious” comments made by the defendants about Macron’s gender, amid a wide-ranging conspiracy theory that she is secretly a trans woman who was […]

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Is ‘Homonationalism’ really on the rise, and what does the term mean?

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There’s a good chance you may have heard the term homonationalism used in political or public debate recently. In fact, just a couple of days ago, Spiked published an article claiming that homonationalism is “on the rise” and suggesting that it is linked to the fact that “across Europe, gay voters are moving rightwards.” But what exactly does the term mean?  First coined by Rutgers University professor and Gender Studies scholar Jasbir Puar in her 2007 book Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times, the phrase has skyrocketed in usage over the past two decades and has yet to reach its peak, according to […]

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