Grindr to be sued for allegedly sharing users’ HIV status (Getty) Dating app Grindr is being sued for allegedly sharing users’ personal information, including their HIV status and ethnicity. According to reports from the BBC, the claim was lodged at the High Court in London, alleging that Grindr had used “covert tracking technology”, and that
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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Crystal thinks Laurence Fox and those like him should learn “how to apologise” after the LGBTQ+ activist won a libel case against him. Crystal, whose real name is Colin Seymour, told PinkNews on Tuesday (30 January) that Fox’s behaviour following the Monday’s court verdict is “disappointing” and that he should
Holyrood and Westminster went to court over Scotland’s gender law reform bill A court has found in favour of the UK government blocking Scotland’s landmark gender law reforms. The Scottish government lodged a court case against Westminster for using a Section 35 order to block its Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The legislation, which was passed
Russian riot police detain LGBTQ+ rights activists during a St Petersburg march in May 2019. (Getty) Russian police have begun cracking down on LGBTQ-friendly clubs and venues in Moscow, just days after a Supreme Court ruling branded LGBTQ+ activism “extremist”. Overnight raids across the Russian capital saw clubs, saunas, bars and more overrun with police
Elon Musk is suing Media Matters (Chesnot/Getty Images) Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is suing Media Matters for America after the watchdog claimed adverts for major corporations appeared next to pro-Nazi material on the platform. Since his take over last year, Musk, a self-proclaimed free-speech advocate, has come under increasing fire for the way in
Suella Braverman made her position on what she calls ‘political activism’ in policing clear in a letter to the chief constable of England and Wales. (Getty Images) The Home Office has commissioned a review into “activism and impartiality” in the police after Suella Braverman appeared to shame officers for “dancing and fraternising” with LGBTQ+ activists
More Proud Boys have been sentenced over the US Capitol riots in 2021. (Getty Images) Two additional members of far-right neo-Nazi group the Proud Boys have been jailed for their involvement in the 2021 US Capitol riot. Forty-six-year-old Dominic Pezzola and 32-year-old Ethan Nordean were convicted of charges relating to the right-wing insurrection of the
Sareh (Zahra) Sediqi Hamedani was arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for “promoting homosexuality” in October 2021. (YouTube/6rangIran) UN representatives have called for Iran to immediately halt its planned execution of two LGBTQ+ rights activists who were sentenced to death for supporting the queer community. Iran’s legal system criminalises homosexuality, which under the country’s
The Department of Justice (DOJ) building Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) A lawsuit has been filed in the US against managers of a rental property for allegedly harassing, threatening and punching a gay, disabled tenant. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Leaf Property Investments in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Protesters outside the first LGB Alliance conference. (In Pictures via Getty/ Mark Kerrison) LGB Alliance co-founder Bev Jackson has said the “consequence” of the work of Stonewall and Mermaids will be to “get rid of gay people”. Two LGB Alliance co-founders – Jackson and Kate Harris – gave evidence on the fourth day of the
MP John Nicolson. (Getty) SNP MP John Nicolson slammed anti-trans lobby group LGB Alliance’s “obsession with genitals” as “deeply unhealthy” while giving evidence against its charity status. An appeal to overturn the Charity Commission’s April 2021 decision to register LGB Alliance as a charity is currently being considered by a tribunal. The legal fight is
Protesters outside the first LGB Alliance conference. (In Pictures via Getty/ Mark Kerrison) A lawyer representing anti-trans lobby group LGB Alliance has compared healthcare for trans people to a “transition or death” policy in Iran. The remarks were made on the second day of a tribunal challenging the group’s charitable status, spearheaded by trans youth
People walk by the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on August 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty) A religious university has been granted permission by the Supreme Court to temporarily ban an LGBTQ+ student group. Manhattan’s Yeshiva University was ordered by a state court in June to recognise an LGBTQ+ student group in a
A protester holds the trans flag and snaps in solidarity with other speakers, during a trans rights demonstration. (Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) Trans people in Montana have been permanently banned from changing their birth certificates in yet another devastating blow to LGBTQ+ rights. Health officials in the state adopted a proposed rule change on
A Texas federal judge has ruled to allow the removal of PrEP from the healthcare plans of two companies. Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that the inclusion of the HIV treatment was in violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act on Wednesday (7 September) after companies Braidwood Management and Kelley Orthodontics brought the case to the
The Walmart logo is displayed outside their store near Bloomsburg. ( Paul Weaver/Getty) A trans man has filed a discrimination complaint against Walmart, alleging he was denied service in store on multiple occasions. Skyler Hyatt, 36, claimed that Walmart staff wouldn’t let him cash a money order because he hasn’t updated his ID with his
The trans woman is only able to be a legal parent to one of her two daughters. (Getty) A trans woman in Japan has been blocked by a court from being her own biological child’s legal parent. According to Japan Times, the anonymous trans woman had frozen her sperm before beginning medical transition, and used
A Utah judge has granted a preliminary injunction meaning that trans girls will be able to play on girls’ school sports teams. Despite Utah governor Spencer Cox initially vetoing House Bill 11 (HB 11), a ban on trans students participating in girls’ K-12 sports, Republican lawmakers in the state managed to gain enough votes to overrule Cox
Suspended Florida state attorney Andrew Warren has launched a legal bid to get his job back. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images) A twice-elected Florida prosecutor is suing governor Ron DeSantis after he was removed from his role for enforce an abortion ban. Republican DeSantis suspended Democrat Hillsborough County state attorney Andrew Warren on 4 August for “neglecting” his
Saudi Arabian sisters Asra Abdullah Alsehli (left) and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli (right). (NSW Police) Two Saudi sisters found dead in Australia sought asylum for religion and sexuality, but their pleas for projection were reportedly rejected over lack of evidence. Australian authorities discovered the remains of Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23, on 7 June
Senator Lindsey Graham says ‘states should decide the issue of marriage’ (Kevin Dietsch/Getty) US Republican senator Lindsey Graham has said states should decide if same-sex marriage is legal. Amid discussions over legislation that would implement legal protections for same-sex married couples, Graham said he had been consistent in his view that “states should decide the
Christian fundamentalist Ken Ham, in front of his “life-size” ark. (Luke Sharrett /For The Washington Post via Getty) Fundamentalist Ken Ham is suing his insurance company after his life-size Noah’s Ark museum was hit by too much rain. Ham owns the Ark Encounter, a Noah’s Ark–themed creationist amusement park with a “life-size” ark, as well
Lynn Starkey was fired after working at the high school for almost 40 years. (YouTube/ FOX59 News) A federal court has ruled in favour of a Catholic school that ended a counsellor’s employment contract after they found out she was in a same-sex relationship. Lynn Starkey was a guidance counsellor at Roncalli High School and
Allison Bailey, the lawyer who founded LGB Alliance. (Allison Bailey/ Twitter) Allison Bailey has lost her lawsuit against Stonewall but has won her employment tribunal case against her employer Garden Court Chambers. Bailey, a lesbian barrister and co-founder of the anti-trans lobby group LGB Alliance, sued LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall and Garden Court Chambers, of which
Whoopi Goldberg was not happy with what Jim Jordan had to say on the Respect for Marriage Act (Image: Getty) Whoopi Goldberg took no prisoners in a response to congressman Jim Jordan’s argument against a same-sex marriage bill. During Wednesday’s (20 July) instalment of daytime talk show The View, Whoopi Goldberg addressed remarks by Republican
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban. (AFP via Getty/ ATTILA KISBENEDEK) The European Commission has launched legal action against Hungary over the country’s so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda law. The legislation banning any discussion of LGBTQ+ people in schools and in the media was passed in an near unanimous vote in June 2021. Prime minister Viktor Orbán and
American fast food restaurant chain, Chick-fil-A. (Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) A trans woman is suing Chick-fil-A, claiming she was discriminated against and sexually harassed by her colleagues while working at the fast food chain. According to NBC News, 29-year-old Erin Taylor filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for Northern Georgia at the
Protestor holds ‘Trans Lives Matter’ placard during protest in Warsaw, 2018. (Getty/Maciej Luczniewski) Within the first week of 2022, seven US states have proposed nine bills that would roll back the rights of trans and non-binary youth. These proposed bills will negatively impact trans and non-binary youths’ right to privacy, restrict their ability to take
Intersex Justice activists protest non-consensual surgeries on intersex people. (Twitter/ IntersexJustice) A California bill aiming to outlaw forced and unnecessary genital surgeries on intersex children has been pulled. California state senator Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, has been working for three years to try to ban the “corrective surgeries”. His bill, SB225, would have
Same-sex couples in Israel will no longer have to go abroad to access surrogacy. (Pexels/ Karolina Grabowska) Israel will allow surrogacy for same-sex couples, single men and trans people from next week after a decade-long legal battle. Health minister Nitzan Horowitz announced on Tuesday (4 January) that new rules making surrogacy accessible to all families
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