Politics

Lauren Boebert has lost a considerable amount of her fundraising revenue. (Getty) Republican and committed theatre-goer Lauren Boebert is feeling the burn after her fundraising quarter dropped significantly in 2024. The controversial Colorado politician and guns rights activist felt the sting after switching congressional districts due to a lack of votes in 2022, moving to
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30 nation states approved of the resolution on Thursday. (Getty) The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council has adopted a landmark resolution to combat the discrimination intersex people face. The first-of-its-kind resolution, which recognises that “persons with innate variations in sex characteristics” have faced discrimination in “all areas of life”, was agreed on Thursday (4
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Tory MP Alicia Kearns (L) berates Alba MP Neale Hanvey (R) for dropping the “T” from “LGBT”. (Parliamentlive.tv) A bill aimed at ban conversion therapy failed to move through Parliament on Friday (1 March), after a debate on it ran out of time: with anti-conversion therapy ban MPs accused of ‘filibustering’ the bill. The Conservative
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The law allows public officials to refuse to marry anyone at their discretion. (Stock image/Getty) Public officials in Tennessee are now able to refuse to marry anyone at their discretion for any reason, sparking concern for gay couples applying for a marriage license. Republican Governor Bill Lee signed House Bill 878 into law on 21
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The bill comes into effect immediately. (Stock image/Getty) The Seventh Court of Appeals has lifted an injunction blocking Indiana’s gender-affirming healthcare ban on 27 February, allowing the ban to take place immediately.  Senate Bill 480 prohibits medical providers from providing life-saving gender-affirmation treatment to individuals under 18 years of age. It also prohibits aiding or
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Protestors gathered in Washington. (Stock image/Getty) Protestors have rallied alongside sex workers at the Washington State Capitol in support of a bill which would improve conditions in adult venues, dubbed the “Strippers Bill of Rights”. The “Strippers Bill of Rights”, Senate Bill 6105, would also prevent statewide lewd conduct regulations, which transpired in four LGBTQ+
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Kemi Badenoch accused Keir Starmer of using Brianna Ghey’s murder as an opportunity for “political point-scoring”. (Aaron Chown/Getty) Kemi Badenoch has accused Labour of “weaponising” the murder of Brianna Ghey after Keir Starmer called out Rishi Sunak during Prime Minister’s Questions for making a jibe about trans people while her mother Esther was present in
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Liz Truss made the remarks at the launch of the Popular Conservatism movement. (Leon Neal/Getty) Former prime minister Liz Truss has described supporters of LGBT people as “left-wing extremists.” Truss made the comments at the launch of the Popular Conservatism ‘PopCon’ movement, a new faction of the Conservative Party she is leading, in Westminster on
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Roberta Kaplan onstage at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2018 at Ritz Carlton Hotel on October 2, 2018 in Laguna Niguel, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Fortune) Famed US lawyer Roberta Kaplan – an expert in commercial litigation and public interest matters – has accused former president Donald Trump of using a coded
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Boebert’s argument does not take into account the fact that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Republican representative Lauren Boebert has claimed that abortions are to blame for falling birthrates in the US. The 37-year-old Colorado representative, known for her anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and climate change denial, addressed the House Oversight
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After battling it out at the Iowa caucuses, the 2024 Republican presidential field has dropped to five contenders, and pro-LGBTQ+ candidates are in short supply. Donald Trump won by a landslide at the Iowa Republican caucuses on Monday (15 January), cementing his status as frontrunner in the race. Florida governor Ron DeSantis edged out former
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Michael Flynn was recorded showing his love for QAnon influencers. (Getty) A former national security advisor to Donald Trump has been captured lauding the far-right group QAnon in leaked audio. In a recording released on X/Twitter, retired lieutenant general and former director of the Defence Intelligence Agency, Michael Flynn, can be heard wishing QAnon influencers
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A damning new report has condemned the UK government for its ‘erosion’ of human rights protections and failure to act on “meaningful” pledges. As part of its World Report 2024, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that the UK is “nose-diving” in its domestic human rights record, which is undermining its efforts to “promote the rule
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Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the pledge this week. (Getty) Greece is reportedly expected to publish a bill legalising same-sex marriage according to the country’s prime minister. In a statement on Wednesday (10 January), Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that the government intended to implement further LGBTQ+ rights following a series of reforms
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Labour councillor Michael Payne called out a Conservative Party member for using a “despicable” homophobic slur when speaking about him. (X/@MichaelPayneUK) Labour councillor Michael Payne has slammed the “unacceptable” and “outdated” homophobic slur that was used against him in a social media post by a Conservative Party candidate. Payne, a deputy leader of Gedling Borough
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