General News Top LGBTQ+ employers announced LGBTQ+ organisation Stonewall has announced the top global employers for LGBTQ+ people based on its Global Workplace Equality Index (GWEI). By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Louisville outlaws conversion therapy Louisville has become the second area in Kentucky, US to ban LGBTQ+ conversion therapy following a vast majority vote from the local council. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Community New survey offers rare insight into LGBTQ+ life in Iran Survey by 6Rang Organisation finds that 62% of LGBTQ+ Iranians living in Iran have been assaulted by their family and 42% of LGBTQ+ Iranians have been sexually assaulted in public. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
General News EU official demands action against LGBTQ+ free towns European Commission president Ursula Von Der Leyen has publicly condemned the creation of ‘LGBTQ+ free’ zones in Poland, saying they have no place in the EU. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Barrett is likely to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an LGBTQ+ ally Election Special LGBTQ+ activist Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court judge for known championing LGBTQ+ rights throughout her career, has passed away at 87. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Arts Drag Race star wins Emmy award Drag queen Raven, seen in RuPaul’s Drag Race season 2 and All Stars season 1, won her first Emmy for Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Community International Association of Transgender Bodybuilders & Powerlifters to hold free online conference The International Association of Transgender Bodybuilders and Powerlifters to hold the free IATBP Inaugural Virtual Conference 2020: Voices in Trans Bodybuilding and Powerlifting on Saturday, October 3 from 4.50PM (BST) By Graham Robson • 2 min read
General News Democrat party member comes out as bisexual Andrew Gillum of the US Democrat party has come out as bisexual in an interview with Tamron Hall. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Cynthia Nixon (right) and wife Christine Marinoni Arts Cynthia Nixon: “I feel frightened” about Trump`s Election Plans “There are many things that the right uses against trans people, and a lot of them have to do with a threat” said Cynthia Nixon on the weaponsing of Trans rights. By Paul Wright • 2 min read
Rabble Books and Games (Australia) banned Rowling’s books due to transphobia accusations Arts Update: Australian bookstore bans ‘transphobic’ JK Rowling’s novels Rabble Books and Games in Perth (Australia) has discontinued the sale of any works by author JK Rowling due to continuing accusations of Rowling’s transphobia. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Community Celebrating the bisexual+ community: #BiWeek 2020 September 16 – 23 is the global Bisexual Awareness Week, founded by GLAAD, the Bisexual Resource Centre and Still Bisexual. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
Business News New equality ruling protects gender non-conforming people A new addition to the UK Equality Act will provide greater protection to the gender non-conforming community by recognising non-binary identities. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
