Community Companies urge UK Government to ‘make progress for the trans community’ A consortium of trans and LGBTQ+ charities and organisations – Mermaids, Cool2BeTrans, MindOut, Gendered Intelligence and Stonewall – announces that close to 200 major UK employers have come together in a show of support for trans communities. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community Sarah Hegazi mural revealed in Brighton A mural for Egyptian human rights activist Sarah Hegazi was revealed at York Grove, Brighton at the weekend. By Contributor • 1 min read
Community Nearly half of UK parents oppose LGBTQ+ inclusive education A recent survey by research company Kantar found four in ten would not want young children to be taught LGBTQ+ inclusive lessons. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Russia surveilling students for online LGBTQ+ activity The Russian LGBT Network has reported teachers are told to gather information about their student’s online activity to ensure they are not engaging with LGBTQ+ content. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
International News US Marine excused for killing trans woman Philippines president has granted an absolute pardon’ to American Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton after he killed a transgender Filipino woman, Jennifer Laude, in 2014. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News New Russian law to illegalise gender change A new law has been proposed in Russia that would prevent transgender citizens from legally changing their gender to align with their gender identity. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Information Canadian political candidate dropped over transphobia Blaine Higgs dropped a party candidate for the provincial elections after learning of their transphobic social media posts. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Poland: Bishops Demand Clinics to “cure” LGBTQ+ Marek Jędraszewski, Archbishop of Kraków in Poland told a conference he deemed it “necessary to create clinics (including with the assistance of the church) to help people who want to regain their sexual health and natural sexual orientation.” By Paul Wright • 2 min read
General News Germany: Out Health Minister Abused by Anti-Lockdown Protesters Cries of “shame” and “gay pig” were hurled at the Minister By Paul Wright • 2 min read
General News Johnson supports Abbott despite controversial LGBTQ+ views Prime minister Boris Johnson has said Australian prime minister Tony Abbott will be appointed to unpaid trade job from the UK government. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Indonesian men arrested for holding ‘gay gathering’ A group of men in Kuningan, Indonesia have been arrested for hosting what police have referred to as a ‘gay party’ and nine suspected organisers have been detained. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News LGBTQ+ inclusive school curricula to be implemented New LGBTQ+ inclusive education curricula to be integrated into UK schools over the course of the next academic year. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
